You’ve heard of “My canine ate my homework” as an excuse, however have you ever ever heard of “My canine ate my passport”? Sadly, that’s what one couple from Massachusetts skilled every week sooner than their dream marriage ceremony in Italy.
CBS Information experiences that the couple, Donato Frattaroli and fiancée Magda Mazri, went to run some errands, together with selecting up their aim of marriage paperwork from town corridor on August 17, Thursday.
Whilst the couple was once out and about, their cheeky (pun meant) one-and-a-half Golden Retriever named Chickie chewed on and ripped pages from Frattaroli’s passport.
Groom-to-be Frattaroli advised Within Version, “I seemed on the canine mattress, and noticed my passport the place it shouldn’t were. I utterly freaked out.”
Chatting with CBS Information, Mazri recalled, “I picked it up there have been a few tooth marks, but it surely didn’t appear to be in point of fact broken,”
“Then we opened it up and the entire private knowledge got here out. Then we seemed on the ground and it’s all scattered round. Chickie, surely did some critical injury,” Mazri endured.
And the timing couldn’t be worse, because the couple have been scheduled to get married in Italy on August 31.
Whilst Frattaroli is clearly stressed out, he shared with WCVB on August 19, Saturday, “Fortunately, Congressman (Stephen) Lynch’s workplace and Sen. (Ed) Markey’s workplace were tremendous responsive. They’ve been in contact, a minimum of with me and the State Division, to take a look at to expedite issues and get a brand new passport. Stay my hands crossed and, confidently, the entirety will paintings itself out.”
The couple prior to now shared that if Frattaroli doesn’t get his expedited passport sooner than their flight on Friday, August 25, then Mazri and all in their marriage ceremony visitors will go back and forth to Italy with out him.
However fortunately, new experiences mentioned that Frattaroli’s passport got here in via Wednesday, August 23 and the marriage will occur as scheduled.
As for the cheeky Chickie, she is reportedly staying with buddies in Boston and confidently, gained’t chunk on extra to any extent further passports whilst her hoomans are away.