Weddings
Everyone at your wedding has a story about the two of you.
What your oldest friends remember about each of you. The first time your families met. When someone noticed how comfortable you were together. Your guests have been collecting these for years. Ask them to write them down.
Bring together stories from every part of your lives.
Your university friends, your colleagues, the aunt who has known you since you were born. Each of them knew one of you, or both, at a different time, and each has a story you have half forgotten or never heard.
A guest book gets a line each. Ask the same people for a story about either of you, or both, and you get the gravy that wouldn't pour, the flat tyre, the afternoon somebody realised you were going to be all right.
The day itself is worth asking about too. But the stories are what you will want in twenty years.
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The moment I knew.
The things we love about Doug and Tracy
Los Angeles, California · Collected for Doug and Tracy's wedding · 6 people · 15 memories
15 stories
the flat tire
Stu, Doug's friend, not naturally comfortable with public speeches · 2006
Before Doug and Tracy were engaged, the three of us drove up the coast for a friend's birthday and got a flat somewhere with no signal. I read the manual out loud, which nobody had asked me to do. Doug found the jack and got the car up. Tracy found the spare, which was under a lot of luggage, most of it mine. I was mainly in the way. It took an hour. Nobody blamed anybody, which I've since learned is unusual, and I remember thinking those two would be all right.
the gravy
Linda, Tracy and Alan's mother · 2007
The first Thanksgiving Doug spent with us, he offered to make the gravy. Nobody had asked. When he tipped the jug, nothing came out. Sid had two helpings anyway, with a spoon. Tracy laughed so hard she had to leave the table, and Doug laughed with her instead of defending himself, which is when I decided I liked him. The next Thanksgiving there was a small jar beside his plate with a label that said gravy. I did not put it there. I have my suspicions.
scrabble
Alan, Tracy's brother and Doug's newly official brother-in-law · 2008
Doug and Tracy came over for Scrabble and Doug won. I explained that guests usually let the host win. I made that rule up just then. He apologized. The next week he lost on purpose so badly that Tracy told him to play properly or go home. He played properly and won again, with a word I still think is not a word. We looked it up. It is a word.
he showed up, obviously
Phil, Doug's oldest friend and enthusiastic best man · How I got to know them
met doug years ago through a friend of a friend. don't even remember the first conversation. what i remember is being stuck outside an apartment at one in the morning because i'd locked myself out. called three people. doug was the one who arrived. didn't make a speech about it, just turned up with a jacket because he figured i'd be cold. then spent the next twenty minutes telling me how stupid i was. which was fair. tracy, if you ever wonder whether he'll come through when it matters, he will. he'll complain, but he'll be there.
Share a story. A small moment is enough.
Doug's best friend, Tracy's brother and her dad were each asked when they knew. Not one of them picked a grand gesture.
How it works
Free to collect. Free to read. No accounts for anyone you invite.
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Start a collection
Give it a name and say who or what it is about. It takes a minute and it is free.
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Send the link
Share it however your group already talks: WhatsApp, a text, an email, or a QR code on the table.
- 3
Everyone adds what they remember
Written down, or simply spoken aloud and written up for them. Photos too. Nobody needs an account; a name is enough.
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Read it together
Every memory, in each person's own words, kept privately for you and whoever you choose to share it with. Collecting and reading is always free.
Questions that help
You don't have to start with a blank page.
Most guests think they have nothing to add. One small question and they remember a story you had never heard.
- What's your favourite memory of the couple?
- What do you remember about either of them before they met?
- When did you first see them together?
- What have you done together that you still laugh about?
- What's the first thing you remember?
- Was there a moment nobody else noticed?
- What would you never want to forget?
Every question is optional. Anyone can skip straight to writing, or talking.
Questions people ask
Can guests contribute without downloading anything?
Yes. They open the link, type their name and add a memory. No app, no account, no password. A QR code on the tables works well on the night itself.
When should we send the link?
Whenever suits you. Before the wedding, so the stories are ready for the speeches, or the week after, while everyone still has the day in mind.
Could someone set it up for the couple as a gift?
Yes. A parent, bridesmaid or best man can create the collection, gather everyone's memories quietly, and hand the couple the finished story.
Does it cost anything?
No. Starting a collection, adding memories and reading them is free for everybody.
Who can see what people write?
Only the people you invite. Every collection is private when it is created, nothing is listed publicly or shown to search engines, and you decide whether contributors can read each other's memories.
Is the finished story written by AI?
Yes, and it is held to what people actually said. It works only from the memories you include, quotes people in their own words, and says so plainly where two people remember something differently. It does not invent events, dialogue or feelings. The original memories are always kept underneath, and you can edit anything before it is shared.
Ask everyone for one story about either of you, or both.
Start a collection, share the link with your guests, and find out who you have been to all of them.