This couple's fairytale marriage is straight out of a Netflix rom-com where the heroine gets married to the wrong guy before finding her prince charming in her close friend. Read the love story of Desiree and Bryant and how the couple overcame a lot of obstacles to get married and now living the best years of their life tofgether.
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A woman gets married to the best man of her marriage after he gives a passionate speech on her first marriage, declaring his love for her.
Event planner Desiree White got married to her first husband back in 2010 and one of the guests at their wedding was their mutual friend Bryant White, who was Desiree's ex-husband's best man.
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Desiree, 32, Bryant and her ex-husband were friends since school and Desiree never had any idea about Bryant's feelings towards her and insisted she ‘never would have dated the person he was then’.
Giving his best man speech that day, Bryant told the wedding party that he knew ‘she had to be his’ from the moment they first met.
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Desiree attempted to put the speech behind her and settled into married life, however, when she split with her ex-husband a year later, Bryant relayed his feelings to her again.
The couple got into a relationship before getting married in 2012 and now have four sons, and despite the many obstacles they had to overcome for their relationship, they couldn't be happier in life.
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Desiree, from Illinois, US, said: "On the wedding day, I walked into the living room, right when I was done getting ready with my wedding dress on and my hair done. Bryant came into my parent's house and froze and stared at me.
"I said 'hey, what's up?'. He said I looked beautiful. I'd never had a moment of him looking at me like that.
"I thought he was being nice because it was my wedding day.
"We went to the wedding and he was really drunk. I told him he still needed to do his best man's speech.
"When he went up to do it, he said 'I remember the first moment I saw Desiree, I loved her. I fell in love with her. I knew she had to be mine. I thought she was the most beautiful person I've ever seen in my life'.
"He said 'she's the best person I've ever met. I've never met anyone like her. Then I found out she already had a boyfriend and I thought I needed to find out a way to get her, but then I met [ex] and we became friends'.
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"He then just said 'love you both - congratulations'."
Later that night, Desiree even danced with Bryant who asked her why she didn't give him a chance?
Desiree said: "He said 'why didn't you ever give me a chance? I would have always taken care of you'. I asked him what he meant and he said 'nothing. I love you, I love [your ex]'. Then he got quiet.
"I went upstairs and I remember sitting in my dress in the hotel room confused. I wondered if I was misinterpreting what vibe he was giving off and just didn't talk about it again."
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Only a year later, Desiree had split with her former husband and was battling depression. However, Bryant was there for her at every step to offer her support.
One day the couple ‘kissed out of nowhere’, and Desiree said: “When he kissed me, I didn't stop it then I kissed him back.
"I was shocked that it was a good kiss. It felt good and natural.
"He looked up, smiled at me and I just said 'you just kissed me'. He smiled and asked if he could do it again."
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The couple then started their relationship and within a year, they had married after a surprise pregnancy with their first son, Sawyer, who is now nine.
They’ve three more boys now and say they ‘love being parents’.
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