Duyen Mong Nguyen

📢LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND ANYONE HERE JUST FOR THE OPEN BAR—WELCOME! WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS (WHICH SOUNDS SERIOUS, BUT DON'T WORRY, THIS WILL BE A LOT OF FUN) 😉 TO CELEBRATE THE MARRIAGE OF MARGARET AND MICHAEL.

NOW, BEFORE WE BEGIN—YES, I AM RELATED TO THE BRIDE. 🐾 NO, I DID NOT GO TO OFFICIANT SCHOOL. BUT I DID READ THE INTERNET AND TALK TO THE COUPLE, SO 🐾 WE’RE IN GOOD HANDS.

NOW LET’S REWIND TO THEIR LOVE STORY….. . 👀

WHEN MICHAEL FIRST MET MARGARET, HE SAID IT WAS... OVERWHELMING. 👀 HIS WORDS. 🐾 BUT ALSO? HE WAS IMPRESSED! SHE WAS STYLISH, HAD STRONG OPINIONS, AND COULD ROAST HIM IN ✌️TWO LANGUAGES. A DREAM COME TRUE. 🤣

MARGARET, ON THE OTHER HAND, THOUGHT MICHAEL WAS CALM and NERDY… MAYBE A LITTLE TOO CALM. BUT THEN SHE NOTICED HE HAD A HEART THE SIZE OF COSTCO. A CHIVALROUS, GENUINE GUY WHO ACTUALLY LISTENED AND OPENED DOORS — WHO DOES THAT ANYMORE? 🤷🏼‍♀️

THEIR FIRST DATE WAS FILLED WITH DETECTIVE WORK, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY MUTUAL FRIENDS THEY HAD— 👌CLASSIC ASIAN NETWORKING. 😊 BY THE SECOND DATE, HE SHOWED UP IN A FULL ATHLETIC OUTFIT, OFFERING HER 🙄 SELTZER WATER ON THE BEACH… MARGARET ALMOST GHOSTED HIM RIGHT THEN. BECAUSE, AS WE ALL NOW KNOW, SHE HATES SODA WATER. BUT THANKFULLY, HERE WE ARE. 😊

LET’S NOT FORGET ABOUT MICHAEL’S PROPOSAL.

🐾 A LIGHTHOUSE, A SNEAKY TIK TOK VIDEO, A SIBLING DIVERSION, A FAKE DINNER WITH JUSTIN AND QIN (CHIN*) — IT WAS EITHER A PROPOSAL OR A COVERT OPS MISSION. MARGARET THOUGHT SHE ALMOST WALKED INTO SOMEONE ELSE’S MOMENT, BUT IT TURNS OUT— 👀 MICHAEL PULLED IT OFF. POINTS FOR CREATIVITY. AND COMMITMENT. 🤣

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[Why They Work]

WE OFTEN SAY THAT LOVE IS AN ACTION – SOMETHING WE MUST DEMONSTRATE DAILY. 🐾 WELL, MARRIAGE IS LIKE THAT, TOO. IT’S CONSISTENT SUPPORT THROUGH LIFE’S UPS AND DOWNS. IT’S THE BIG GESTURES, LIKE PLANNING A SURPRISE SUSHI PICNIC FOR MARGARET BIRTHDAY. 🐾 AND THE SMALL GESTURES, LIKE RECORDING PRECIOUS MOMENTS TO REMINDERS TO HAMMER TIME. IT’S TAKING TURNS WITH THE LAUNDRY, AND WIPING AWAY EACH OTHER’S TEARS. 🐾 IT’S MAKING TIME TO BUILD LEGOS TOGETHER, REVIEWING THE BUDGET, AND SAVING THAT LAST BITE FOR MICHAEL, BECAUSE MARGARET DOESN’T LIKE TO EVER FINISH HER FOOD. 👀 (am I right) IT’S WAKING UP EVERY MORNING KNOWING THIS PERSON IS THE ONE YOU WANT BESIDE YOU. YOU WILL ARGUE OVER NOTHING, BECAUSE MICHAEL WILL LET HER WIN. ALWAYS. AND THEY SAY THERE ARE NO PERFECT MEN. 👀 IT’S PUTTING EACH OTHER FIRST, AND NEVER TAKING YOUR LOVE FOR GRANTED.

