"OMG there's a cute guy at this wedding, but I don't think he's noticed me." I texted a variation of this to 2 of my best friends Hannah and Caroline at the beginning of the night. It turns out that the "cute guy" at the wedding (Branden, duh) did notice me. He later informed me that he strategically positioned himself at a table to look at me when I wasn't looking, and ultimately had the courage to come up to my table (with my parents present watching this unfold) and ask me to join him for a drink. We had our first "date" at our friends Damaris and Nick's wedding dancing and chatting together intermittently throughout the night. After exchanging numbers and reuniting in Durham 2 weeks later, we realized it wasn't just the magical wedding setting that made us fall for each other; It was something solid with potential that we wanted to continue to explore. We made it official that day and the rest is history!