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Wedding do-over

jema27
The first thing I thought of when I heard Rachael ask for do-overs was my wedding. In June my husband and I had a destination wedding in Tybee Island, Georgia. About 25 of our family and friends flew and drove from Ohio to celebrate our marriage with us. The ceremony on the beach at sunset went off without a hitch, but the reception was another story. After the wedding party finished getting pictures taken we walked to the pier where the reception was set up with a buffet, cake, a bar, and a DJ. Before we could get there we were stopped though; someone had found a suspicious object under the pier and the bomb squad had been called in. Nobody was allowed on the pier, even to get our food! The object wasn't a bomb, or even anything dangerous, but by the time the bomb squad cleared the area it was after the pier's closing time of 11 PM. In the meantime, we didn't know what to do, and we ended up gathering with our guests at a restaurant near the pier that graceously let us take over one of their decks. Fannie's Restaurant helped us out and gave us a slice of cake to feed to one another and played our music so we could have our first dance and our dances with our parents, but it just wasn't the reception we had dreamed of. My biggest disappointment as a new wife was that we were never announced as Mr. and Mrs. My other disappointment was for my family and friends: they got to eat and drink, but they had to pay for it themselves and the restaurant was hot and sticky while the pier would have been breezy and open. I feel so bad that our guests did not get the party they deserved for being so supportive of us and traveling so far to be with us, it breaks my heart. Rachael - I would love to have a do-over of my wedding reception!!

faithie
This story had me bawling so hard!!! I was supposed to be a bridesmaid in my best friend from college's wedding back in 1993. Due to my having become involved with a very controlling and manipulative man, and the fact that his ex-girlfriend was also a bridesmaid in the wedding, I somehow manged to let him talk me out of attending. I haven't seen or spoke to my friend since, but thankfully have rid myself of my controlling ex-husband. After seeing this show, I tracked my friend down on the internet and almost sent her an email. I just didn't have the courage to do it. I can't even imagine how difficult it was for the person to go on your show and do what she did. I'm amazed, and also a little down on myself for not being able to do the same.
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