Love is patient, love is postponed
2021 might be the year of the rescheduled wedding.
January 2, 2021 7:00 AM Andrea Behling
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Madison couple Gloria Oyervides (right) and Montel Caruthers (left) will have to wait to celebrate their wedding with their extended families.
The families of engaged couple Gloria Oyervides and Montel Caruthers have never met. Many of Oyervides’ relatives live in Mexico, and the Wisconsin-based couple’s union was meant to be a meaningful meeting and merging of their kin.
“In Mexican culture, weddings are a huge reason for families to come together to celebrate the couple, and oftentimes families save up to not only travel to the wedding but also help the couple with the wedding expenses,” Oyervides says. “It’s considered an honor for family to be able to help with the wedding in those ways. … Montel also has a big extended family that would love to come, especially since