A chic New York elopement with the most unexpected love story...

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You've gotten a flat tire and you're stuck on the side of a busy road - sounds like the worst day ever, right? Not quite...Gorgeous bride Therese met her now husband Ed one disastrous day on the main road to Dublin. He helped her fix her car, she asked him out and a few years later Therese and Ed found themselves eloping to New York and once again on the side of the road marrying on the iconic Brooklyn Bridge. Stylish Hip Weddings joined them and we're so thrilled to share their story and wedding day with you today...
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Therese tells us the details of their love story..."We met over a flat tyre on the N4 when Ed came to my rescue during rush hour on a Friday evening. I really liked the look of him and the bit of chat we had while he changed the tyre, so I asked him out! Despite thinking I was just being polite at first after him stopping to help out we exchanged phone numbers and our first official date happened a week later on St Patrick's Day."

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Ed soon realised Therese wasn't just being polite and they fell head over heals in love, so much so Ed proposed. Therese tells us..."Ed proposed on the 16th January 2016 in the National Transport museum in Howth, the museum was the scene of another of our first dates. That date was probably the date where we had really and truly begun to fall head over heels for each other and to get engaged there was really special and meaningful to us. We had dinner afterwards in Crabby Jo’s on the pier while we plotted whether to tell anyone we had gotten engaged or to just elope with no warning at all!

Therese and Ed immediately knew they didn't want a big white wedding and so began to think of elopement options. Therese explains..."We wanted something very unique and personal to us, plus as we are very good at making fun of ourselves, we thought ‘hey we met on the side of the road, why not get married on one?’Neither of us had been to New York before so we decided we would elope there as the whole process of getting married is so easy in New York (no 3 months’ notice period to sit out) and so after a little research we decided on the very breathtaking and iconic backdrop/location of the Brooklyn Bridge."

Therese continues..."Our day was so very special to us as it was just us all day, having big fun in New York and soaking it all in. What was a huge surprise was all of the lovely people we encountered everywhere we went who congratulated us and complimented us, even the police! Our witness was especially taken with us, he was selling water to tourists on the Brooklyn bridge and just got so excited about us! He gave us a gift of water (it was close to 30 degrees that day) and cheered the loudest when we were pronounced husband and wife."

After their ceremony, Therese and Ed hopped on the subway to the West Village where they wined and dined at Philip Marie. Therese recommends..."After getting a little lost getting there we spent our evening enjoying fabulous food and drink and being treated like celebs. All the while reminiscing our day and all the moments that came before that brought us to this point in time, talking about how much we enjoyed it and how family and friends would react when they heard the news!"

As the elopement was a total secret Therese and Ed planned for family and friends to receive invites in the post the day after their wedding inviting them to celebrate once they returned home, resulting in a very exciting arrival back in Ireland. Therese recalls..."All in all from the moment we passed through the doors at Dublin Airport to a month later waking up the morning after our party back home it was by far the most amazing time of our life together so far, we enjoyed keeping our big secret and then sharing the newlywed excitement with our family and friends when we got back home. There was no big comedown after the big day just more and more excitement and a month long celebration to welcome us to married life."

Huge congratulations to you both and thanks so much for sharing your elopement with us all! A big thank you also goes to the team at Stylish Hip Weddings for sharing their work with us. To see more from Stylish Hip Weddings visit www.stylishhipweddings.com