{"id":6445,"date":"2021-12-16T16:34:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T16:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bettybutch.com\/?p=6445"},"modified":"2021-12-16T16:34:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T16:34:42","slug":"16-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettybutch.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/16\/16-years\/","title":{"rendered":"16 years."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6446\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6446\" src=\"https:\/\/bettybutch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bettybutch_anniversary-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bettybutch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bettybutch_anniversary-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/bettybutch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bettybutch_anniversary-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/bettybutch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bettybutch_anniversary-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/bettybutch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bettybutch_anniversary-1536x1152.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back when I had a sick mohawk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today marks 16 years since Buster and I started dating. 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Ta!<\/p>\n<p>Our anniversary plans had to be canceled for various reasons, but you can help us celebrate by <a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/bettybutch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buying us a coffee<\/a> or donating to <a href=\"https:\/\/translifeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trans Lifeline<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks 16 years since Buster and I started dating. We were high school sweethearts, can you believe it? Hilariously, we didn&rsquo;t like each other at all when we first met. But eventually we stumbled into a mutual love of Harry Potter. 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