02/20/2025
MY GRANDMOTHERS ARE THE FLOWER GIRLS AT MY WEDDING—AND NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY ABOUT IT
When we started planning the wedding, one thing became obvious pretty quickly—there were no little kids in either of our families. No nieces, no nephews, no baby cousins. So, I had an idea. Instead of trying to borrow someone else’s kid to be our flower girl, why not ask my two grandmothers?
Both of them are in their seventies, still active, and honestly, way more fun than most people my age. When I called them up and asked, there was a long pause before my Grandma Helen burst out laughing. “You’re serious?” she asked. “You want two old ladies throwing petals down the aisle?”
“Exactly,” I said.
To my surprise, she agreed instantly. My other grandma, Marlene, took a little convincing, but once Helen got her on board, they started treating it like a serious role.
Everything was perfect—until my fiancé’s mom found out.
She pulled me aside at dinner the other night “Sweetheart,” she said carefully, “are you sure this is the right choice? It’s… well, a little unconventional.”
I knew exactly what she meant. She thought it was weird. Embarrassing, even. “I think it’s perfect,” I told her. “It’s our wedding, and they’re excited.”
She pressed her lips together like she wanted to argue but didn’t. My fiancé, to his credit, just shrugged and said, “I think it’s great.”
But the tension is still there. His side of the family is traditional, and I can already imagine the raised eyebrows at the ceremony. MIL kept dropping hints that she “just wants to make sure the focus stays on the bride and groom.”
Days before our wedding, she did the unthinkable..
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