Before the Wedding – Sean & Catherine’s Love Story

Catherine’s Mom Cynthia Giudici

Talks About ABC-TV’s The Bachelor Wedding

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Hollywood came calling recently for SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel when Cynthia Giudici was in town. 

Cyn, the mother of Catherine Giudici – soon to wed The Bachelor Sean Lowe in a TV special – was eager to visit her long-time gal pal Sunny and share the latest news about the wedding on January 26, 2014.

Cyn, who used to go to Huntington and Seal Beach with Sunny when they were teenagers, is still amazed by everything that’s happened this past year. “I was naturally cautious of Sean coming to my home in Seattle to ask my approval of his marriage to Catherine since it was totally out of left field,” she confided to Sunny. “It all happened so fast because of the show and I wondered if it was real or just made for television.”

Cyn explained, “When Sean walked in the door I felt anxious and uncertain. I thought I saw in his face that he wasn’t comfortable with the situation.” That made her initially suspicious of his intentions and guarded with her emotions.

Cyn’s own discomfort was soon on display in the kitchen of her home as she and Sean made Filipino food together and tried to talk. More than cooking, her real goal was to get to know him.

“Thinking back,” Cyn said, “I realize that Sean was just overwhelmed by such a female-centric household. There he was surrounded by Catherine, her two sisters, Monica and India, me, and my mother.” There was a lot of tension and drama in the room, Cyn recalled, and the women were reluctant to accept Sean. “Catherine had been gone a month and now she was home with someone who was asking my blessing to marry her. It was such a bizarre situation.”

Now, though, Cyn knows that Sean and Catherine’s love is the real deal. “Their love and relationship developed during the show and they indeed fell in love with each other,” she said, showing SurfWriter Girls some personal photos from the engagement party on October 4, 2013, at the Ballard Annex Oyster House in Seattle. 

Cyn told Sunny, “One of the things that drew Sean to Catherine was the fact that she has her own identity and is independent. He was looking for someone who could not only be his wife, but his partner in life.” Catherine, a graphic designer, who has worked for Amazon.com, is self-assured and confident – just what Sean wanted.

Now that Sean has been accepted by Catherine’s family her sisters feel a little bad that they were so hard on him during the home visit. They grilled him about his intentions and told him about Catherine’s shortcomings, including that her room’s always messy with clothes all over the place.

“Her sisters really threw Catherine under the bus,” Cyn agreed, adding that TV viewers criticized them for that.”

“They were just trying to protect Catherine, though,” Cyn explained to Sunny, “by showing Sean a more realistic side of her so he would know what he was getting into if he married her.”

Now, with the wedding almost here, Cyn is eager to welcome Sean into the family. One of the ways he won her over was by writing her a personal letter.

“After Sean proposed to Catherine in Thailand he wrote me a letter that made me realize how sincere his love for Catherine is.” Cyn told Sunny. Cyn didn’t reveal what the letter said, but obviously it touched her.

Cyn feels blessed that Sean will soon be her son-in-law. Now the only thing she has to worry about is what to wear for the wedding

To help relieve any of Cyn’s lingering anxiety, Sunny and Patti gave her the perfect antidote – dark chocolate made with sea salt.

There wasn’t time on this visit for her to go to Huntington Beach or Catalina Island – a place Cyn loves for its beauty and tranquility.  But, next time Cyn is in Southern California SurfWriter Girls will take her to the beach. Maybe even Catherine and Sean can join us.

For now, we wish the new husband and wife to be much happiness and a life filled with love and adventures!

Cheers!

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