Wedding Bells

A doggish proposal

Did this couple marry for love or for the dog’s sake?

The ultra romantic resort of Ti Kaye Village overlooking the blue waters of the Caribbean Sea was the location for the late afternoon wedding of Eugenia Renee Watson and Daniel Coates of Maryland in the US. The hotel, on the west coast of St Lucia was the perfect backdrop for the couple’s ceremony, which could only be described as breathtaking. The bride was stunningly dressed in a sleeveless floor sweeping cream gown with gold detailing, and her bouquet was a collection of colorful tropical flowers. The groom stood waiting with his best man Willie Ford, as Eugenia elegantly made her way towards him. The lovebirds met one fateful day while walking through their local mall in Maryland. “We met at the mall. He came up to me and asked me for my phone number. I was like wow, he's tall! It wasn’t until after we really started talking and getting to know each other that I realized what a wonderful person he is,” Eugenia said laughingly. And, for Daniel it was all about the looks, “Ok, I’ll be superficial and state the obvious. She was beautiful and had a great body. I was in the mall and she looked good, so I approached her.”

The couple dated for almost a year before Daniel popped that all-important question. The two were having dinner at home when the groom bent down on one knee and asked Eugenia to be his forever. Daniel recalled the moment, “Well, Eugenia made dinner and I had a dog at the time. We had a running joke that the dog had no mother and I was the father. I got down on one knee during dinner and told her how extraordinary she was and asked her to marry me. After that, I looked at the dog and said that I finally got you a mom.” After receiving this “doggish” proposal, how did Eugenia react? “I was elated! I cried and I was so happy. The moment was everything I thought it would be,” the bride said.

With tears in her eyes, on that beautiful Caribbean wedding day, the bride agreed to love and honor her partner. The two sealed the union with many kisses as they were showered with flower petals and then strolled hand-in-hand on the white sand beach. The newlyweds choose Ti Kaye Village Resort after seeing it on the internet. “I stumbled upon Ti Kaye on the internet and I saw some amazing pictures. I fell in love with it. I loved how it was so secluded and it overlooks the ocean. So I thought that Ti Kaye would be a perfect place to have our small, intimate wedding,” explained Eugenia. The couple are spending a week on the island and have taken full advantage of the tropical paradise. “We have done so many tours. We visited the rainforest, we did the land and sea tour. Tomorrow we are going horseback riding and we will also go whale watching before we leave the island,” said Eugenia. The newlyweds are already planning to return to the island and to Ti Kaye.