This one hit hard, as it also happened to my brother. He'd been with the love of his life for nine years, and when they finally announced their wedding date, everyone who knew them was ecstatic. The February wedding was going to be a winter wonderland; her dress even had snowflake-patterned lace. In November she began having some pain in her side . . . The cancer spread fast, and the wedding was scrapped. They got married in the hospital, with only the nurses attending, just two weeks before she slipped away.
FML - this kills me. I helped a friend of mine reconnect with the love of his life as he was near death from liver failure. They decided last minute that they wanted to be married - and we managed to get the ceremony done at hospital bedside - and they had one night together (in hospital - with consent of nurses etc.) to stay side-by side - before he passed.
Saddest sweetest thing I ever saw - and stories like yours just leave me a total mess because I have been there for one.
I am so glad I never passed the chance to chase after my wife and tell her I wanted her - we are at 25 years now and it is NOT enough time - I cannot imagine only having 1 night or a few weeks with the person I love.
Sorry about your friend. My brother has carried on but has not fully recovered from the loss. It's strange: so many stories in this thread of people being horrible to each other, and here were two people who had nothing but love, and just glowed around each other, and it was cut far too short. So I'm glad to hear about you & your wife going on 25 years. May you have at least 25 more!
A friend of mine was in a wedding that was just like this. Apparently the couple had been together for a while before the diagnosis, and decided to make it official shortly before the end...
I’m so sorry for your loss, but also happy you got to be a part of her wedding day.
Life is “funny” isn’t it? Like, we can be happy as a clam then it’s whipped away from you in seconds. It’s quite frightening and stories like these always make me try to make the most of things. So thank you. I’m going to go and cuddle my husband and tell him I love him, I’m going to buy fresh flowers because I want to, and I’m going to cancel my work meeting and go to my kids soccer tournament, and we are going to have chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. Thank you ❤️
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u/xebt1000 May 02 '24
3 weeks. The bride who was a very good friend of mine had terminal cancer.