Even the best laid plans are only as good as the paper they’re drawn up on. And some of the best laid plans ever devised are for weddings — the kind that have been pondered on and pored over for years, from childhood on. It still doesn’t take much to throw a monkey wrench into those plans.
Usually the worst of it might be some rain or heavy traffic. But when one wedding was almost derailed by a real tragedy, the bride-to-be was determined to go ahead — and not everybody was on board with her plan.
The saying that every crisis is an opportunity was put to the test by a bride-to-be when tragedy struck her family just before her wedding.
As she shared on Facebook, sadly, with nuptials imminent, the bride’s aunt passed away. Suddenly, she found herself having to plan a funeral at the same time as putting the last few bows on the wedding — and dealing with wildly inflated costs.
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However, the bride was determined not to let the funeral get in the way of the wedding — or vice versa.
As she posted on Facebook, according to The Mirror , “Some of you may have gotten the news already — but Aunt Karen has sadly passed away from natural causes. We are all deeply saddened about her loss but we promise that we will not cancel the wedding next week. In her honor, we know she would want us to celebrate and have a day filled with love and joy.”
But given how expensive both weddings and funerals can be, the bride came up with a unique solution.
“I would also like to add that funeral costs are skyrocketing, and we will be having an open casket session during some of the wedding processions. Feel free to stop by during the wedding to say goodbyes, she will be on display for those who wish to gain some closure. Remember, even though losing one we love can be heartbreaking — there is also a joy in celebrating love and partnership in marriage.”
Her solution, however, didn’t exactly hit the right notes with most folks.
Well, one person thought it was a good gesture, commenting “RIP Aunt Karen. That woman loved weddings, good thing she will get to partake in one last one.”
Pretty much nobody else could see a silver lining in the bride’s decision though.
No surprise, a lot of people were uncomfortable with the idea of splitting a funeral visitation with a wedding.
“I’m all for honoring the woman but a joint wedding/funeral is weird,” one person wrote, according to The Daily Mail .
“Good god I’m kinda horrified,” wrote another.
“Ummm…that’s a wedding I don’t want to go to,” someone else agreed.
A few people took issue with some of the bride’s wording in her post — particularly the “on display” bit.
“‘On display’ is like saying she’s part of the decor or a prop,” wrote one person.
“Is she going to be sitting up in a chair for last pictures?” asked another.
“Just stick her at the end of the receiving line,” wrote one user.
“‘She will be on display’ is the icing on this weird, weird cake of an event,” someone else agreed.
A couple of people were alarmed at some of the subtext they detected.
“Good lord. I don’t even know what to say to this. Is she using her dead aunt to collect money?” wrote one person. “Bc that’s how this appears.”
“So it’s a joint wedding and funeral to save on church costs? So bizarre.”
There has been no update as to whether the bride actually went through with the plan.
But it’s undeniably an unfortunate position that the bride found herself in. Here’s hoping it all turned out as well as it possibly could under the circumstances.
h/t The Mirror , The Daily Mail
