You could not have imagined a more perfect day for your wedding even if you tried. The skies are sunny and clear. Birds sing from where they perch on tree branches. The cool air fans your cheeks and ruffles your hair. You wake up with a feeling of anticipation. This is your big day. In a couple of hours, a Justice of Peace will pronounce you and your beloved husband and wife. You shiver in excitement. Married! Soon, you will be married! You smile just a bit ruefully at the thought. If not for flat rate conference calling, you and your groom would not be here today, about to exchange vows.

As you gingerly touch your veil, you marvel at the convenience of flat rate conference calling. You remember how instrumental it had been in strengthening your relationship.

With both of you pursuing careers that take you to far-flung place --- he in Paraguay as a paleobiologist and you in Malawi, where you studied cultural anthropology --- communication had been difficult. Thanks to flat rate conference calling, however, the two of you managed to keep touch. You never had to deal with astronomical telephone bills. Both of you only had to pay a set amount per month. At a minimum of $30 a month, flat rate conference calling allowed the two of you to talk for as long as you both wanted to.

With flat rate conference calling, there was no need for you to wait for off-peak hours just to make a call. You were able to call each other any time you wanted to, as much as a dozen times a day, in fact. Thanks to flat rate conference calling, you were able to call each other silly names and whisper endearments without worrying over billing statements.

It therefore came as no surprise that it was through flat rate conference calling that he proposed. You remember the moment clearly as if it had taken place only yesterday. He asked you to be his wife, and even with the distance, you could hear how steely his voice had been with anxiety. Naturally, it was also through flat rate conference calling that you said "yes."

Since your schedules cannot permit you to hold the ceremony in your own country --- and flying in your groom and all the witnesses to Malawi is very impractical indeed, what with the hotel accommodations, airfare costs and general safety of a large number of people --- the most convenient solution had been to hold the ceremony in each of your locations via webcam. For the umpteenth time, flat rate conference calling comes to your rescue. Your conference call provider offers reasonable and affordable flat rates. In fact, even though the charges varied a little depending on how many people you asked to participate in the conference call, the amount you paid had been very reasonable. Your friends even raved over how practical your wedding day is turning out to be.

Again, you marvel over the impact flat rate conference calling has had on your life. You smile ruefully for the second time as the familiar strains of the wedding march pipe through the webcam. Soon, you will walk down that aisle, and even though the marriage takes place over the Internet, thanks to flat rate conference calling, you are about to begin a new milestone in your life.