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Dog eats owner's passport, putting Massachusetts couple's Italy wedding in jeopardy
SEAN AND JEN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DAVID. NEW TONIGHT, MY DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK IS ONE OF THE OLDEST EXCUSES IN THE BOOK, BUT MY DOG ATE MY PASSPORT. WELL, THAT ONE MIGHT BE A NEW ONE. YEAH, IT’S A NEW ONE TO US, TOO, SO THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT ONE BOSTON COUPLE SAYS HAPPENED, AND NOW IT’S THREATENING THEIR CHANCE TO GET MARRIED. DONATO FRATELLI AND HIS FIANCE WENT TO CITY HALL TO FILL OUT INTENTION OF MARRIAGE FORMS ON THURSDAY, JUST DAYS AWAY FROM FLYING OUT TO ITALY. WHO ARE THE COUPLE IS SET TO SAY, I DO IN JUST TWO WEEKS, HOURS LATER, THEIR WORST NIGHTMARE UNFOLDED AT THEIR HOME IN SOUTH BOSTON, WHERE CHICKIE, THE COUPLE’S ONE AND A HALF YEAR OLD GOLDEN RETRIEVER, CHEWED THROUGH MULTIPLE PAGES OF THE GROOM TO BE’S PASSPORT. NOW, APPARENTLY THE COUPLE IS REACHING OUT TO STATE OFFICIALS TRYING TO GET HELP. I WAS JUST A LITTLE STRESSED. LUCKILY, YOU KNOW, CONGRESSMAN LYNCH’S OFFICE AND SENATOR MARKEY’S OFFICE HAVE BEEN SUPER SPONSORS. THEY’VE BEEN IN TOUCH, AT LEAST WITH ME IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT, TO TRY TO EXPEDITE THINGS AND HOPEFULLY GET A NEW PASSPORT, KEEP MY FINGERS CROSSED AND HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WILL WORK ITSELF OUT. OKAY. SO THE COUPLE IS SET TO SAY, I DO ON AUGUST 31ST, GET THIS IN ITALY, AND THEY’RE SCHEDULED TO BELIEVE IN JUST SIX DAYS. GOSH, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE’S THIS. THE GROOM SAYS THAT HE IF HE’S NOT ABLE TO GET THAT EXPEDITED PASSPORT IN TIME, HIS FIANCE AND ALL OF THEIR WEDDING GUESTS WILL THEN GO OUT TO ITALY WITHOUT HIM. AND THEN HE’D HAVE TO SEE THEM. OH, MY GOSH. SO THEY WANT TO GET MARRIED THERE? YEAH, IT’S A FINGERS CROSSED FOR THEM. YEAH, IT’S A TOUGH ONE. HIS DUE DILIGENCE TRYING TO GET
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Dog eats owner's passport, putting Massachusetts couple's Italy wedding in jeopardy
"My dog ate my homework" is one of the oldest excuses in the book, but "My dog ate my passport" may be a new one. That's exactly what one Massachusetts couple said happened, and it is now threatening their chance to get married in Europe.Donato Frattaroli, of South Boston, and his fiancée went to city hall to fill out the intention of marriage forms on Thursday, just over a week before they are set to fly out to Italy — where the couple's wedding is scheduled for Aug. 31.Hours after their visit to city hall, a nightmare unfolded at the couple's home unfolded when Chickie, the couple's 1-and-a-half-year-old golden retriever, chewed through multiple pages of Frattaroli's passport.Frattaroli and his fiancée are now contacted state officials to help get them both to the altar in Italy in time."I'm just a little stressed," Frattaroli said Saturday. "Luckily, Congressman (Stephen) Lynch's office and Sen. (Ed) Markey's office have been super responsive. They've been in touch, at least with me and the State Department, to try to expedite things and get a new passport. Keep my fingers crossed, and hopefully, everything will work itself out."The couple's flight to Italy is scheduled to depart Friday. Frattaroli said if he is unable to get his expedited passport before the flight, his fiancée and all of their wedding guests will travel to Italy without him. If the passport does not come in time for Frattaroli to make it in time for the wedding, he will welcome his fiancée and the wedding guests when they return to the United States.Related story:
"My dog ate my homework" is one of the oldest excuses in the book, but "My dog ate my passport" may be a new one. That's exactly what one Massachusetts couple said happened, and it is now threatening their chance to get married in Europe.
Donato Frattaroli, of South Boston, and his fiancée went to city hall to fill out the intention of marriage forms on Thursday, just over a week before they are set to fly out to Italy — where the couple's wedding is scheduled for Aug. 31.
Hours after their visit to city hall, a nightmare unfolded at the couple's home unfolded when Chickie, the couple's 1-and-a-half-year-old golden retriever, chewed through multiple pages of Frattaroli's passport.
Frattaroli and his fiancée are now contacted state officials to help get them both to the altar in Italy in time.
"I'm just a little stressed," Frattaroli said Saturday. "Luckily, Congressman (Stephen) Lynch's office and Sen. (Ed) Markey's office have been super responsive. They've been in touch, at least with me and the State Department, to try to expedite things and get a new passport. Keep my fingers crossed, and hopefully, everything will work itself out."
The couple's flight to Italy is scheduled to depart Friday. Frattaroli said if he is unable to get his expedited passport before the flight, his fiancée and all of their wedding guests will travel to Italy without him. If the passport does not come in time for Frattaroli to make it in time for the wedding, he will welcome his fiancée and the wedding guests when they return to the United States.
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