The INSIDER Summary:
- A man planned a surprise wedding for his fiancée.
- She was happy about it and the two got married in a friend's home.
Surprise weddings can be tough to pull off: You have to convince everyone that the event that you're throwing is important enough that they should show up, give them a reason to dress nicely, and keep the whole thing under wraps. Things get a lot more complicated bride is out of the loop too.
Lorenzo Trujillo pulled off the seemingly impossible on July 7: he threw a surprise wedding for his fiance and when she found out about it, she wasn't mad!
Trujillo told BuzzFeed News that he and his partner Jenn, who are both in their late thirties and live in Leesburg, Virginia, had both been married in the past with fairly big weddings, so they weren't interested in having a big to-do for their own ceremony. He said that the planned on eloping or going to the courthouse with some friends.
"She came to me and said, 'We have this marriage license — when are we going to get married?' and I said, 'You know what? Don’t worry about it. I'll figure it out,'" Trujillo told BuzzFeed.
Well, apparently for Trujillo, figuring it out means planning a totally surprise wedding for Jenn in just 10 days, with some help from their best friends, according to BuzzFeed.
Trujillo said he told Jenn he had a big date planned, so she should pick out a nice dress. Luckily for him, he said she picked out a white dress that she could wear again to the courthouse when they got married. The two actually did go on a dinner date and he proposed at the end of their meal. She, of course, said "yes."
Then, Trujillo's plan really got going. He said that he had left tickets to their "event" at their neighbor's house, but then when they pulled up to the house, she saw twinkling lights and knew something was up.
Trujillo told BuzzFeed that he assembled their friends and family at the house and told them it was for a surprise party. They were only told of the nuptials when they arrived. When Jen and her fiance walked up and she figured out what was up, obviously, she freaked out.
"I was like, 'Is this happening right now?'" she told BuzzFeed News. "'Are we getting married? Are we doing this?'"
Despite knowing how many brides might react to such a surprise, and warnings from Trujillo's best man and the wedding photographer that maybe this wasn't such a good idea, Jenn was thankfully happy about the decision.
Looks like this leap of faith totally paid off for these two lovebirds. Just be sure that if you're thinking about doing this for your partner, they have an adventurous spirit and love a good surprise.
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