TIFU by ruining my wife's wedding bouquet

Submitted by PghMe101 t3_zzkvru in tifu

So I feel like I'm about ready to throw up and here's why.

My wife's wedding bouquet that she carried down the aisle almost 11 years ago was kept under a glass display case in a vase. It wasn't prepared for long storage like this at all but it has survived since our wedding day. Barely a petal has fallen off the bouquet.

It was kept on top of our bedroom dresser. A small 5x7 painting was leaning on it as well.

Well I was putting laundry away in the dresser and I walked by it and between the mild movements from opening and closing drawers and the vibration from just walking by the dresser, it fell off and was completely ruined.

Needless to say my wife is heartbroken that it was destroyed.

TL;DR My wife's 10yr old preserved wedding bouquet was ruined today

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Pleed4U t1_j2c88av wrote

Save the stem pieces if you have them still, recreate the bouquet (pref take a pic to a GOOD florist & explain this story), have them recreate then dry it (some florist will do this for a fee, you can do it, or a service ). Then take those scraps from the original boutique and if possible create a braid from the stems, if not dry out the scraps, break down and stick in a nice lace bag. Idk if this helps any but accidents happen! My original engagement rings was destroyed 😭 but I’ve got a recreation years later 😊

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PghMe101 OP t1_j2c8pfd wrote

The bouquet was all naturally dried out already. I'm trying to find somebody locally who can maybe put it nicely under a display maybe in some epoxy

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braveabandon t1_j2cem1f wrote

Nothing lasts forever. Its impressive something so fragile lasted this long. I recommend finding some way/hiring a resin artist to make a new kind of arrangement out of its remains. Worst case scenario, turn its ashes into a carbon diamond, if its beyond salvation.

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PghMe101 OP t1_j2djemt wrote

I was thinking of this and need to find a local artist

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AdvantageNo6141 t1_j2c8ap2 wrote

buy her flowers and once they die replace them, until the end of the time

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Failp0 t1_j2cegr6 wrote

Just an idea... you could save a petal or a couple and get a necklace made with them?

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Xanataa t1_j2ef68z wrote

Id say your marriage means more than a marriage bouquet... maybe gently remind her if she holds a grudge :)

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BlueDaisyCat t1_j2f8t7z wrote

Maybe you can have it replicated with silk flowers from wedding photos. I'm really sorry it fell and broke, but I am sure your wife will understand it was an accident.

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