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My grandparents had a double wedding. It wasn’t supposed to be that way, from what I understand. My grandparents were planning their wedding when my grandfather introduced his brother to my grandmother’s adoptive sister. Well, they fell for each other, too, and decided they wanted to get married as well. My great-grandfather, the father of the brides, couldn’t afford two weddings that close together, so he suggested a double wedding ceremony.
My grandmother was fiery, passionate and French. As was her sister. The brothers who married them were in for a ride–but a good one, as it turns out, because both couples stayed in love until their deaths.
These are NOT my grandparents, but two different couples getting married at about the same time my grandparents did.
I’ve been thinking about double weddings–the complications, the romance–because a double wedding was in order to end a book I am currently writing. And then I chatted with my editor, we tweaked the plot in the previous book, which will change the timeline of this current book, and the double wedding is out. It can happen as quickly as that! 😉
But there was something I noticed in the videos of double weddings I’ve been watching: the “You may kiss the bride” kiss seems competitive… neither couple wants to be the first one to stop. And competitive kissing can be tacky.
So maybe it’s just as well.
I can’t imagine trying to pull off a double wedding. Mine was fairly easy to plan, let alone blending several personalities into one large event. However, coming from families of farmers, I can see how that would be hard to afford and the practicality of a double wedding. I imagine most of the hurdles created would be self-imposed due to blending preferences of the people involved. I would’ve looked forward to reading about one being planned in your book, but am totally on board with not including one. I have no idea how that would be pulled off. *Tips hat to you!*
I can’t imagine pulling one off in real life, either. Unless, as in my grandparents’ situation, both brides were from one family and both groom from the other, so everyone was coming anyway. My own wedding was tiny, so I can’t even imagine pulling off a regular wedding! LOL
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