Before her marriage, an 80-year-old bride stuns everyone with her wedding gown. The 60-Year-Old Fiancé’s Unbelievable Look
Janet Merryman, who is 80 years old, never imagined being well-known on TikTok. Fighting loneliness, the mother of four saw a dramatic change in her life when her granddaughter Danielle documented their exciting journey to get Janet’s wedding gown. Their lives were permanently changed by that ordinary outing that became a viral hit.
Danielle Jefferson shared a video of her grandmother posing in a dress she chose to marry her 60-year-old fiancé on October 3, 2023. The video featured a happy woman wearing a strapless white dress with a slit on the side, posing in front of a mirror while City Session’s “Get You the Moon” was dubbed over.
The soon-to-be bride, initially uncertain, rang a little bell. But she settled into a rhythm fast, smiling as she rung and caving in to her enthusiasm. Jefferson described how other brides in the boutique stopped trying on clothes to stare at her grandmother in their GMA feature.
With their strikingly youthful appearance, the users were quick to offer the woman encouragement as she traveled the path to happiness. “She is eighty years old? How amazing!” exclaimed a commenter. Other others who said things like, “How can this woman be 80?…,” and “No [redacted] way she [is] 80, wow she is stunning,” agreed with them. Other people said, “Someone’s pulling someone’s leg here.”
Not to mention Merryman’s gorgeous legs, several users commented, “Look at those legs honey!!” Jefferson clarified that her grandmother never leaves the house without her high shoes on.
“I’m thrilled to read these remarks from complete strangers. Merryman remarked, “I just can’t believe this has happened at my age.”
Jefferson asks viewers to accompany the couple as they get ready for the wedding in the following video. As she takes the users through their day, the woman makes clever comments.
Throughout the entire video, Merryman kept a lighthearted yet caustic tone. In response to her granddaughter’s question, the grandmother scowled and said, “I don’t know.” Jefferson also took care to make fun of her grandmother, referring to her as a “bridezilla.” The bride had her hair styled and cosmetics applied, and her rhinestone-studded hair was worn up.
While her grandmother was shown wearing the stunning bridal gown she wore in the previous video, Jefferson was dressed in a deep blue dress with a slit. “Gorgeous, queen!” the granddaughter exclaimed, highlighting the bride’s dress split. Eighty years old and going strong!”
She inquired as to her grandmother’s final remarks as a “unmarried bride,” to which the woman responded in her customary clever but slightly snarky manner:
“I’m not sure about this [redacted].”
Even more delightful was the third video, which featured Jefferson’s wedding speech. “I just wrote this during cocktail hours,” she said, “so bear with me.”
“My grandmother contacted me that day to tell me she had kissed a boy, and I will never forget it. Though I was anxious for myself, I was delighted for her. Janet was my traveling companion at the time, but now she would much rather spend time at home with Dave.”
Jefferson conceded, though, that she could not be angry at Dave for making her grandmother smile and saving her “money on her airfare.” “They put a ton of sweat and tears into this wedding,” she teased the newlyweds, “and by ‘they,’ I mean ‘Dave.'”
More somberly, the woman mentioned how her grandmother had been on Good Morning America, where she had shared her tale of marrying later in life and encouraged many young women—among them, her granddaughter. In addition, she shared a brief account of their past and thanked Merryman for adopting her when she was thirteen.
“I hope I look half as good as her when I’m her age.”
Jefferson then turned to face Dave, who said, “Really?” without missing a beat. She added their family had benefited greatly from the man. She stated she would pray for him because she had lived with her grandmother first.
A second wedding video featured the pair sharing a passionate kiss after chopping and feeding each other cake.
The family also made an appearance on Tamron Hall Show, where they talked about Merryman’s and her husband’s love story in addition to some family history. The woman told the crowd that she had been married to her late husband for 45 years when he unexpectedly passed away. She had met him when she was 15. She received a colon cancer diagnosis shortly after.
“That was the lowest I thought I could ever get.”
The woman talked about how lonely she felt and how she didn’t want to dine by herself or stay in the house. Jefferson went on to say that although it was enjoyable to live with her grandma from the age of 13 to 17, it was difficult to see her by herself after she moved out. Traveling with her wouldn’t make it better. That was, until the neighbor,” the woman added.
Dave was Merryman’s next-door neighbor and a married man when they first met in 2012, according to Jefferson. After he got divorced, the woman began asking him to Christmas dinner and Thanksgiving meal. “Every time he got ready to go home,” she recalled, “he would give me a little hug … and then, we just grew from there.”
Dave said that he was unaware of her difficulties. “She would go out on her own, she would go shopping,” he stated. When asked how she won his heart, the man replied that his now-wife had amazing looks “all the time.”
Dave asked her out in 2021, and she accepted—but not before joking around. According to Merryman, she said, “There better not be a plastic ring.”
We send the newlyweds our best wishes!
When our granddaughter received our wedding present, she accused us of being frugal.
Our granddaughter had a register, so my husband and I purchased a wedding gift for her. After receiving the wedding present, she contacted us and said we were inexpensive. We gave each of our grandchildren a financial gift the day before their wedding, and now she is furious and threatening to cut us off since we didn’t give it to her.
I’m a proud grandma to five amazing grandchildren—two guys and three women—and I’m in my 70s. I love my grandchildren and provide for them both materially and emotionally quite a bit. They are aware that they can rely on me for support during happy or sad times.
Eloise, the youngest grandchild, tied the knot in October of last year. For our grandchildren, my husband—who is also in his 70s—and I have a custom. The day before the wedding, we give them a cheque for $40,000. We also purchase a little present from the wedding registry, usually the cheapest item.
It’s ultimately up to them, although we hope they’ll utilize it for a house. We also ask that they keep it a secret because of the size of our family. Everyone has complied with this request thus far.
This time, we sent our youngest granddaughter—the cheapest item on her registry—an air fryer. We received a furious call from Eloise, who branded us cheap. When I answered her phone, she didn’t even say hello; instead, she just became irrationally angry and exclaimed, “Grandma, really? I recently received your gift. A fryer that uses air? The least expensive item you could locate on my registry is that.”
I told her that even though the air fryer was the cheapest item on their registry, I still thought it would be helpful to them, which surprised her. Eloise continued to gripe, “Effective? You know you’re capable of more than that, so come on. Everyone is aware that you are wealthy. It just amazes me that you would be so stingy with me. It’s awkward.
I told her, “Yes, you’re right,” during this heated exchange. We are old, cheap, and worthless. The only thing you were unaware of was that we intended to give you a $40,000 check the day before the wedding.”
I told Eloise this in an effort to clarify to her the financial gift we typically give our grandchildren before to their wedding, but she was so enraged at this time that she wasn’t paying attention to anything I had to say. After all, we had just bought her an air fryer, so perhaps she didn’t think we would give her so much money?
She eventually stated, “No, it’s obvious. Simply put, you don’t love me enough to express it. You are aware of the pressure the wedding is putting on me. And this after that? You seem to be indifferent,” she said, hanging up.
My spouse and I were shocked by Eloise’s response, but we still opted to give her the $40,000 because we didn’t think she deserved it. Instead, we got her a china set in an attempt to placate her.
