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Nine Years Later Their Favorite Gift Was Still Unopened
While Brandon and Kathy talked about wedding gifts, they remembered their personal favorite. Ironically, their best wedding gift still sat in the closet, unopened. Neither Brandon nor Kathy had peeked inside throughout their nine years of marriage.
The couple eventually decided to unwrap that gift one night and discover what lay inside. But the present’s meaning didn’t come from what was inside. The meaning came from the nine years in which the couple refused to open it.
Flashback To The Gunn’s Wedding
Brandon and Kathy Gunn of Northville, Michigan, got married on September 1st, 2007. The two exchanged vows in Jackson with 300 people in the audience. They received hundreds of wonderful wedding gifts, but one stood out.
The gift was from Kathy’s great aunt, Alison. It was a white box with minimal wrapping other than a silver bow. On top of the box, an enclosed letter read, “Do Not Open Until 1st Disagreement.” It was certainly not your typical wedding gift.
Did They Not Have A Disagreement Over Nine Years?
Did the couple not open the present because they’ve never argued?? According to Kathy, that wasn’t the case. “Now, there had obviously been plenty of disagreements, arguments, and slammed doors throughout our nine years,” she wrote on Facebook.
Kathy told ABC News that they “didn’t want to turn to the box because once you open it, you don’t have it. And then what do you do?” What if the present contained something that they needed for a massive argument?
