A few weeks before my wedding, my younger brother, Kevin, told me he wanted to propose to his girlfriend during our reception.<\/p>\n
I told him no.<\/p>\n
I’d spent months planning the wedding with my wife, and I didn’t want our day turning into somebody else’s engagement party.<\/p>\n
Kevin got annoyed.<\/p>\n
Then Mom called and said I was being selfish.<\/p>\n
I stood my ground.<\/p>\n
Well, he did it anyway.<\/p>\n
Right after our first dance, Kevin grabbed the microphone, called his girlfriend onto the dance floor, and proposed.<\/p>\n
Everyone started cheering.<\/p>\n
My wife stood beside me looking completely uncomfortable.<\/p>\n
When I asked Kevin to stop, Mom threatened to leave if I made a scene.<\/p>\n
So I swallowed my anger.<\/p>\n
A year later, Kevin got married.<\/p>\n
He actually asked me to give a speech.<\/p>\n
I agreed.<\/p>\n
During the reception, I stood up and pulled a photograph from my jacket.<\/p>\n
It showed Kevin proposing at my wedding while my wife stood awkwardly in the background.<\/p>\n
I held it up.<\/p>\n
“Kevin taught me that weddings are apparently perfect for making announcements,” I said.<\/p>\n
He stopped smiling.<\/p>\n
“So tonight, I have some big news of my own.”<\/p>\n
The room went silent.<\/p>\n
Then I added, “But I’ll share it another day, because tonight belongs to Kevin and his wife.”<\/p>\n
People laughed.<\/p>\n
His bride smiled.<\/p>\n
Mom looked embarrassed.<\/p>\n
Afterward, Kevin pulled me aside.<\/p>\n
“Okay,” he admitted. “Now I understand why you were upset.”<\/p>\n
It took him a year, but he finally apologized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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