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Alaina & Brandon

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forever.

Alaina Mesmer

and

Brandon Barbosa

October 3, 2025

Philadelphia, PA
19 days19 d21 hours21 h18 seconds18 s

Our Story.

2019

Five years of memories, laughs, and love. We met at The College of New Jersey (“TCNJ”) during Alaina’s freshman year and Brandon’s junior year. Through mutual friends and greek life, we quickly became friends, not knowing where life’s journey would eventually take us. Through attending classes together, greek life formals, and everything in between, we continued to only be friends but both secretly wanted our relationship to be more. Fast forward to life after TCNJ, we kept in touch, often attempting to make plans that unfortunately would wind up falling through. Nevertheless, there remained a spark between us, and we were determined to one day merge our paths. Eventually, one of those attempts was successful, leading to a beautiful evening on our first date at Salt Creek Grille in Princeton. Neither one of us wanted that night to end, and we made sure that it never did. Summers spent together in Manasquan, NJ led to years of dates, anniversaries, living together in Hoboken, NJ and seeing the world together. Each day spent together, more amazing than the last. We will now be going back to Philadelphia, a place so special in our hearts from our most incredible second date in Rittenhouse Square, to where we spent our first year anniversary. We cannot wait to celebrate our love in one of our favorite places with our favorite people!

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