After searching for weeks for an officiant, I scheduled a meeting with Charles Jackson of Love the One You're With. I immediately liked his vibe and the company itself due to it's inclusivity. He was easy to talk to and we had a good rapport right off the bat.
Two weeks before my wedding, Charles called me and told me he would have to back out because the VA schedule a knee surgery for him to be performed the day before my wedding. I was understanding, and while we didn't love the replacement, we were willing to accept the change and move on.
Cut to the wedding day, the replacement, Francine, brought two guests without asking. We already had a strict guest limit that made it difficult to build our guest list. We felt like we had to allow them to stay for the reception with the expectation that they would eat dinner, have some drinks, mingle a bit with the guests, but not insert themselves into the major wedding events.
One of the unapproved guests inserted herself into the crowd for my bouquet toss and not only "caught" the bouquet, but ripped it from the hands of my intended target. I was floored.
Today is the Tuesday following my Saturday evening wedding, and what do I see on instagram? Charles Jackson posting that he performed a ceremony on my wedding day. Charles lied through his teeth to me telling me he really needed this surgery, telling me the VA couldn't get him in for 6 more months if he didn't take the 11/21 appointment. Extremely unprofessional.
Now it is 10am on Thanksgiving day, a holiday where I am enjoying time with my family, and I get a NOVEL of a text written by ChatGPT from Charles wanting to argue with me about my review. The unprofessionalism continues. He also lies again in that text about having performed a ceremony on 11/22!!
Judge the texts for yourself. My entire review is factual from start to finish.
Judging by Charles' response, I am very glad I did not reach out before posting my reviews as he was immediately combative with the slightest pushback.
The fact that he says the ceremony legally shouldn't have been performed without the wedding license on site is laughably false. That is not the law in Texas. You'd think an attorney would know that!
The fact that he says the bouquet was caught fair and square is false but also a moot point because SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE INSERTED HERSELF INTO THE GROUP IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!
I was fully prepared to pay the late start fee, but it was never mentioned to me after the fact. That's not my fault. She should have said something. I did not ask for that to be waived or ignored. That aside, each guest cost roughly $50/person for our reception. $50 x 3 = $150.00 meaning my late fee was paid the second the 3 of them stayed for the reception.
We felt like our arms were twisted into letting them stay. Charles himself said in our first interview that HE would be staying for the reception and mentioned he'd be at the bar ordering tequila shots the second after he signed the license. (Which, let's face it, was also very unprofessional to say to us.)
All in all, all of his rebuttals are either false or moot points.
What's funny to me is that he thinks my responses will do well for HIM. No, sir. You LIED TO ME!
He says he was recovering from surgery 11/22 but the floral vendor for this wedding that tagged Charles in their post confirmed that Charles officiated this wedding on 11/22. Charles Jackson has repeatedly lied to me about this. I can provide evidence of this repeated lie. There are screenshots attached to my review. Blocking me on instagram didn't work, did it, Charlie??
(The reason he has updated this Yelp listing to say that his company no longer supports Yelp is that Yelp will not remove my accurate and factual review. He's crashing out trying to get my reviews removed but since I have evidence, no website will remove it. He was successful in temporarily getting my review removed from Google, so I got his Google business profile removed temporarily by reporting him for having factual reviews removed. You can tell that he updated this Yelp listing after my review by seeing where it says "Updated November 2025.")
How can anyone say I'm lying when I have all of the proof of every claim I've made attached? He continues to try to discredit me instead of taking accountability. He continues to try to have my reviews removed even when it means his Google business profile is removed. He absolutely refuses to just accept this one (1) bad review. Makes me wonder how many people he's bullied into removing their reviews. read more