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Molly

Caldwell

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Brian

Balsamo

October 11, 2025

Rochester, NY

Way Back When...

They met at the last minute possible: Spring semester, senior year at Ithaca College, April 2017. They had become close friends with mutual friends, and Molly caught wind that Brian had a crush on her (shoutout Lexi Clavet + Amanda Zaput). A few weeks later, Brian took the initiative to come up to Molly at the Football Formal to show her his "Irish Jig." Somehow, Molly was intrigued so continued to spend some time with him at Moonies (their second-favorite college bar) after he *really* put himself out there. Playing hard to get, Molly left and met other friends at another bar. Telling those other friends the story thus far, they told her to text him, but she didn't have his number. Confidently, one of those friends went up to one of Brian's friends and asked for his number to give to Molly (shoutout Erin Raderstorf). They continued to spend some casual time together over the next couple of months, including a first date at Viva, and celebrating graduation. After the celebrations, came the goodbyes. Molly and Brian agreed to "keep talking as long as it makes sense," little did they know it would keep making sense for the next 7+ years. When they both moved home, they continued to talk everyday, with FaceTimes lasting 4 hours. Molly lived in Ithaca for the remainder of the summer, so when Brian came up to visit her from Long Island, they made sure to enjoy every minute of it. They had dinner at Ithaca Beer Company, where they took their first picture together, then went to the Ithaca Ale House to watch the NBA Finals. Here is where Brian popped the first question: "Will you be my girlfriend," on June 9, 2017. Longer story short, they kept up their long distance relationship while Molly moved to Rochester and Brian graduated PA school; traveling to new places together along the way. Through the ups and downs, there was always something worth fighting for: each other. Brian moved up to Rochester with Molly in 2022 and in June 2023, they adopted their 3-year-old pup, Cece. On their combined family vacation to Ireland, Brian bent a knee in front of both their families on September 8, 2023 in Dublin and asked Molly to marry her. She ugly cried, then said yes!

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