Posted on 03/23/2020 12:31:09 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Neighbors cheered and sirens wailed in the distance as the couple exchanged vows in front of a parked vehicle and sealed their union with a kiss
New York couple Reilly Jennings and Amanda Wheeler had a feeling that the coronavirus pandemic was going to derail their wedding plans. So with the help of a friend, they improvised.
The two tied the knot on a sidewalk of a residential street in the city. Their pal, Matt Wilson, performed their short wedding ceremony from his fourth-floor apartment window. Neighbors cheered and sirens wailed in the distance as the couple exchanged vows in front of a parked vehicle and sealed their union with a kiss. A few friends stood several feet away from the couple and one watched the proceedings from inside a car, practicing social distancing as the CDC has urged people to do to try to slow the pandemic.
"We were supposed to get married in October but immediately had a feeling when everything with COVID-19 began that things weren't going back to normal for quite a while," Jennings told E! News on Friday. "We've been talking about a courthouse wedding in the meantime and went to the marriage bureau yesterday to get the license, planning to go back this afternoon to actually get married. As we were walking out the door, the mayor announced the bureau would be closed until further notice."
"We sulked all day until our dear friend messaged us on a group chat letting us know he was ordained by the county clerk's office in New York City. We asked if he could marry us two hours later and he said yes. We both finished up work calls and headed over," Jennings continued. "He, like many New Yorkers, is choosing to do his part to self quarantine and keep the community healthy. We didn't want to ask him to compromise that."
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Wheeler, a 38-year-old North Branch, Michigan, native, wore a sleeveless white gown and held a bouquet of white flowers. Jennings, who is 28 and originally from San Francisco, sported a black jacket and matching jeans, paired with a white top and white sneakers.
Jennings and Wheeler met in 2013 at the New York gym Mark Fisher Fitness. Wheeler was a trainer and Jennings worked part-time at the front desk.
"We sort of unexpectedly fell in love four years ago and the rest is history," Jennings told E! News.
When asked why the two decided to get married early amid the pandemic, Jennings said, "Who knows when things will be back to normal? We love each other so much and didn't want to wait. Also.. #insurance."
Jennings said they will remember "the overwhelming sense of joy and love amidst a scary and uncertain time. And how small such a big city like New York City can feel sometimes."
Did we really need this posting and the accompanying huge picture of a couple of homosexuals?
Really? Disgusting!
It doesn’t say anything about that.
I don’t know. I thought it was a man an a woman. I don’t see anything that says its not.
laweeks..are you a psychopath, an idiot, or both?
And that you think it’s 2 men says a lot about the psychopath part.
It’s a HAPPY story and I know MISERABLE ####s like you don’t want that on the board.
So just don’t tune in, go into a dark room, hold your Bible as tight as possible until your finger bleed while you spew misguided hate the rest of the time..
And get ####ing glasses.
“And that you think it’s 2 men says a lot about the psychopath part.”
He didn’t say that it’s 2 men
Nice story.
Two females but whatever floats people’s boat these days.
Blonde chick could of done much better,
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8141137/Two-women-married-New-York-street-officiant-leans-fourth-floor-window.html
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=reilly%20jennings&epa=SEARCH_BOX
It’s two women. That’s what I thought as soon as I saw it.
You have a K.D. Lang fetish?
Now that they’re done normalizing gay marriage, then comes the push for transgender BS.
OH WAIT THATS ALREADY HERE.
Guess we can get used to that too, until the pedophilia is “understood as love”.
Well there goes my self righteous tirade :)
Apologies to laweeks and yeah now it is disgusting.
What do ya want from me? I read the article on the page and figured they would flaunt that in the first few paragraphs.
It’s a good thing I have no shame or i’d be SO embarrassed!! :)
Again, sorry about that laweeks.
OK, I’m done here. Time to go to another thread for another self righteous rant! :)
already apologized.
and that was one of my better holier than thou rants wasted!! :)
We’re only human.
Mostly :)
ok, two women. Not shocked, just glad they aren’t too stupid to live.
I had no idea. Nothing in the article indicated that.
Always look for the adam’s apple. It’s a dead giveaway.
No problem.
Elvis Costello and Dyan Cannon got married? Who’d a thunk it?
Here’s a link to another story on this:
Take a look at the pictures and tell me which one’s the male.
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