The dinner bill was 325,840 drams, and I paid it with my card and my own funds, as I always do. This is what Alen Simonyan, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, wrote about his engagement to Anelya Gubryan.
“How some people love to gossip, live someone else’s life, lie, lie, lie, and pretend to be important.
Yes, on February 28th, I invited my beloved and his parents to a restaurant to introduce our parents and family members. There were 11 of us: my mother, father, grandmothers, brother, and brother-in-law. No one else was invited besides family members. We sat in the common room, and there were two other tables next to us, at which strangers were seated. The evening passed in a warm atmosphere; we also laughed at the gossip, stupidity, and lies that were being spread. We exchanged inexpensive, symbolic gifts.
There were no decorations in the hall or anywhere else, and the video they were distributing with flowers and tarot cards had nothing to do with us and was some kind of promotional video. The bill for dinner was 325,840 drams (I have the receipt), and I paid it with my card, using my own funds, as I always do.
We know everything about each other, we love each other, we…” “We are happy, and we wish you all the best. Live your life and do your own thing,” he wrote.