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Mother of Groom Opens Unauthorized Second Wedding Command Center
The bride's approved plan now competes with a group chat called 'Just a Few Tweaks.'
THE REHEARSAL DINNER — After smiling through six months of planning meetings, the mother of the groom launched an alternative wedding operation from a powder room at the rehearsal dinner.
Her first directive moved a cousin to the family table. Her second replaced the opening song with something 'everyone likes,' meaning something she liked in 1978. Her third asked the florist whether the bride had really meant those colors.
The planner discovered the second command center when three vendors received contradictory texts signed 'Mom.' She called a brief summit with the couple and established that the people getting married remained the people getting married.
The mother agreed completely. She then asked whether the agreement applied to napkins. The planner placed the approved plan beside her phone and watched it for the remainder of the evening like a document under witness protection.
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