Shoppers Meet, Fall In Love, Marry At Wal-Mart

[matcom]

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BOISE, Idaho -- Somewhere between the junk food aisle and the automotive department, Pat Byrd and Bill Hughes fell in love.

So it was only natural that they should marry where the magic happened -- Wal-Mart.

"It never dawned on me to have it anyplace else," said the 55-year-old bride.

Neither bride nor groom work at the discount store. Still, they spend more time there than many employees do, wandering the aisles and visiting friends for up to six hours a day, nearly every day since the store opened two years ago.

"I talk to people and walk around for exercise, and we always buy a soda or a sandwich or something," 51-year-old Hughes said. "If we're not here, the store people worry about us. They're our family."

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3673339/detail.html

[Lavender Brown]

1. six hours a day at Walmart

Wow.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

2. Do they not have bars in Boise?

[underpants]

3. Jus twondering around a Wal-mart, ANY Wal-mart?

Good lord.

[Racenut20]

4. Americas Dream Couple.

[BigMcLargehuge]

5. Discount Romance

any idea if they are going to honeymoon in Housewares?

[Endangered Specie]

6. How romantic... How much you wanna bet they think gays threaten...

the sanctity of marriage? :eyes:

[Downtown Hound]

7. Well, I think I know what Wal Mart's next commercial

is going to be.

[Endangered Specie]

8. Wedding on Aisle 5, Wedding on Aisle 5.... White Trash Cleanup on Aisle 5.

[Spinzonner]

9. Nominee's for people badly in need of a life

[freetobegay]

10. Thats just pathetic.

[JohnKleeb]

11. 6 hours a day?

jeez they must get a lot of shit.

[GOPisEvil]

12. Damn...I thought I had no life.

If I spend 6 MINUTES in a Wal-Mart, I start getting the heebie-jeebies.

[Bettie]

13. EWWWWWWWW

Ugh. Yeah, that's my dream wedding, Wal-Mart.

OK, now I have seen the "mall walkers", but that's generally not for six hours a day!!!

Never thought I'd hear of a place more boring than Iowa.

[cade]

20. me either

and I live in Iowa as well, been over most of the state at one time or another.
Corn, corn, corn,corn, what's that smell ??? Corn, corn, corn, Iowa city. Corn , corn ,corn, corn. Look a tree !!! Corn, corn corn , Des moines. etc...

[Bettie]

23. Yeah, there's a lot of corn...

We moved here from Northern Illinois....Madison, WI before that.

Talk about culture shock!!!! Plus, we live in a small town an hour from Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, so I feel very isolated some days.

[kmla]

14. "Excuse me, Mr. Greeter. What aisle can I find a life to purchase?"

"...because alot of people have told us they think we need to get a life...."

[Endangered Specie]

15. And I thought I was a loser for meeting most of my friends in class.

Im gonna be sick.

[Hoping4Change]

16. Reminds of the Star Trek episode where people realized

they were not on a planet but in a space ship however this couple still hasn't yet come to that realization.

[yellowcanine]

17. American culture has hit a new low. Now I know how Bush is ahead in all

those red states.

[pippin]

18. Next chapter

will probably include the spawning of the next generation of mindless repugs for walmart. :puke:

[yellowcanine]

19. Probably safe there. The bride is 55. Thank God for menopause.

No more rug rats for her.

[Carson]

21. I don't know anything about Boise, but

...perhaps there isn't much to do. The article states the two people were disabled. Maybe hanging out a Wal-Mart was the only social function available to them. Obviously they made friends.

Here in my small Southern town, plenty of disabled, retired, elderly people sit around the courthouse in the town square. It's a social scene for that age group where they can meet and talk.

I think making fun of these people is a bit cruel. I say "good on ya" to both of them.

[Bunny]

22. Oh sure. So many cynics here today.

If you could just be honest with yourself, this one time, you'd admit that you got a tear in your eye reading this. You know you did. You're a sucker for a tender romance story. You're not fooling me, so stop trying.

Some of you are even now considering tying the knot at your local Wally World. Or perhaps renewing your vows. May I recommend doing it at a Super Wally Mart? The food and drinks for the reception are right there. Can't get any more convenient than that! And what about your gifts? Register at WalMart, and your friends can shop for your stuff while you exchange your vows. What is not to love? The happy couple can leave the store with the groom pushing the bride in a shopping cart! If that doesn't choke you up, you are simply not human!

So give up this liberal elite intellectual crap and admit that you're deeply touched by their story of true love. And if you're not, then you're just bitter, angry people!


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