My two younger sisters are married to brothers.
My middle sister is the one who lost her husband in the motorcycle accident when she was 26.
Nine years later my little sister met a guy who was ten years her junior at a country line dancing event at a local club. She was 28, and he was 18.......not even old enough to have a beer at the bar. He was drinking coke.
It took her 6 months to tell the family about him.
We were all horrified and accused her of robbing the cradle among other things.....
We thought for sure that the death of our brother-in-law had screwed all of us up beyond repair. I mean here she was dating ...practically a child.
He was from Louisianna. His family, mom, dad, 2 brothers and a sister, were still there.
His parents, it turns out, were only 10 years older than me!
Anyway, they decided to get married.
They plan a big to-do wedding and 2 days before it happens, his family comes out to meet our family.
My mother hosts a dinner party the first night at her house.
The 2nd night was the rehearsal dinner at some restaurant....
My middle sister was maid of honor for younger sis...
Her fiance's older (single) brother was best man.
My sister had only dated two guys since losing her husband. She was very picky and nobody thought she'd ever find another guy she could get along with. The death of her first husband made her quite bitter....
Yet at the rehearsal dinner middle sis and older brother were spotted having several conversations.....
At the wedding reception, middle sis and older brother were seen dancing - and then dancing again....and again.
Middle sister was spotted giggling and flirting.
Right after my little sister cut the cake and threw the bouquet, middle sis and older brother disappeared.
Nobody knew where they were for 2 days.
When they re-appeared, middle sister announces that she is going to Louisianna to spend a few weeks with him to see if they are 'compatible'.
When she came back, he came too. He stayed 3 weeks, and went home, quit his job, and then moved in with her here in NJ.
Six months after meeting, they married.
This week my two sisters are flying to Louisianna with the two brothers who they married .
They're taking the kids to visit "maw maw" and "paw paw"...
It makes me chuckle that they have the same in-laws!
