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WATCH | Bride's 'selfless' tribute to pandemic wedding couples melts hearts

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Newlywed couple inviting couples to have first dance. Image via(henjofilms)/ TikTok.
Newlywed couple inviting couples to have first dance. Image via(henjofilms)/ TikTok.
  • We've heard too many stories about bridezillas and not enough about selfless brides.
  • This bride invited pandemic couples to have their first dance at her wedding.
  • Users of TikTok said what the bride did was beautiful and selfless.

The Covid-19 pandemic took away a lot of celebrations, from baby showers, graduation parties, and bachelorette parties to the all-important wedding day.

Couples tied the knot quarantining in their living room while having the officiator and their friends and family members join them virtually. Others took their honeymoon a few years later as they were trying to recover from the financial setback the pandemic caused.

This selfless bride took a moment during her wedding to invite couples who got married during the pandemic to have their first dance at their wedding.

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Taking to TikTok, a wedding account named, HenjoFilms posted a video of the newlywed bride standing shoulder-to-shoulder with her husband as she invited the other couples.

"So, there are many couples in this room who got married during the pandemic and did not get the opportunity to have a first dance on a dance floor. So, I would like all of our pandemic wedding couples to please rise. Please would you take the floor," she said.

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The bride started calling out the couples she knew didn't have a first dance.

"If you have gotten married over the pandemic and not had to do this, now is your chance. Let's please all take a moment for our newlyweds."

The wedding guests applauded as the couples walked towards the dance floor, and the couples started dancing to Taylor Swift's 'Lover'. One user in the comment section said, "This is so selfless and beautiful." Another user added, "The fact that they took time out of their special day to do this for the other couples melts my heart."

Source: TikTok

Would you share your first dance with other couples? Tell us your story here.




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