Your Sussex Wedding - Apr/May 2019 (Issue 78)

Rosie and Rhys were wed on 25 th August, 2018, at Pangdean Old Barn with a romantic rustic theme Images courtesy of Hayley Rose Photography MAKE A wish R osie and Rhys were childhood sweethearts. Rosie went to the girls’ school and Rhys to the neighbouring boys’. Rosie remembers: “Rhys asked me out over MSN Messenger. Not particularly romantic, but that was the thing back in 2007!” Ah, so true! Rosie had no idea that Rhys had been harbouring a crush, but she did have the feeling that things would either go terribly wrong or last a very long time. “Now, here we are, more than 11 years later and married,” she smiles. The pair were on holiday in Mauritius, celebrating their 10 th anniversary, when Rhys popped the question. On the way to dinner one evening, they passed a wishing tree. The idea of which is that you write your deepest wish on to a piece of paper and hang it from the branches. Rhys drew to a halt and suggested they take a look at some. “Why on earth would I want to read someone else’s wishes?” Rosie wondered. As time went on, poor Rhys started to look a bit flustered. It materialised that, bless him, he’d popped out earlier in the day to write his own wish and pin it to the tree – “Will you marry me?” Except he couldn’t find it! But where there’s a will, there’s a way. He wrote a new note, and when Rosie turned around, he was on one knee. Here the bride shares more memories of their big day… 49  REAL WEDDINGS