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May 28, 2022
Aiken, SC

Lauren & Art

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Art

Pressley

and

Lauren

Trahan

May 28, 2022

Aiken, SC

How We Met

July 3, 2015

The first time that we met takes us back to gameday in the fall of 2014 in Clemson. We were introduced outside Friar's Tavern through mutual friends, but quickly went off to tailgate in different directions. It wasn't until the next year in 2015 that we were able to meet again when we both traveled to Charleston for Fourth of July weekend. Before Lauren left for Charleston, she received a text from a friend saying she had to meet this guy named Art, and that they would really hit it off. Lauren didn't have any interest in being "set up" and just brushed it off. After spending the weekend together with friends, Art asked Lauren for her number before she left, and Lauren (reluctantly) gave it to him. The following Tuesday night, Lauren was sitting on the couch when she got a call from a Greenville, SC phone number. Thinking it was one of her friends, she answered the phone, but it turned out to be Art on the other end. Something clicked after that first phone call; they continued to stay in contact with each other and Lauren eventually visited Art in Greenville. Lauren ended up moving to Charleston a few weeks after, and even though Art lived in Greenville, they decided they wanted to keep seeing each other and so began a long distance relationship. After 3 years of switching off weekends traveling between Charleston and Greenville, Lauren was finally able to move to Greenville in November 2018!

The Proposal

January 11, 2020

In January of 2020, we took a trip to Lake Toxaway, NC with Lauren's family for her brother in law's birthday. Unbeknownst to Lauren, Art had asked her mom for her blessing in November 2019, and also asked Gerald (the birthday boy) if he could propose on the trip. We had reservations for lunch at Old Edward's Inn, but when we got there our table wasn't ready, so we went upstairs to wait. Everyone eventually made their way downstairs, and Art kept Lauren distracted so she wouldn't leave until everyone had made their way to the dining room. Once everyone had left, we walked down to the table together. When Lauren walked in the private dining area, she saw Art's parents at the table. Lauren was extremely confused, thinking of what they could be there for, knowing they were leaving for Israel the very next day! Lauren then turned around to see Art down on one knee, and while shaking like a leaf, Art asked Lauren to be his wife, and Lauren said, "Well yeah!!"

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