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How we Met

The Wedding Website of Bailey Devaney and Ryan Stefanacci
Bailey and I first met when we were 16 at one of her best friend's houses while out with friends. We could not have been more different, but we always found each other in our lives in the weeks to come. Bailey will call that stalking, but I think it's much more endearing than that. Later that fall, we spent the night talking at another friend's house for an ugly christmas sweater party, just 24 hours after I got my wisdom teeth removed. We took our first picture together that night, with my mouth all puffed up and swollen, wearing a sweater with a Reindeer popping out that I'm still proud of to this day, I might add. After a few weeks, we started talking every day, and quickly became the closest of friends.
Our story

Our story

In between meeting and dating, there were many nights spent together at Matthew's Diner, more "chance" run-in's at friends and other gatherings, and after high school soccer games, where I was closer friends with Bailey's brother, Ryan, at the time. It was at Matthew's Diner, where we now live less than a mile away, where Bailey asked me to Junior Prom. I said yes, of course, you wouldn't be reading this had the answer been anything but. And only two weeks after Prom, we started dating, on April 29, 2016. We haven't spent a day apart since, and have no plans of doing so.

Our Story...continued

Our Story...continued

We each went to college in the northeast, with Bailey going to Sacred Heart while I went to Providence. We rotated visiting each other every month, getting used to the two-hour Amtrak ride. In the fall of '19, we studied abroad together in London, our only semester in college spent together. We loved every second of it. There's been much more in between then and now, ranging from graduations, and more graduations for Bailey, jobs, birthday's, etc. The only constant in both of our lives has been each other, and we wouldn't want it any other way. We got engaged on January 11, 2025 at the Pendry Natirar in New Jersey. To Bailey's surprise, I wasn't nervous or anxious, nor did I give any hints away - It was just the easiest decision of my life. We can't wait to celebrate with you all in June. Thank you for being part of our story. We are where we are because of you all - So, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.