N002003

Friday, January 18, 2002 2:01 PM
Fiancee's concern


I lost my fiance in tower 2 of the WTC on September 11th. We were in a commited relationship for almost 6 years and living together for 2 years. We shared an apartment in Hoboken, NJ for one year before making the move to NYC. We lived in NY for a little over a year and this is where we planned on buliding our future toghether.

Our Wedding was planned for June 8, 2002 In agreement with a comment sent in by another fiance I feel that all of a sudden my role in my fiances life seems less significant than that if we were married.

Is spending almost 6 years with someone ,livng together for 2 years and planning a wedding less significant than a married couple who knew each other for one year engaged for a year and then married for a year before this horrible tragedy happened? Why becuase a piece of paper says it is legal?. In my mind and in my fiance's mind we were already married and anyone who knew us thought the same. We did not need a piece of paper formalizing our commitment to one another and now in the wake of tragedy who is to say that this is what is right and that I should not be acknowledged as a Spouse? This is something that should be reconsidered and acknowldeged.

Thank you

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