The Wedding Trip

“I have a small problem, Dad.” Darius began.

“That’s not surprising,” I thought. “Are you stuck in a riot in Afghanistan?” I asked.

“I’ve never been to Afghanistan, Dad.”

“Did your frequent flyer trip to Sri Lanka go awry?”

Note: The purported objective of the Sri Lankan excursion was to get sufficient frequent flier miles to make to Chattanooga for the wedding.

“I went scuba diving in the Indian Ocean..”

“But?”

“Well, I had a little problem getting the trip from Beirut to Chattanooga booked using frequent flier miles. I had to pay for a shuttle trip to Kuwait.”

“Was it expensive?”

“No.”

“So, Darius, what is the problem?”

“I’m supposed to present a paper at the economic forum in China on the very same day as the wedding.”

“Hmm. I’m sure we can ask your Aunt to move the wedding back by one week."

“Do you think so?”

“Or maybe they could move the wedding from Chattanooga to Shanghai.”

“Dad..”

“The wedding was booked a year ago, Dar,” I explained. “You have accepted the invitation.”

“I also accepted the invitation to present this paper,” Darius thought.

“How did the conflict arise?” I asked.

“Don’t ask, Dad.” Darius responded.

Somehow Darius got the people in China to delay his presentation by a few days.

The photo is of an asymmetric church in Krakow.