MARGARET AND MICHAEL, YOU’VE BOTH HAD LIFE EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE SHOWN YOU THE TRUE MEANING OF MARRIAGE 🐾 WHAT A TRUE MARRIAGE CAN BE WHEN TWO PEOPLE EMBRACE THE ACTION OF LOVE. 🐾 YOU’VE LEARNED WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO YOU, AND THE KIND OF PARTNER YOU WANT TO BE. YOUR UNIQUE JOURNEYS HAVE BROUGHT YOU TO THIS MOMENT, WITH A CHANCE AT LOVE BUILT ON WISDOM, EXPERIENCE, AND A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS COMMITMENT TRULY MEANS.

WHEN MARGARET REALIZED SHE COULD GROW OLD WITH MICHAEL— 🐾 AND HE SAW HER LOVE HIS FAMILY LIKE HER OWN—THEY BOTH KNEW: THIS IS FOREVER.

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BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE REALLY GOOD STUFF. 🐾 I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE GUESTS WHEN WE LEAVE THIS SPACE THAT IT WILL BE DONE SO IN AN ORDERLY MANNER, (You know what I mean cousins) 👀 I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE ITCHING TO GET TO THAT OPEN BAR. SO PLEASE WAIT FOR ONE OF THE VENUE STAFF TO GUIDE YOU OUT.

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[Vows / Ring Exchange] ON CAMERA

👀 To the couple:

NOW, MARGARET AND MICHAEL, PLEASE FACE EACH OTHER. TRY NOT TO LAUGH. 🐾 ACTUALLY, DEFINITELY LAUGH. 🐾 THAT’S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS MARRIAGE.

[Personal Vows] – OFF CAMERA

AT THIS POINT IN THE CEREMONY, I USUALLY TELL COUPLES, ‘IF YOU HAVE ANY LAST WORDS, NOW'S THE TIME’—BUT MARG AND MIKE HAVE ACTUALLY PREPARED SOME FIRST WORDS FOR THEIR LIFE TOGETHER: THEIR PERSONAL VOWS.

Michael

Margaret

🥲 AD LIB - STEP BACK INTO CAMERA

(SERIOUS TIME)

MARGARET, DO YOU PROMISE TO KEEP MAKING LISTS, ROASTING MICHAEL LOVINGLY, AND LETTING HIM THINK HE’S GOOD AT CLEANING?

“Please Say I do”

(SHE SAYS “I DO.”)

MICHAEL, DO YOU PROMISE TO ALWAYS WAIT UNTIL SHE CALMS DOWN, BUY PANDA-THEMED GIFTS, AND KEEP YOUR FASHION AT LEAST ABOVE GYM-CLASS LEVEL?

“Please Say I do”

(HE SAYS “I DO.”)

[Ring Exchange] – OFF CAMERA

“RINGS, PLEASE.”

( MATT HAS RINGS) ( THEY EXCHANGE)

THESE WEDDING RING SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE PROMISES YOU MAKE TODAY TO EACH OTHER.

THE CIRCLE IS A SYMBOL OF AN ETERNAL BOND -- THERE IS NO BEGINNING AND NO END. THAT MEANS YOU TWO ARE STUCK WITH EACH OTHER!

—AND HOPEFULLY THIS RING IS NOT SOMETHING MICHAEL FORGETS IN THE CAR.

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[Pronouncement] – ON CAMERA

EVERYONE—PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR THE NEW COUPLE, MARGARET & MICHAEL FANG! MAY YOUR LIVES BE FILLED WITH LOVE, LAUGHTER, LEGO SETS, AND EXACTLY ZERO CANS OF SELTZER WATER.

BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THE AMERICAN MARRIAGE MINISTRIES, I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND AND WIFE. MICHAEL, YOU MAY NOW KISS YOUR BEST FRIEND.