Večina nevest si želi, da bi bilo na poročni dan vse popolno – od pričeske in obleke do vremena, cvetja in fotografij. Šestindvajsetletna Američanka Auja Smit pa je imela precej bolj konkreten problem: kako se poročiti, ne da bi se videlo, da je pravkar preživela napad krvosesov.

Vse se je začelo, ko je v stanovanju dva dni pred poroko odpovedala klimatska naprava. Zaradi vročine sta s tedaj še zaročencem spala pri odprtih vratih, kar je bilo za komarje očitno povabilo na poročno pojedino. »Dve noči pred poroko sem se sredi noči prebudila popolnoma popikana. Zajela me je panika,« je priznala nevesta.

Story from Jam Press (Mosquito Bites Wedding)Pictured: The wedding day.'I was eaten alive by mosquitoes just before my wedding – then I woke up covered in 50 swollen bites on the big day'A bride woke up covered in more than 50 swollen mosquito bites on the morning of her wedding after sleeping with the doors open when the air conditioning in her accommodation broke.Auja Smith tied the know with husband, Nikhi Singh, 30, in Mallorca, Spain, on 5 June.The 26-year-old's wedding celebrations took an unexpected turn after their air conditioning unit stopped working two nights before the ceremony, leaving them to sleep with the doors open to escape the heat.When Auja, who works in commercial art sales, woke the following morning, she noticed dozens of flat red marks scattered across her body."I woke up two nights before the wedding and there were bites all over me but they were flat and just red," Auja, from Indianapolis, US, told creatorzine.com."I freaked out."There were mosquitoes swarming the room because we had slept with the doors open in our bedroom because our AC went out and it's very hot."The next morning, I got up to go into our closet and as soon as I opened the closet doors, there were 50-plus mosquitoes in the closet almost hibernating."The couple rushed out to buy insect spray to stop any more mosquitoes getting into the room but by the following morning, which was also the day of the wedding, the bites had become significantly worse.Auja said: "I woke up the day of my wedding and all of the mosquito bites had gotten extremely swollen."I had been taking antihistamines the day before and even slept with pimple patches on to try to mitigate."But nonetheless, I woke up and they were extremely swollen."Nothing like the day before."I went into solution, problem-solving mode and took more allergy pills and put Benadryl cream all over myself and iced them."I did everything that I could think of that might help, but quite literally nothing helped."Auja said she tried her best to enjoy her big day.She said: "The boys went off for the day to run errands and it was me and a few of my friends at the house and I finally as I was starting to get ready, I just broke down and started crying."After that, I tried to just forget about it and accept that it was going to be a part of the day."I wasn't intending on wearing a lot of makeup that day and because of how swollen they were, I ended up wearing five layers of foundation, and I told my photographer she better be good at Photoshop."Auja is encouraging other couples planning destination weddings to prepare for unexpected problems.She added: "My warning to brides getting married anywhere abroad is don't do anything out of the normal and definitely don't sleep with the doors or windows open even if it's hot."When you think that you're prepared, think of every in any situation that could possibly happen and make sure you bring every medicine you have available."Looking back, Auja said she believes every wedding has something that goes wrong and that the mishaps only made the day more memorable.She added: "I would like to say that I think that every single person's wedding day has something that goes wrong and there were more than just the bites that went wrong on our special day."But when you are genuinely in love and so happy, there's nothing that could get in the way of making the day the best day of your life."So I wouldn't stress too much about what could go wrong and focusing on what's right."And at the end of the day, I got to marry the love of my life and it was the most wonderful, fairytale wedding that I could've asked for."What God joins together let no one separate."Anything that happens that could be perceived as negative or going wrong on your wedding day makes it even more memorable and a part of the day."So many people focus on perfection of the day instead of what it's actually about."ENDSEDITOR'S NOTE: Exclusive Licence: An exclusive licence has been obtained directly from the verified copyright holder. Jam Press holds exclusive distribution rights for the agreed content within the terms of the contributor agreement.,Image: 1118177573, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: EDITOR'S NOTE: Exclusive Licence: An exclusive licence has been obtained directly from the verified copyright holder. Jam Press holds exclusive distribution rights for the agreed content within the terms of the contributor agreement., Model Release: no

O poroki in pikih komarjev bodo še nekaj časa govorili na družinskih srečanjih. Foto: profimedia

Naslednje jutro je bilo še huje. Ko je odprla vrata garderobe, je iz nje priletel roj komarjev. Čeprav sta z bodočim možem takoj kupila sredstvo proti insektom, je bilo prepozno. Mesta vbodov so čez noč močno otekla.

Auja je poskusila vse – antihistaminike, kremo proti alergiji in hlajenje z ledom. Med pripravami na poroko jo je vse skupaj spravilo v obup, tako da se je celo zjokala. Nato pa se je odločila, da komarjem ne bo dovolila, da ji uničijo poročni dan.

Namesto načrtovanega nežnega ličenja je  sledilo precej bolj konkretno »maskiranje«: obraz so prekrili s kar petimi plastmi ličila. Fotografinji, ki je bila zadolžena za poročne slike, je v šali celo rekla, da upa, da se spozna tudi na program za obdelavo fotografij.

Na koncu je vendarle zmagala romantika. »Ko si resnično zaljubljen, ti nič ne more preprečiti, da bi bil to najlepši dan,« je dejala. In tako je Auja dobila poroko svojih sanj – in zgodbo, ki bo očitno še dolgo zabavala vse, ki jo slišijo.

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