Bride’s hometown: Lincoln
Groom’s hometown: Pawtucket
Wedding date: August 27, 2016
Wedding venue: Newport Vineyards, Newport
Tell us how you met: Out with some friends one night, I couldn’t stop staring at him! It was love at first sight. After already telling all of my friends that he was the one I was going to walk down the aisle to, on January 13, 2008 we became “official”.
Beyond being a couple, we’re best friends. We’ve grown up together, watched each other mature and become adults. We’ve faced everything life threw at us with our heads up, hand in hand.
Still, almost ten years later, I know that I really did find my soulmate. And I can finally walk down that aisle to him…
Tell us your proposal story:
Shortly after we started dating, he proposed to me over a dinner he had cooked. There was no ring, we were young and all the money we worked for went straight to bills. So we pinky promised instead.
Flash forward a few years: A couple who we’re best friends with were coming to take us to Iggys (my FAVORITE!) As my friend and I were upstairs getting ready, he came in and told me that there was a box on the table for me. Thinking that it was just something else from Amazon, I didn’t rush to see what was on the table. He went back outside, and when I walked out and saw the little box on the table I immediately started crying. I ran out with the box in my hand he whispered, “Will you marry me? Again?”, then put the ring on my finger.
No it’s not the traditional ‘he got down on one knee’, or ‘he took me to Disney and proposed!’ A ring didn’t matter to me — knowing that he wanted to spend his life with me did.
