Apple obsessed American couple marry at New York store on Valentines Day

By Andrew Hough Published: 8:00AM GMT 20 Feb 2010

Previous of Images Next Josh and Ting Li got married at the Apple Store in New York after earlier meeting while shopping for an iPhone. Photo: YOUTUBE The priest at the wedding was dressed like Steve Jobs, Apple"s chief executive. Photo: AFP/ GETTY

The couple, from New York, said "iDo" at the citys Apple store on Fifth Avenue, at 12.01 on Valentines Day in a ceremony dominated with the company"s products and references to them.

The pair, who met in the Apple store, had their priest dressed as Steve Jobs, the companys chief executive, read their vows from their iPhones, while the rings were tied to a ribbon wrapped around a first generation iPod.

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Part of their vows included a passage from the Apple CEO that said: "You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down."

Mrs Ling, dressed in a strapless wedding dress, had her vows written on a card that said "I love you more than this" followed by a picture of an iPhone.

Details of the unauthorised wedding, which was attended by about 30 friends, emerged after an Apple Store employee, tweeted about the wedding on Twitter, the mico-blogging site.

"We got to know each other because Ting was looking to buy an iPod…and I managed to strike up a conversation that way," Mr Ting, who was dressed in a suit and a pink tie, later told Entertainment Weekly.

"I used to joke that the Apple Store is my church because I am not religious, and I loved everything Apple.

"Ting then came up with the idea of having the wedding there."

Henry Hu, a friend who officiated the wedding, wrote on a blog that he had difficulty trying to find attire similar to what Jobs wore.

"I looked in every store and I ended up finding it... at Sears... for $4.97... on the clearance rack... In Extra Large...," he wrote.

"Apparently, black turtle necks are not "in" this season.

"After much preparation and anxiously waiting for the moment to come, it was a huge success,"

According to a blog on Apple"s retail stores, the ceremony was not authorised by Apple, but staff "did not interfere".

A video of the wedding, which was shot on the phone of a local hot dog vendor who works out front of the store, has also been posted on YouTube.

Some joked underneath that it was cut with Windows Media Maker. Opinion was split about the couple"s decision.

It is not known where the couple honeymooned.

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