We're Getting Married!

We met through a mutual friend in 2022 at our university, UCF. At the time, Ari was in her junior year of college, and Andy had just started his master’s program. After a few weeks of nonstop texting, we had our first date at a cozy little sushi spot called Sushi Pop. The date went so well that a couple sitting next to us thought we were celebrating our anniversary, and a family nearby said we looked so cute together that they surprised us by buying our dessert. We left that night smiling, already knowing something special had begun. As we kept going on dates, we started realizing how similar we really are. We love doing the same things, watching the same kinds of movies, and we share the same sense of humor. On a deeper level, we also aligned on what matters most: our values, our goals, where we want to live, and how important family is to both of us. Everything just fit so naturally that when graduation day came around, we ended up walking across the stage together on the exact same day. After graduation, we moved back home to South Florida. Funny enough, we realized we had always lived just 15 minutes away from each other. Since then, we’ve continued to be each other’s best friend and are so excited to continue our story side by side.