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The Surprised Bride
Who Ever Heard of a Surprise Wedding?
When I told people I’d been invited to a Surprise Wedding, nobody said, “What a great idea!”
Cousin Jane had been living with Scott for a decade when he phoned to tell me that he’d finally decided to marry her and that it was going to be a surprise.
“A surprise wedding?,” I asked. “You‘re kidding me, right?”
Women like to plan their weddings. Growing up, we spend hours thinking about that special day. Will it be in a chapel? On the beach? Small and intimate? Fabulous and pricey?
Countless books and magazines are devoted to this topic. Wedding planners work tirelessly to make Perfect Wedding dreams come true.
You don’t just drop a wedding in a girl’s lap.
Of course, this “girl” was in her 60s. And cousin Jane was crazy about her man. Still, I had my doubts.
“Scott, are you sure this will be a good surprise?” I asked.
Scott was inviting friends and family from all over the country to gather near their San Diego home He’d lure my cousin to her own wedding on a pretext. Then, he told me, he’d propose, she’d accept and they’d get married.
I’d never heard of anything like it.
