... or so Greenvillians would like you to think. Over the past couple of months I've had to endure congratulations on my supposed marriage in Greenville due to an identity mix up.

It all started one morning when my principal came up to me and said, "Mr Hughes! Are you getting married and didn't tell us about it?!" I just stood there utterly stupefied for a few seconds before saying, "Huh??" She explained that she read a wedding announcement in the Delta Democrat Times for Ryan Hughes and his bride. I explained that it had to be another Ryan Hughes, as I was nowhere near being ready for marriage. She was disappointed because she thought she'd for sure have me for more than the two year Teach For America commitment.

I thought that would be the last of it, but then I got this card in the mail the following week:

Outside:

Inside:

The feather you see there was actually included in the card. It must be some kind of game that Duke McCrory hunts. Weird.

I thought it would be a good thing of me to find out who Jennifer's real fiancé is, so I went on the internet to find the guy. Of course it turns out that I am the only Ryan Hughes listed in or around Greenville, so there is not way of me finding the guy.

A few weeks passed and no more news of the alleged wedding surfaced, but then one day I all of a sudden got a barrage of teachers congratulating me on my marriage, telling me how surprised they were that I had settled down so fast in the Delta. I had to patiently explain that it was somebody else, but by the fourth person congratulating me, I cried with angst, "It's not me!" At the end of the day, the teacher next door (who is getting married) showed me this page from "Wedding Delta Style" magazine, which is what tipped off the other teachers: