My final “First Kiss” was that first kiss as husband and wife, so this is also Marriage Story #2. We planned our wedding on short notice because my fiancée’s mom had been given just 6 months to live following brain surgery. We both wanted her mom at our wedding, so we got married at 21--earlier than we had planned.
We married on a beautiful Saturday in May. We had picked up the cake and decorated the reception hall the night before and everything was in place. All we had to do was show up at the church. But it turned out her father had not tried on his rented tux until the day of the wedding. The pants were 10 sizes too big. Clown pants! He managed to borrow a pair of suspenders from a neighbor—problem solved. Then the florist delivered the flowers to the wrong address. Her sister took care of that for us. No big deal. Next she was swarmed by bugs as she posed for pictures in her family’s yard. Her sisters and friends had to pluck the bugs off her gown. All of this, combined with her mom’s health, made her very emotional. And late.
I was waiting at the church with the priest who had called her a heathen. He wanted to start the ceremony immediately. I told him to go ahead and the bride could just catch up. Finally they arrived.
As my bride and her father walked up the aisle together, they were both shaking and crying their eyes out. It was either touching or horrible, depending on your perspective. I wondered if she had changed her mind! I was nervous too until I heard a single sob choked back behind me. It was my mom. I don’t know why, but it was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud when I heard that. That calmed me down and during the exchange of vows I really belted mine out so everyone could hear what was going on—my wife was still shaking and could barely speak.
At end of the ceremony we had to kneel in front of the priest. As we got up, her heel got caught in the train of her dress and she started to topple forward. But the priest and I caught her before she fell. I think that flustered the priest. When he pronounced us man and wife he did NOT say you may now kiss the bride. Instead, HE kissed her on the cheek and told us to “go, go”.
So is she married to me or to the priest??? LOL! We did sneak in a quick kiss when we got the end of the aisle.
PS – My mother-in-law is gone now, but she lived for years. Hmmmm???
How cute, yet fraught with drama!
ReplyDeleteYour MIL wanted to see her grandchildren first :D :D :D
Oh, my goodness! It seemed like everything that could go wrong did. But I'm so glad you kept a good face on because that wouldn't have helped the bride! I think you should make it up to your wife and renew your vows ;)
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Rick, you're bad... what were you thinking when you told the priest to just go n and the bride will just catch up. Hilarious!
ReplyDeleteAnd your mom crying, I will do that too when my boys get married. I will cry hysterically. No soft sobs... I will bawl. Hahaha!
lol @ "I told him to go ahead and the bride could just catch up" hahahaha. i love how you think!!
ReplyDeletei can actually see myself laughing when i get married... my parents laughed too at their own wedding service... the priest got mad at them and threatened to cancel the wedding if they didnt stop LOL
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Awwww... What a cute story. But seriously if I was your fiance and I had been swarmed by bugs and late for my own wedding, I know I'd definitely be crying when I get to the church. hehehe. But despite all the drama at least it ended with a kiss. =)
ReplyDeleteyou can kiss your missus every day now. as a matter of fact, give her a kiss upon reading this comment :p if you read this more than 5 times, than maybe you need to go to the next base! ahahahha.
ReplyDeletecute, ric ;) cute & sweet.
Awww I am filled with mush :)
ReplyDeleteI remember the How I Met Your Mother episode when Marshall and Lily got married and everything went wrong. Then again, it's not the wedding, it's the marriage. :)
@Blair: We only made her wait 3 years! =)
ReplyDelete@Elaine: I forgot to mention one of the bearings on my car went bad that morning as I drove home from the barber shop. What timing! I would like to renew our vows someday--maybe outside. =)
@Leah: Priests are just people. LOL! I wonder if your boys will react the way I did--amused?
@LOLanne: When someone says something silly, it's an invitation to say something silly back to them! LOL
@ChinkyGirLMeL: They were both crying SO hard I worried people would think I was forcing her to marry me.
@stiletto girl: hahaha! I'm not sure I'm ready for such a big step.
@krissy: You're right, it's not that one day. Although, little mistakes make good memories. I got a haircut that morning (like Marshall), but mine turned out okay. I should have gotten it 2 weeks earlier.
I'll read this later..here to just inform you I have a tag for you:) good day!
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ReplyDeletecool story this story i heard it before
So, there was a fourth first kiss! :-)))
ReplyDeleteI would have already started crying when those bugs were attacking me! Lol.
But anyways, a wonderful story!
@teJan: Thank you!!!! =)
ReplyDelete@naveen: Impossible! My wife shared it with all of her friends, but there's no way you heard it before. Sorry!
@Thanh Thao: Haha, I don't know how they got the bugs out of the lace. =)
Wow Rick! I'm impressed that you remember so many details from your wedding! My bf doesn't even remember where we went for Valentines Day last year (and to be fair, i dont either. hahaha) and that's really odd that the priest kissed her instead of you. ;P Hope you're having a not-so-snowy saturday!
ReplyDeleteI never really understood why people cry at happy occasions. My mom does it and I just have to control myself and not laugh out loud or else she bombards me with death glares.
ReplyDelete" I get claustrophobic in cliques, so I never joined them." May I just say, Amen! ;)
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Rick, it was so cute. wow and you both were married on such young age. how did it feel? everything could go wrong but if we had such nice desire to get married then everything will go well at the end. pray for me so that i can get married soon. lol. :) happy vals day for both of you!
ReplyDeleteIt always seems that what can go wrong at a wedding will go wrong ! but so glad everything turned out okay in the end =)
ReplyDeletehmm so the priest will kiss a heathen...that's good to know ;)
ReplyDeletecute story. even cuter now that you're still together.
happy valentine's day pal!
lolll that so cute, i love the fact that you sneaked in a kiss at the end xD
ReplyDeletemy wedding plan is just to get married civilly. I prefer it rather than church wedding. I do not know why, maybe because I grew up with a family of lawyers, I was a law student, and my mind says it is more legal to be have a wedding solemnized by a judge. lol.
ReplyDeleteHaha, I really liked this story. Your poor wife having bugs plucked from her dress. I know exactly the feeling of the big wedding dress and having to kneel in the stupid thing, I myself also started to topple over a bit only our minister was a little more light hearted and actually giggled at me.
ReplyDeleteTwo days after Valentine's Day... I think my husband can almost share your pain since my birthday is a week after Valentine's.
As if being married that day is not eventful enough, the drama surely makes it twice memorable. I guess the joyous occasion of your marriage just added more years to your mother-in-law's life. Isn't that fantastic?
ReplyDeleteRick, you know what, the police car was within my reach yesterday. We got stopped by the cop for speeding. My friend was driving. We got ticketed for overspeeding (doing 90 at a 70 zone). Anyway, I told my friend, can I ask Mr Policeman if I can take my pic with him and his car. My friend was hysterical. She said, no way will you get off this car and pose with him. He might shoot you.
ReplyDeleteOh well, that was just wishful thinking. But I already have my lines ready...
Me: Officer, I am a tourist from the Phil. And it will be an honor for me to be able have a picture with you.
Do you think he will say yes? :-)
rick, thanks for your concern, the flood didnt really make it to our home thanks God :D
ReplyDeleteand that was quite a story of your wedding :) I keep imagining your wife as someone who are very wonderful and sensitive but loving lolz pls correct me if im wrong :D
you always find something humorous in every situation. This was a funny story...I reckon your mother-in-law was subliminally pushy, bless her soul. :-)
ReplyDelete*giggles*
ReplyDeleteYour comments always make me smile :) You're so sweet.
&& Goodness your life is just full of adventures, twists, and turns. But in the end, luckily everything just seems to fall into place and turn out perfectly =)
You are sweet guy, Ricademus. Great that your mum-in-law manage to witness the wedding.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was 21, I wasn't even attached. =(