The Bouquet Problem

My brother was married this past weekend to a woman from El Salvador. Another brother insisted on having the traditional "tossing of the bouquet" - mainly to manuever his girlfriend to catch it and then he promptly bent to one knee and proposed to her... Sounds great, but it was staged to upstage the brother getting married... Messy, but not the problem.

The problem is that the woman from El Salvador wants her bouquet back... And the other brother`s now fiance wants to keep it... I thought that after this tradition, the bouquet was always returned to the bride... Can you help us, please??

Thank you so much!
Posted by Jane Martin; updated 07/30/03

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Whoever catches it, keeps it. That`s why a lot of forists offer to make replicas or smaller (tossing) boquets. Tell the bride that she is in the wrong, if she wants to keep good relations with her future sister-in-law, she will drop it.
Posted by Sarah; updated 07/31/03