The unexplained
My mum told me something today which occurred to me after was totally woo
Kenworthington · 25/04/2016 20:16
So many years ago I became really good friends with 2 girls , we were 17 and at college together. Anyway, fast forward a few years to 2000 and dh and I got married and friend1 'R' came to our wedding and friend2 'B' was my bridesmaid. I didn't ask R as she was away travelling and I wasn't sure if she'd be back. But anyway she made it back for the wedding and a few months after before going off travelling again.
In March 2002 she was in New Zealand back packing and had a massive heart attack and died. She was only 25. 
other friend and I are obviously devastated. Fast forward another year and B gets married at the end of the year. In the same church where I got married and R was buried
Anyway was talking to my mum about her today and also about Bs wedding. And she said 'oh gosh I remember her wedding so well, your father and I went along to the church and watched from outside waiting to see B and her dh come out of the church. I remember so well R arrived really late, screeching to a halt in her car, we chatted a while and she said she couldn't stop but just wanted to see B on her wedding day' and at first I was all 'how typical hahah she was always late for everything!' Then I thought ' well that can't be right as she would have been AT the wedding' then... 'I don't remmeber her being there' then the sudden realisation that she couldn't have been there as she had died 18 months or so before 
. It was so so typically R that it seems so plausible and why would my mum make it up or misremember it? There was no way she would have muddled her up with someone else and wouldn't be confusing the wedding with another one either. Anyway just thought I'd share. Thought you might all like it 
SnoozeButtonAbuser · 25/04/2016 20:22
I've never heard of a ghost arriving by car before! Are you going to ask your mum if she's entirely sure, given the circumstances!
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Kenworthington · 25/04/2016 20:24
I know hahaha! Weird right. It was a while ago obv but she was so matter of fact about it. Which was why I went through this really daft monologue in my head!
ChalkHearts · 25/04/2016 20:46
Did your mum seriously just tell you she a ghost at your friends wedding?
And she told you now - years after the event?
That's really cool :)
Kenworthington · 25/04/2016 20:48
Yea! But she thought it actually happened it only occurred to me a few minutes after she'd said about it. I WANT to belive it rather than my mum just being batty!
Kenworthington · 25/04/2016 20:49
Who knew ghosts could drive shitty old bangers?! And now I'm dying to tell B but she's very very poorly in hospital
MeMySonAndl · 25/04/2016 20:52
I think your mum may be confusing the memories of your wedding with those of B's wedding
Kenworthington · 25/04/2016 20:52
Yes apparently 
I agree it sounds a little well, doubtful 
Kenworthington · 25/04/2016 20:53
Thing is I do distinctly remember my mum and dad being outside the church at Bs wedding when we came out. Little country village church and they'd strolled along the lane to watch
MsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig · 25/04/2016 21:11
Your mum and dad would hardly be standing outside the church waiting to see you at your own wedding. Unless you're not particularly close.
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HalfwayUpALadder · 26/04/2016 06:56
I love that people think the fact she arrived in a car is the implausible bit 😆
MeMySonAndl · 26/04/2016 06:59
Why, because ghosts can't drive? I would love to hear the description of the car she used.
mummytime · 26/04/2016 07:35
Okay two possible solutions:
A) your parents/mum saw a ghost
B) your mother's memories have become confused, and a memory of B has become added to her memory of the wedding- it could even have been a vivid dream. Memory isn't that reliable.
Of course in a book/film/eastenders it would be C) B isn't really dead - just .... In witness protection or whatever.
MGC1986 · 26/04/2016 08:39
C) B isn't really dead - just .... In witness protection or whatever.
This was what I immediately thought.
Kenworthington · 26/04/2016 14:15
Saw dm today. She maintains it absolutely was definitely Bs. Wedding and ghost friend was sef there and def arrived by car. I may have to book a twin room at my dads dementia care home 
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