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Well mine is a very strange story, but here goes......I'm sure this will be very long!!LOL

I met DH when he was seeing my Cousin, who was living with me at the time!!

They got engaged and we were at the apartment one day and joking around and my cousin told me that him and I should be getting married not them!!

Well they got married and after a few months, bought a new house and moved it a few months later. My Cousin went in to hospital to have some teeth removed and never came out!! They were married 1 year and 1 week!!!

I was devistated by her death as we were only 6 months apart in age and on the most part got along great!! Now I had not really got to know G that well. I felt so bad for G as this was his second wife that had passed away!!! My cousin passed away in late October so I told him if he needed any help with his Christmas shopping, to just give me a call and I promissed him we could get it all done in one day, so he wouldn't have to worry about it!!

So one month to the day of the funeral he called and asked me for my help. I was very surprised he had called. I was just getting on with my life and spending more time with my family as you just never know when your number is up!! Her death was a great shock to me!!!!!!!

Anyway we did his shopping in one day. G asked that day if he could take me out to dinner for my help and I said sure!! We got along great that day and had a lot of laughs!!!

That night I gave him and hug and kiss and sent him on his way!!

Well that's when the calls started!! Every day many times a day!! I pretended to my new room mate that he was just a pest and lonely!!LOL But I was falling in love with him!!! We went out a few more times and on Christmas eve of Just 2 months after my cousins death he asked me to marry him!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well I said NO!! I Explained that I was yes falling in love with him, but I thought it was too soon after her death and that he needed some free time. I said I still wish to see you, lets see how it goes and keep it a secret from the family!!!!!

I found out that he only knew his first wife and was married to her 3 months later(she died at the hands of a drunk driver) My Cousin knew him less than 6 months when he asked her to marry him. So I told him to ask me again in 5 years!!!

I knew by New Years Eve that I would marry this man and be happy!!!(I even bought a wedding card for him and kept it a bag in my undies drawer, I gave it to him on our wedding day with the receit in it so he could see when I purchased it!!) I moved in to his place part time in January. My family found out in the spring of that year and I had to fess up!!! My aunt and uncle seemed ok with it, my cousins siblings where not taking it as well!! Everyone else was GREAT with it!! Many already had thoughts of us being together even though they didn't know we were!!

My best friend told me the day of the funeral that I would marry this man, but I just shrugged it off as wierd!!LOL Other people aproached me and said go for it!! One of my uncles sent a message through his daughter, for me to go for it life is too short to turn down a stong love!!

My aunt and uncle come to visit us now!! They love G and are glad he is still part of the family!! My mom adores him and my dad thought he was great too!!
G asked me to marry him on December 25th 2000, 5 years to the day I first said no, and we married May 5th 2001. G and I have been together for 12 years!!

I planned the entire wedding in just 6 months. We were married out side on a Golf course, reception and pictures where all done right there!!

We had 125 guests, all but a few were family, you see I'm the youngest of 6 and G is the oldest of 9, so brothers, stister and thier family accounts for most of our guests!!

I made my dress and the 3 little girls and my attendent, my best friend Janie(another story there, I will explain) I also made matching vests for the 2 ring barrers and thier pillows. My theme was purple. I would have done my own flowers but my good friend Carol wanted to do then as a wedding gift and she was a florist, so I went and purchased all my flowers(Wholesale of course) and she did everything I wanted!!

DH and I had our parents walk each of us down the isle. I was just so happy to still have them with us for our special day!!(My dad had open heart surgery the year before)DH's parents are about 10 years older than mine!!

DH and I paid for everything!!! We had a great party and everyone came up to us and said it was the best wedding they had been to!!!LOL

At the reception to get us to kiss we had 2 wig heads at the front of our table and I had made a tiera and veil and a top hat for the heads so if you wanted us to kiss you had to come up and place these things on your head and the person you where going to kiss to make us kiss!! It was a lot of fun and we were able to eat a hot meal and many where chicken to come up, but the ones that did made it great fun!!!

Our MC was G sister, she is a public speaker and did a fantastic job. She kept people rolling in their sets!!! She knew all the gags!!!

DH and I have been married 7 years and we still laugh every day!!

Janies story...
My best friend Janie is the youngest of 11 children. Her father passed and one brother passed and her mother was gravely ill with cancer, and her mother was so excited about my wedding!! She told me she wouldn't miss it, because she said"I will never see my youngest marry, so I really want to see and enjoy yours!!" Well she died the week prior the wedding, but one her last wishes was for Janie to be there for me on my special day!! I don't know how she did it but she was great!!!! She was great till the day after the wedding!!!! She was to come over and help me with all the wedding gifts and money sorting the next day, but she just couldn't do it!! I understod and told her to let it all out now!!!! I knew she was holding it all in, but she did it for me, now that's a best friend!!! Her mom had bought we a wedding gift and we opened it together a few days later and cried!! It was a door way perch angel. She is so beautiful!! I have her angel in my bedroom on DH's dresser watching over us!!

What's really cool was during the cerimony the minister was talking about those who where not able to be with us, where looking down and watching anyway and an ever so soft breeze came up and took the papers right out of her hands!! Janie and I looked at each other and smiled!!! We knew her mom was right there with us!!! She felt great she said after that and it got her through the rest of the day and evenings fastivities!!

So although my store is sad it is also a very happy one!!!

Janie is still my best friend and DH and I are very happy!! I think I'll keep him!!!LOL