A wedding ceremony is one of the most special things in a couple’s life. Most people wait for it, plan for it and even over plan for it. Most people consider the moment they say “I do” and the kiss a part of their core memory. But what would happen if there’s a minor mishap and the priest forgets to announce the kiss? This is exactly what happened at this Australian couple’s wedding, as seen in the video posted by @ladbibleireland on TikTok. The Irish priest officiating their wedding, who also happens to be the groom’s family priest, forgot to announce the moment the couple had been waiting for. The couple didn’t back off and adorably reminded the priest to announce their kiss. Their way of asking for the announcement and the priest’s reaction has left the internet in splits. Nonetheless, it’s bound to make you laugh.
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As the video begins, the couple is standing hand in hand for the ceremony. As soon as they say "I do", the priest moves on and comes forth, forgetting to announce the kiss. The bride adorably asks if they can have their kiss and repeats “first kiss” again and again before the priest finally gets what she’s talking about. The hall screams “kiss kiss” and erupts in a fit of laughter. The priest waits for a moment before he registers it and hilariously replies, “You can’t expect an old bachelor to remember something like that.” He continues with "do what you have to do" and the couple finally has their kiss. The laughter in the hall instantly turns into applause.
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It would truly be a memorable moment for the couple throughout their lives. The video has gone viral and the internet can’t stop talking about the almost-missed kiss. People also couldn’t stop talking about the priest’s humorous response as he gave the couple the permission to kiss. After all, nobody could have thought that they would get a “Do what you have to do,” instead of “Now you may kiss the bride.” It’s a unique moment regardless.
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People on TikTok only had hilarious things about the forgotten kiss. One individual, @clivebbbott, wrote, “Brilliant, more priests like him are needed.” Another user, @__tinarenee__, wrote, “Our pastor did the same thing!” Well, maybe the moment isn’t so unique after all, but truly funny. Several people commented how nobody can beat Irish humor and the quick-witted response of the priest. A few others also pointed out that announcing the first kiss is actually a movie thing to do or Irish people usually don’t follow the custom, explaining the reason the priest might have forgotten to announce the first kiss. Others also commented that they highly doubt that this was their first kiss. It was still a very cute moment to witness as the couple shyly asked for the kiss to be announced. With the number of people who watched and interacted with it and reposted it, the internet found it noteworthy too.
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Will your current friends still be with you after seven years?
Professor shares how many years a friendship must last before it'll become lifelong
Think of your best friend. How long have you known them? Growing up, children make friends and say they’ll be best friends forever. That’s where “BFF” came from, for crying out loud. But is the concept of the lifelong friend real? If so, how many years of friendship will have to bloom before a friendship goes the distance? Well, a Dutch study may have the answer to that last question.
Sociologist Gerald Mollenhorst and his team in the Netherlands did extensive research on friendships and made some interesting findings in his surveys and studies. Mollenhorst found that over half of your friendships will “shed” within seven years. However, the relationships that go past the seven-year mark tend to last. This led to the prevailing theory that most friendships lasting more than seven years would endure throughout a person’s lifetime.
In Mollenhorst’s findings, lifelong friendships seem to come down to one thing: reciprocal effort. The primary reason so many friendships form and fade within seven-year cycles has much to do with a person’s ages and life stages. A lot of people lose touch with elementary and high school friends because so many leave home to attend college. Work friends change when someone gets promoted or finds a better job in a different state. Some friends get married and have children, reducing one-on-one time together, and thus a friendship fades. It’s easy to lose friends, but naturally harder to keep them when you’re no longer in proximity.
Some people on Reddit even wonder if lifelong friendships are actually real or just a romanticized thought nowadays. However, older commenters showed that lifelong friendship is still possible:
“I met my friend on the first day of kindergarten. Maybe not the very first day, but within the first week. We were texting each other stupid memes just yesterday. This year we’ll both celebrate our 58th birthdays.”
“My oldest friend and I met when she was just 5 and I was 9. Next-door neighbors. We're now both over 60 and still talk weekly and visit at least twice a year.”
“I’m 55. I’ve just spent a weekend with friends I met 24 and 32 years ago respectively. I’m also still in touch with my penpal in the States. I was 15 when we started writing to each other.”
“My friends (3 of them) go back to my college days in my 20’s that I still talk to a minimum of once a week. I'm in my early 60s now.”
“We ebb and flow. Sometimes many years will pass as we go through different things and phases. Nobody gets buttsore if we aren’t in touch all the time. In our 50s we don’t try and argue or be petty like we did before. But I love them. I don’t need a weekly lunch to know that. I could make a call right now if I needed something. Same with them.”
Maintaining a friendship for life is never guaranteed, but there are ways, psychotherapists say, that can make a friendship last. It’s not easy, but for a friendship to last, both participants need to make room for patience and place greater weight on their similarities than on the differences that may develop over time. Along with that, it’s helpful to be tolerant of large distances and gaps of time between visits, too. It’s not easy, and it requires both people involved to be equally invested to keep the friendship alive and from becoming stagnant.
As tough as it sounds, it is still possible. You may be a fortunate person who can name several friends you’ve kept for over seven years or over seventy years. But if you’re not, every new friendship you make has the same chance and potential of being lifelong.