Grandma’s Pre-Wedding Letter Warned Against ‘Love and Sins,’ Because Nothing Says Romance Like a Sermon
KEY POINTS
- •The author married Scott in April 2025, celebrating after a four-year courtship surrounded by supportive family advice.
- •Prior to the wedding, a 79-year-old grandmother contributed a scrapbook letter warning marriage is not ‘plain sailing’ and mentioned ‘sins.’
- •Months later, the author reinterpreted the letter, realizing it reflected grandmother’s own complicated marriage experience more than their new union.
In April 2025, the author married Scott after a leisurely four-year dating cruise. The wedding planning stress was soothed by family pep talks and a scrapbook of handwritten letters—except grandma’s, which read like the opening monologue of a marital disaster movie. Cozily nestled among sweet sentiments, her 79-year-old grandmother ominously warned, 'Married life isn’t plain sailing' and sneakily threw in 'love has a way of forgiving a multitude of sins.' The author initially chuckled, handed the note off, and ignored it like a speck of dirt on a white wedding dress. Five months later, hindsight revealed grandma’s decades-long Rollercoaster-of-Marriage expertise spoke volumes disguised behind her cryptic advice.
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Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/28/2025 | Author: Mikhaila Friel