My Wedding Day: Arthur Gourounlian — 'I was a bridezilla, but our wedding was just incredible'

I remember talking in Brian's ear saying ‘why are you doing this to me?’. He was walking on my feet, but I think he was just nervous, you know. But it was a lovely, gentle, cute dance.

Brian Dowling and Arthur Gourounlian on their wedding day in Powerscourt.

We got married on July 29, 2015, so it’s 10 years this year. If you had told me 10 years ago that we would have done all we’ve done — moved to Ireland, had two children: It’s bizarre. People say that marriage is hard work, but it’s the best thing we’ve done. We were on and off for years, but marriage has brought us closer.

We got engaged in the Dominican Republic in 2014. It took me two or three years to ask Brian. He was waiting for me to say, ‘Marry me’. By the time we got engaged, we didn’t want to wait any longer, and then the [same-sex marriage] referendum was on and we were like, ‘Oh, my god, what are the chances?’ It was just meant to be!