Speaking of that fic, I've been working my way through the series, and I just ran into this (non-Fritz) anecdote in an author's note that I thought you might find as delightfully charming as I did:
"The real Lafayette and Adrienne's families wanted to arrange a marriage between them, but they were concerned that their children might rebel at being forced into it. So instead, from early childhood onwards, they arranged casual meetings and and various 'whoops, hey, look who that is?' encounters. Without ever telling them. By their teens, the two of them were determined to get married NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAID. I like to think the parents went: 'Oh no. Well, if you must.' Then drank champagne."
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Re: Our Insane Family: The Next Generation
Date: 2019-08-24 11:12 pm (UTC)"The real Lafayette and Adrienne's families wanted to arrange a marriage between them, but they were concerned that their children might rebel at being forced into it. So instead, from early childhood onwards, they arranged casual meetings and and various 'whoops, hey, look who that is?' encounters. Without ever telling them. By their teens, the two of them were determined to get married NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAID. I like to think the parents went: 'Oh no. Well, if you must.' Then drank champagne."
OMG it's good parenting OMG!