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Big and Little Buddies Shane and Isaac have become so close that Isaac was even the ring bearer for Shane when he got married last summer.

"To have him there symbolised the fact it wasn't a fleeting sort of phase, this Big Buddy thing. It's real, it's a permanent, positive connection. I felt privileged to have him there."

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