The Bouquet
After the sunset, we all returned to the Bachelor Cabin, played a game of Catchphrase, and then most people went downstairs to play pool or Kerpunk. My brother Ryan, Josh, and cousin Austin opted for the hot tub. With the Bachelor party nearly at its end, we started to talk about the next time we were all going to see Austin.
“I can’t believe they are getting married next month!” I said.
“I know,” Ryan said, “They just got engaged in December!”
“Actually,” I continued, “I have a great video from Paige’s Wedding.”
“Princess Paige’s?” Austin asked, referring to his sister, my cousin, as opposed to my fiancée.
“Yes," I replied, “Actually, I'll show you.”
I hopped out of the tub, dried off, ran up to my bed where my phone was charging, and scrolled through until I got to the end of October 2021. I remembered the night well. My cousin Paige had just gotten married, and we were at the reception. About 30 minutes into dancing, we were instructed to get off the floor so they could do the bouquet toss. When I got off the floor, I stood next to Eva, Alexander (Paige and Austin's brother), and, to my surprise, his girlfriend, Alexa. Eva and I prompted her to join the other women, and she stood at the very back of the group.
“Alexa's going to catch it,” I whispered to Eva jokingly as I started recording. Paige threw the bouquet, and it went right to Alexa! I'm so glad I was recording because after she caught it I got a close-up of her and Paige, and then one of Alexander, who was trying his hardest to process what had just happened. I watch the video before running back downstairs and showing it to Ryan, Austin, and Josh, and they all burst out into smiles!
In the installment I wrote about Paige’s wedding, I kept that description of Alexa catching the bouquet in, even though I didn't know when they were going to get engaged. However, for Alexa's birthday, Alexander and her went to New York, and they got engaged on that trip. I assumed, just based on how stressful wedding planning has been for us, that Alexander and Alexa would not get married until after I did.
I was surprised then when I found out that their wedding was set for April 25th. I am a romantic. I always have been, and I always will be. And as a result, I'm very into the superstitions/traditions around weddings. I think the bouquet toss is the one thing I've never really taken too seriously. Like it makes sense that a wedding is going to be insanely magical for the bride and groom, but the idea of passing that magic immediately on to another couple who is not directly involved in the current wedding just seemed a little, I don't know, too unrealistic. Does that make sense?
Anyways, I think Alexander and Alexa have proved me wrong. My cousin Paige's wedding was not the last wedding that either I or my cousin Paige have attended. But because Alexander and Alexa's wedding is happening a month before Paige and mine, on the Ulibarri side, Alexander and Alexa's wedding is, in fact, the next wedding after my cousin Paige’s.
To Be Continued…
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