Pick Me Up!

THE BRIDE AND GROOM

Walking down the aisle, I spied my man waiting for me at the end.

Smiling, my fiancé Jordan, now 29, watched as I made my way through the magical Alnwick Castle, dressed in a velvet burgundy gown on 28 September last year.

He looks so handsome, I thought, gazing at his suit.

Taking his hand in mine, we couldn’t stop smiling.

The thought of spending the rest of our lives together didn’t scare me – we’d already been through so much as a couple and it only made us stronger.

‘I now pronounce you husband and wife,’ the celebrant smiled.

Only, I never expected to have a husband.

After all, I never fell in love with a man.

Joining a LGBTQ+ WhatsApp group back in 2018, I wanted to find friends who I could relate to.

I’d been out as gay since I was 19 and had the support

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