Couple Finally Open Wedding Letter They Were Given 9 Years Ago and It Over-Delivers

Kathy and Randon Gunn from Michigan, who got married on September 1, 2007 were given a wedding gift from Kathy's Great Aunt Alison and they never opened it.

Until now, reports the Metro.

Why? Because they were told not to until their first disagreement: 

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The couple admitted they they had of course had 'disagreements, arguments and slammed doors' since the tying the knot but they had still not opened this letter. 

t wasn't until the married couple were deciding what gift to purchase for an upcoming wedding that they remembered the most thought-provoking present they had received.

"I thought back to our wedding day (nearly nine years ago) and tried to recall the gifts that had meant the most to me," Kathy explained in a post on the Love What Matters Facebook page. "The funny thing? The gift that meant the very most was still sitting in a closet... unopened."

The couple realised that they never opened that box for one reason. "I honestly think that we both avoided turning to the box, because it would have symbolized our failure."

"All along, we assumed that the contents of that box held the key to saving a marriage – an age old trick – unbeknownst to us rookies. After all, my Great Aunt and Uncle had been married for nearly half a century. So, we thought the box would save “us” – and in a way it did. That box went beyond what I believe my Great Aunt had intended. It was by far the greatest wedding gift of all."

Their story was shared to the Love What Matters Facebook page, and of course it has gone viral: