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The year is 1958

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4 years ago, while Florence was apprenticing to be a corporate lawyer, and Jesse had become an assistant manager at the same butchery he's been working at for the past few years. The relationship was sailing on calm waters, occasionally talking about tying the knot.
Life had a different path though, as Florence found out she was pregnant after they returned from a holiday in Nantucket. Knowing Florence's parents would be furious, they vigorously planned their wedding, in a quiet church and restaurant in Manhattan. The ceremony was attended by both of their families, Jesse's 5 siblings and mother looking around like curious cats, unused to the smells, dimensions and accents of the east coast.

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Jesse and Florence settled well into their Upper East Side home, paid for by the Cuypers family. But Florence's parents didn't want their first grandson to be raised by a lowly butcher, and sent Jesse to learn optometry.
He reluctantly agreed to study, financed by his in-laws, and has kept working part-time as a butcher, mostly to afford the occasional Tiffany's piece for Florence.
3 years after their firstborn, Florence and Jesse had another child, this time intentional. Florence had already become a full-time young corporate lawyer, working with a local firm, and Jesse is close to finishing his studies.

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DS is named after Jesse's father. His first name is short, catchy, but fits an older man. His middle name is one of the longer names here. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Confederate_States_Army_officers
his name ends with "III", as one of Jesse's brothers is already his father's Junior.

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DD's first name is related to any sort of plant, fruit, tree or flower. Her middle name is after a Dutch queen, nodding to her heritage.

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DH[28]: Jesse Cuthbert Boone (skinnyminnie)
DW[32]: Florence Hildegarde Phoebe Cuypers-Boone (Wordsmith)
DS[3]:
DD[0]: