Why This Proposal Video Inspired a High School Bully to Apologize

When Lucas Bane's proposal video to his partner of four years, David Devora, went viral, he got one response he certainly wasn't expecting — an apology from someone who tormented him as a teenager for being gay.

Lucas and David from LUCAS and DAVID on Vimeo.

After viewing the video above, where Bane shut down a street in West Hollywood to surprise Devora with a flash mob proposal, the bully — identified as "B" — sent Bane a Facebook message that read: 

"I'm sure you have no idea who I am. I went to high school with you. If you do remember me it's probably not positive as I was a bit of an a**hole back then. I saw your video today on Facebook and wanted to say Congratulations! No need to respond I just wanted you to know that I think what you have is awesome and wish you the best."

Bane was shocked when he saw who the message was from. "I gasped when I saw the name," he told The Gaily Grind. "When I read the words and his follow-up response, I sobbed. That sounds dramatic, but it's true."

Read their full exchange below:

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Second Chance: Bride Gets a Wedding Re-Do After Suffering Devastating Memory Loss

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Childhood friends Amanda and Cody Karth, who fell in love years later, spent months planning their dream wedding. But just hours after the celebration, Amanda suffered a devastating medical emergency that completely erased all memories of her wedding day.

"The one day that every girl dreams of, I don't remember," Amanda revealed to "Inside Edition."

Just before sunrise the next day, Cody woke up to the sound of his new wife gasping for air. He desperately performed CPR while calling 911. Amanda went into cardiac arrest and had no pulse when the paramedics arrived; the life-saving team shocked back to life and rushed her to the emergency room.

"Amanda was about as close to death as you're going to get," said Dr. Adam Frank of the NCH Heart Institute in Naples, FL. 

As she lay unconscious for four days, her doctor worried about brain damage. She'd sustained an unusual medical phenomena called Broken Heart Syndrome, where the heart muscle suddenly becomes dysfunctional.

When she woke up, Amanda miraculously recovered quickly — but she never gained back the memories from her wedding day. 

With the help of "Inside Edition," she and Cody got a second chance at their big day. The crew rounded up their friends, family members, and the paramedics who saved her life as Amanda got to relive her wedding day and make new memories. The one change — her new vows: "You were there, overcoming devastating blows. My hero."  Watch the video:

Lego-Themed Wedding Ideas

Thanks to The Lego Movie (and a sequel already in the works), our favorite childhood toy is enjoying its moment in the spotlight. And, naturally, that makes us think about how to incorporate it in a wedding. These couples came through with plenty of fun and quirky ways to include the interlocking bricks and minifigures in their big-day celebrations. 

Invitations
Add bride and groom minifigures to your design.

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Photo Credit: Gemma Clarke Photography

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Photo Credit: Biplane Press/Etsy

Ring Boxes
Create a Lego box to hold your rings, both on the big day and for safe keeping after.

After Marine Dies, Facebook Keeps Their Love Alive

Kimmy Kirkwood lost the love of her life on January 31, 2012 and although nothing will ever be able to bring him back, she finds solace in reconnecting with him through Facebook posts and photos they had shared. Her boyfriend, Marine Sgt. William Stacey, was killed by an improvised explosive device during a tour in Afghanistan, shortly before he was planning to propose to her. 

Kimmy and Will's love story was posted on a special website that Facebook created to commemorate its 10th anniversary earlier this week. Since then, it's gone viral and struck a chord with millions of readers, serving as a testament to the power of eternal love, which can endure even after someone has passed.

To understand why what Will and Kimmy had was so special, you need to take a look back at their Facebook timeline:

2007: They met in high school but their opposites-attract romance — she's a self-described goody two-shoes and he's a bad boy — didn't blossom until Kimmy's sophomore year of college at Chapman University, when she discovered Will was stationed just 20 miles away. He asked her out on a date, but she turned him down ("I was too wrapped up in my own world to see what was standing in front of me").

August 2008: They wouldn't cross paths again until seven months later, when Will returned from his deployment in the South Pacific and something finally clicked. 

Personalized Gifts: One-of-a-Kind Illustrations

If you’re looking for a great gift idea, as well as a unique way to add a personal touch to your wedding, check out these pretty, hand-painted wine glasses from Sam Designs. Artist and company founder Stephanie Miller will create a one-of-a-kind illustration based on the style of your gown and those of your bridesmaids’ dresses.

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sam designs hand painted wine glasses for bridesmaids

Each glass can be personalized with your attendant’s name.

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sam designs hand painted glasses for bridesmaids

And I love this idea: Give each of your BFFs a special hand-painted ornament when asking them to be in the wedding party.

Sofia Vergara Gets a Surprise Bachelorette Party on 'Ellen'

During Modern Family star Sofia Vergara's appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show yesterday, the talk show host continued her tradition of wedding-related pranks — and this one got a bit more racy than Kaley Cuoco's surprise wedding

But first, Vergara addressed the rumors that she's planning not just one but three wedding celebrations.

"No, but it's been awful because since that news came out, all my family is so excited, and they're already planning outfits! They're like, 'What are we going to do?' 'How are you going to get us there?' And I'm like, it's horrible. I'm disappointed to have to tell them that that is not true. I haven't even planned anything."

She's facing a dilemma that many brides-to-be can related to — "It's either I do something really big, or I do something really small with Nick and I and my son. And then my mom, and then my cousins, and then it's impossible to do anything," she explained.

At least Vergara won't have to worry about organizing a bachelorette party — Ellen's got her covered! When a "barista" came out to serve Vergara her favorite coffee, she had a feeling that Ellen might be up to something — but she certainly didn't expect what happened next. Watch the video:

—Kristen Klein

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