The Parsonage at St. Johannes | Charleston, SC (Xavier & Fahlyn)
"I moved to Chicago from the UK in February 2014. I didn’t really know anyone here, and so I thought it’d be fun to join ‘OK Cupid’ to see if someone might take pity and show me around. I’d never tried a dating website before, and didn’t have high expectations. I trawled through endless numbers of profiles before finding Fahlyn, who on paper seemed like the perfect match. And here we are, married after the best 5 years of my life. We met in a Tiki bar that sold cocktails from extravagant containers ranging from treasure chests, to octopuses and sea shells. It was great fun, and I was excited by how well we got on. Other dates involved bribing staff at a bowling alley, stuffing our faces with anything but British food, laughing until it hurt at comedy shows, and naming animals at the zoo…”
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The River Road and The Jasmine House | Columbia, SC (Ernie & Cecilia)
“Cecilia and Ernie met during the summer of 2015 at The Courthouse in Rock Hill, SC. Ernie was performing some of his raps, and though Cecilia thought he was completely corny, she admired his courage to perform in front of strangers. For their first date, on October 25th, Ernie and Cecilia went to see Evil Dead The Musical in Charlotte…”
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Greenville, SC Engagement (Josh & Paige)
“After months of refusing the idea of a blind date, proposed by our mutual friend, and some small talk via text, it was the day of the solar eclipse in 2017. I was in the Charlotte airport on a layover from Phoenix, and as the boarding process began, I saw the back of a brunette boy’s head. Right away I thought myself, “Oh my gosh. That’s him!” I was so nervous and thinking of all ways possible to avoid having to talk to him. I resorted to the ‘putting on headphones with no music playing’ trick, hoping that would work, but it didn’t. While walking on the plane, all of a sudden I felt someone grab my thigh (we still laugh at how awkward this was) and stop me. I acted surprised to see him and said a quick “hi and bye.” Once we landed in Greenville, I headed…”
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The Cliffs at Glassy | Landrum, SC (Chris & Amber)
“Chris and Amber met during their sophomore year of college at the University of South Carolina. Chris grew up in Raleigh, NC and Amber grew up in Greenville, SC. They started out as next door neighbors, which turned into close friends, which eventually turned into a date night at their favorite burger joint during the fall of their senior year. Dating quickly turned into a long distance relationship between Charleston, SC and Atlanta, GA while Amber was in physical therapy school and Chris started his first sales role after graduating from USC. Fast-forward 3 years and they were finally in the same place again as Amber made the big move to ATL after earning her doctorate. Two years (and two dogs) later, on a Saturday in September as they casually walked the streets in Savannah, he surprised her with a very important…”
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Columbia, SC Engagement (Nick & Crystal)
"Rewind to five years ago. It was our Junior year of undergrad at the University of South Carolina. I’m sitting in the Russell House with one of my best friends, waiting for my next class, and glance over her shoulder to notice a familiar face looking my way. (Familiar because I’ve seen him around campus— not to mention he was a starter on our football team) It was Nick. I look away, then look back, and he’s still watching me. At this point I’m thinking, “this is awkward,” so I smile and sarcastically wave. He waves back. Little did I know…”
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Belfair Plantation | Bluffton, SC (Patric & Valerie)
"The night we got engaged in September of 2017, our initial thought was “we want to do something different for our wedding.” As frequent wedding goers, we have been to them all; wineries, beach weddings, barn weddings, big city weddings, etc. So what could we possibly do that was a fun new experience for our family and friends…”
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