All Annabelle wanted was to be a flower girl, so she got herself a pretty dress, some gloves and made a sign.
Then she made her way to city hall with her mum and waited patiently for one of the 20,000 couples who get married at the Manhattan Clerk’s office to take her up on her offer:
Annabelle’s mum told NBC that after standing with the sign for a while without getting any interest, it became obvious that Annabelle would have to start approaching couples.
After striking out the first time (apparently one bride-to-be said a terse ‘no thank you’), it didn’t take long for one couple to bite.
“She was too adorable to say no to, and we thought it would be fun to make her day as well as ours,” said the bride, who asked to remain anonymous.
Apparently Annabelle aced the quick ceremony, handing the bride a bouquet of posies she had picked out earlier for the occasion.
Annabelle picking out the bouquet.And now that Annabelle has had a taste of the flower girl highlife, she says she’d like to do it again. “I want to go back to City Hall,” she told NBC. “It made me happy.”
Here’s her story on NBC’s Today:
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Really? Her dreams? I see a pushy mom that wants attention behind this. I would never have my child stands at the court house and beg for this. She can wait to be invited by a friend or family to do this.
How did a 4 year old make that sign and get that idea to go to city hall... hmm... I think mum's involvement might have over-reached slightly. Clearly she's very cute and it's nice that some couple were happy to have her to do it, but the notion of driving my child to city hall, standing there like a lemon for hours, tacitly pressuring people to let my daughter be involved in their wedding. It smacks to me slightly of manipulation and foisting, I must be an old sour woman, but it's just a bit off. I can visualise this parent demanding that the child be allowed to be a big part of any friend or relative's wedding, even if she wasn't wanted...
I agree. I think its setting this child up for disappointment, and also teaching her that she can have anything she wants. Also, the idea of being a flowergirl is that you are a part of someone's life, and participating in a wedding of someone you know. This seems to fit into the selfish mantra of today - "you can have anything you want". Maybe the higher virtue this little girls needed to learn was patience.
You could look at it as teaching a child to go out and get what she wants, not sitting at home waiting for it to fall into her lap?