A Chicago man's nearly quarter-of-a-century friendship with his pet turtle, Colors, reached its pinnacle last month when he asked her to be a flower girl at his wedding.
Paul McDonald recently honored his nearly quarter-of-century friendship with his pet turtle by asking her to be the flower girl at his wedding. No, literally, it’s about a pet turtle named Colors and the quarter-of-a-century friendship she shares with her 32-year-oldowner, Paul McDonald. That bond reached its pinnacle last month when he asked the Eastern painted turtle to be a flower girl at his wedding.
However, among all the excitement, the turtle was headed for danger as it inched closer to a busy parking lot. What unfolded next, after the blessing from his parents to keep his first pet -- an animal he would take ownership of and all the responsibilities that followed -- would change his world forever.
Almost a quarter-century later, that was proven to not be the case, and Paul said he is delighted with the outcome. The two spent every minute they had together, building a bond unlike no other. "She immediately became completely enthralled with the idea," Paul said. "She wanted to make decorations. We had green streamers, balloons, green Solo cups for the partygoers. It was one of the early moments in our relationship where I was like, ‘Wow, this girl's pretty cool.’ We had just started dating, and she was going all out for my turtle’s birthday party."
"I asked him if he had any pets, and he was like, ‘Well, I do have a turtle?" she recalled. "And I was like, ‘What? That's so cool!’"
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