Amalie & Sean’s Sweetly Simple Vows
Amalie and Sean met in 2008 playing a 3D chatroom game called “Home.” Sean lives in England and Amalie lives in Denmark, but once they discovered they played the same games and shared many of the same interests the distance was hardly a barrier. Their connection deepened over many texts, MSN messages, and Skype calls until one morning, Amalie confessed her feelings.
“I had tried to hint my attraction for the past 6 months, with no luck, so I thought, why not? Just say you love him! And luckily he loved me too.”
Amalie and Sean’s proposal story was equal parts romantic and logistic. “The UK is facing Brexit soon,” Amalie said. “so one evening we decided it was time for us to get married, because we love each other and are devoted to each other, and because it’s the safest for when we close the distance.”
The wedding was a sweet and simple affair, with 15 guests congregating first at the town hall in Juelsminde and then at a garden party hosted by Amalie’s mum. They were wed by the mayor in an emotional ceremony, conducted entirely in Danish – although at one point, the mayor turned to Sean and asked in English “Do you follow?” which had Amalie in stitches amid her happy tears.
There were many moments of joy and laughter throughout, but for both Sean and Amalie the highlight was an outburst after their first kiss. “He finishes his speech, we have our first kiss as a married couple and the room is silent.” Amalie described. “I suddenly burst out “F*ck!” in realisation that WE FINALLY DID IT!” The room erupted in laughter and her mum jokingly reminded her it wasn’t too late to run away.
