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Raleigh - They came for the low prices and stayed for the lifetime commitment.
A couple that met in a North Carolina Walmart returned to the same store to hold their wedding ceremony.
Wayne Brandenburg said he would casually browse through the store a few times a week and that was where he met his future wife, Susan, who was working there as a cashier.
“I’d ask her how she was that day and tell her she looked very nice,” he said.
He was a widower and Susan was working at the store after her divorce.
Wayne built up the courage to ask her on a date and began taking Susan’s favourite lunch to Walmart each day.
“He was very much a gentleman and I looked forward to seeing him,” she said.
A year later, Wayne proposed.
Susan accepted but the couple was not officially married until six years later.
When they were trying to decide where to hold the reception, Wayne came up with the idea of getting married in the same store where they had met.
The wedding cake even came from the store’s bakery and the couple was reportedly joined by family, friends and even some store customers who stopped in to observe the ceremony.
While the story may sound a bit unusual, it’s actually somewhat common, according to one study.
In fact, Psychology Today says Walmart is the most popular place for Americans to fall in love at first sight.
A couple that met in a North Carolina Walmart returned to the same store to hold their wedding ceremony.
Wayne Brandenburg said he would casually browse through the store a few times a week and that was where he met his future wife, Susan, who was working there as a cashier.
“I’d ask her how she was that day and tell her she looked very nice,” he said.
He was a widower and Susan was working at the store after her divorce.
Wayne built up the courage to ask her on a date and began taking Susan’s favourite lunch to Walmart each day.
“He was very much a gentleman and I looked forward to seeing him,” she said.
A year later, Wayne proposed.
Susan accepted but the couple was not officially married until six years later.
When they were trying to decide where to hold the reception, Wayne came up with the idea of getting married in the same store where they had met.
The wedding cake even came from the store’s bakery and the couple was reportedly joined by family, friends and even some store customers who stopped in to observe the ceremony.
While the story may sound a bit unusual, it’s actually somewhat common, according to one study.
In fact, Psychology Today says Walmart is the most popular place for Americans to fall in love at first sight.
