“Ryan and I met in 2019. On our first date, we had so many connections and similar life experiences, that we swore we had met before; whether it was at a Clemson football game, our same apartment complex, or from downtown Greenville. We were inseparable from the beginning, but told ourselves we would just remain friends. Obviously, that didn’t last long, and we started dating a few months after that first date. We knew right away that this relationship would be important, and decided…”

“From the basketball court at our high school pep rally where we first met each other, to the alter on our wedding day, CJ and I continuously made the decision to grow up together, and on October 29, 2021 we vowed to grow old together!

CJ told me he loved me three weeks into dating, and that he would marry me…sometime shy of a year into dating. At only 16 years old, I remember thinking, ‘he is crazy!’ Looking back though, I realized…”

“Dylan and I spent time together for the first time the week of Thanksgiving 2018. We had been communicating sporadically back and forth for a month after matching on Tinder. I had never actually gone on a date with someone I met from a dating app, and had no intention of meeting him- like, ever. I wasn’t looking for anything serious at the time, and Dylan would tell you the same. After finding out that we shared some mutual friends, I became a little more interested, and so we continued to talk back and forth. Dylan ended up asking me on a date, but because I was so nervous to actually meet him for the first time, I backed out the night before and pretended…”