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The Bet We're Glad We Lost

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A meaningful wedding gift for your best friend

A first-date report, an overactive group chat and burnt lasagna give this wedding example a friend’s perspective on a couple becoming themselves.

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The words

Lyrics

Put down your forks, refill your glass I've got something better than a toast We all remember date number one You came home swearing "never again" Then you texted the group chat seventeen times About the way they said your name We saw it coming miles off You two were the last to know So here's to the two of you The bet we're glad we lost You found the one who gets the joke And stays when it's not funny anymore Long life, slow Sundays, the whole good catalogue — Here's to the two of you One of you can't park, one can't cook — I'm legally not allowed to say who But somewhere between the burnt lasagna And the curb, you both came true The rings are on, the papers signed We're stuck with you for life So here's to the two of you The bet we're glad we lost You found the one who gets the joke And stays when it's not funny anymore Long life, slow Sundays, the whole good catalogue — Here's to the two of you And when the music's over and the lights come up And the rest of us have gone May your kitchen still sound like this room tonight — Two people laughing at the same old song So here's to the two of you The bet we're glad we lost You found the one who gets the joke And stays when it's not funny anymore Long life, slow Sundays, the whole good catalogue — Here's to the two of you Glasses up — no, higher than that To the two of you, and that's the gift

Behind the song

The story

Everyone remembers date number one — the friend came home swearing never again, then texted the group chat seventeen times about the way they'd said their name. The rest of them saw it coming miles off; the two of them were the last to know. One of them can't park, one can't cook, and somewhere between the burnt lasagna and the curb, it all came true. A blender off the registry felt too small, so the gift is a song instead. For the friend wishing them the long, good, slow-Sundays life — the whole good catalogue. Glasses up, higher than that.

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From this song to your gift

Give the couple the toast only your friends can give

A first-date report, an overactive group chat and burnt lasagna give this wedding example a friend’s perspective on a couple becoming themselves. A personal gift can use the stories the friends witnessed to wish the pair an ordinary, good life together.

A close friend or friendship group can give this wedding tribute to a couple whose story they know well.

How to give it

Check the jokes with the couple or someone they trust, and coordinate any reception playback so it fits the wedding schedule.

Giving a personal song

Can we include the group chat in a wedding gift?

Use a shared joke or memory with permission, rather than private messages. The gift should make both partners feel included and celebrated.

Is this the recording I receive when I order a custom gift?

“The Bet We're Glad We Lost” is a public listening example. A custom-song request uses the story you share; check the current creation page for what is included and how changes work.

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