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I need an idea for a story: What would slowly seperate an engaged, relatively happy couple before the wedding?

The Story: A couple decides to plan their own wedding, meaning they both have to be in charge of many different aspects of their wedding so the groom sets out to find a wedding cake designer. He manages to get ahold of the town's most acclaimed baker, it's a small town, so it wasn't too hard to do. He finds out the baker is actually an old friend of his who once had feelings for him but seems to be over him, infact, she seems to have forgotten him completely. shortly after consulting her about her prices and what she can offer he leaves, and then returns the next day for an appointment with his wife-to-be. They make their decision which happens to be expensive and time-consuming. She gets to work and a few days later the couple has some problem (I need ideas for said problem) The Groom goes back to the bakery finding his buddies either don't understand, or don't care. He coaxes the baker into remembering him and the two engage in conversation. They end up falling in love etc..

Public Comments

1. not knowing how to spell "separate"!
2. It seems like you need them to be rather quickly separated, not slowly separated. How 'bout this: The woman's conscience is bugging her, because when they first started dating, she told her now-fiance that she was a virgin. However, several years earlier, when she was in 9th grade, she briefly dated a boy who pressured her for sex. After consulting with the patrons of Yahoo!Answers ("HELP!! Should I have sex with him?! Ten Points for Best Answer!!!"), she decided to do it. (Much to her subsequent regret.) Now, on the cusp of her wedding day, she has pangs of conscience. Again, she consults Y!A. ("Help!! Should I tell my fiance that I'm not a virgin?! Ten points for Best Answer!!") She selects the following as Best Answer: "Yes, you need to tell him. You can't start your marriage off with a lie. I'm sure he loves you and will understand." However, the man does not understand. He is devastated. He seeks consolation from his friends. But they think it's funny... (OK, TAKE IT FROM HERE...)
3. The bride-to-be will have eyes like a hawk. She will notice shades of voice and gestures, that may go over the heads of her espoused and the baker, and of which the two may be completely unaware. She will later say something like"Well, the two of you seem to be pretty cosy. Did you know her before?" This will stir up both memories and a defensive/aggressive reaction on the part of hubby-to-be. This, in turn,stirs up "aggrieved" reactions in the erstwhile bride. Result - Hubby gets lots of cake and the baker gets lots of sausage.
4. How about... The man has to fly to a city (far away) for business. While there he meets an old friend from high school, who he has dated before. They hang out, and he eventually brings his faience to meet her. The week before the weding, the faience decides that her man should not be hanging his high school love. The next day when he goes to tell his high school love goodbye, they unexpectedly share a kiss. Then they say goodbye. A week later he shows up at her door and says,"I coulnt do it" and shows her his ring-less left hand.
5. Really, all the stress and strain of organizing the wedding, especially when decisions have to be made on the fly and the otehr partner isn;t there. Then, with the baker, bride hears all kinds of rumors of them trysting (which is NOT the case) and feels that he has found another and starts the fight.
6. I hate to tell you this, but this sounds somewhat similar to a book I read where a woman owns a bakery, and a former boyfriend and his fiancée decide to have her make their wedding cake. From what I recall, the baker thinks she can predict whether or not a couple's marriage will last based on how they interact with each other when choosing their cake. She thinks the former boyfriend and his fiancée don't have a chance (and she may at some point try to win him back for herself; I can't remember for sure). It's called Dress Rehearsal, and it was written by Jennifer O'Connell. The similarities between the two stories are probably only superficial (yours is from the point of view of the groom, where as the book was from the point of view of the baker, for example), so as long as your story doesn't go in the same direction as I described above, you should probably be fine. I just thought I'd warn you that there is something similar out there in case this is for a class, or something you might want to try to sell down the road. You don't want to put a lot of effort into something only to be accused of stealing someone else's idea. As far as answering your question in regards to what kind of problem the couple might be having, here are a few ideas: * In-laws - he can't stand her parents/family or vice versa * Money - they have vastly different ideas of how much money they want to spend on the wedding and/or how big they want the wedding to be * Infidelity - the groom's in love with the baker (ha ha); while you're at it, make the bride fall in love with the priest/minister or something. ;-) * Children - one of them wants kids; the other absolutely does not want to have kids EVER! (Of course, that's the plot in another book I read, but the issue of whether or not to have kids is something many couples struggle with.) * Addiction - the groom slowly realizes that the bride is an alcoholic/drug addict (though him ditching her for the baker is not likely to help her recovery effort!) * Bridezilla attacks! - The bride is such an unbearable cow while planning the wedding that the groom starts to realize that she's kind of like that all the time and wonders if he wants to be with someone like that for the rest of his life. (This is what I wish would happen when I watch some episodes of Bridezillas!) I hope that helps! Good luck! :-)
7. Actually as it turns out the baker had broken his heart in high school whe she left the area suddenly and lost touch with him. She was actually staying with family out of state until the birth of her baby. Yes, you guessed it, he's the father. He's a little overwhelmed with this news and it causes problems with his fiance.
8. Well first of all the first sentence of your story is completely unrealistic, I mean a guy helping with the wedding plans? Please, that's were you lost me, I couldn't even read the rest. I guess that means there is only a first of all.
9. Sex talk on yahoo answers,ummmmmm.....I LOOOVE TO TEASE!wink.