Our honeymoon rental came with a gas fireplace that we weren’t expecting
My wife and I spent over a year planning our wedding. Even though I wanted a smaller service with fewer people, she had dreamed about a large wedding from her early childhood. Since her father offered to cover most of the expenses, I told her to do whatever she wanted. I didn’t try to hold her back from realizing her dreams of a fantasy wedding. On top of that, I also offered to help her with as much of the planning as I could manage with my busy job. Many of my married friends lazily let their wives do all of the wedding planning alone. My wife and I are a team—I would never do that to her, even if it’s regarding a project that she took on herself. Plus, I have to admit that I was excited about taste testing food to determine what catering service we were going to use. Another aspect of the planning process that excited me was determining where we were going to travel for our honeymoon. We settled on a lodge resort up north so we could experience the holidays in a winter wonderland. I was hoping to find a lodge that had indoor heat and fireplaces for supplemental heat. There’s nothing like cuddling in front of an open fire. Unfortunately, when we finally arrived at the lodge for our trip, we realized something unexpected. Instead of the rooms having wood fireplaces like we expected, they had gas fireplaces. This wasn’t a total deal breaker, but I have to admit that I was disappointed a little. My wife said it was okay, but I think she was disappointed as well.