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Chairman of the Board saved my marriage..
Well, not exactly SAVED my marriage, but it made me feel better.
Let me explain. . . .
I was getting married on a Saturday afternoon around 5:00 p.m. I had to go over to the hotel where my bride and I would be spending our wedding night and get an early check in, so when the reception ended, we wouldn't have to spend time checking in at midnight when we would both be totally exhausted.
I was too nervous and amped up to sit around the house waiting for mid-day to check in, so I left my house around 9:00 a.m., and drove over to the hotel, which was about 15 minutes from my house.
The room was ready for early check-in, so by 9:30 a.m., I am sitting in a hotel room by myself, with my suitcase, my wife's suitcase, and my tuxedo hanging in the closet. I was getting more and more excited about the wedding and needed to calm myself down. I went out for a walk, but it was an especially hot day, and I was getting too warm, so I went back to the room and tried to take a nap around lunchtime, I was too amped up to sleep, and I was too nervous to eat.
Finally, I turned on the TV around 1:00 p.m. Guess what movie was just about to start! I had never seen it before, but knew it was on IMDB's bottom 100, so I knew it would be just the right thing to shut off my brain. I was right. The movie is really, really dumb, but just dumb enough to make you laugh. Sure it's not the Marx Brothers, but you have to hand it to Carrot Top, he can make you laugh in spite of yourself.
When I finally got dressed and headed over to the wedding location, I was in a great mood. The photographer wouldn't let me see my bride until it was time for our first couple shots. The moment finally came, and I saw her for the first time in her wedding dress; she looked like ten million bucks. When she saw me in my tux she started getting emotional, as was I. When I approached her, she said to me, "Hi honey, what did you do this morning?"
"I checked into the hotel and watched a Carrot Top movie," I replied. She looked at me with an expression that said, 'I'm spending the rest of my life with this guy?' (Yes, the photographer caught the expression on film.)
The photographer finally yelled, "Forget Carrot Top, just kiss your wife already." We both started laughing and I kissed her. Now we joke that if it wasn't for Carrot Top, I would have been too nervous to go through with the wedding. Thank you CT, you saved my marriage.
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