Miss Manners: Last in my immediate family to know my brother eloped

Dear Miss Manners: While having a casual meal astatine my parents’ house, I noticed that my member and his fiancée were wearing wedding bands. I texted my sister to inquire if they had secretly gotten married, and she told maine I needed to speech to our brother.

He yet called maine contiguous and told maine that they did so spell to the courthouse to get married. He explained that they are trying to bargain a house, and that it is easier to get a owe erstwhile legally married.