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Andrew and Michelle have known each other since they were 12 years old where they first met in 7th grade. Their story, ironically, didn’t truly start until the summer before 10th grade, 1 year after Andrew had moved away from their hometown to Ohio. 12 summers ago, during the first of Andrew’s yearly summer visits, word got back to Michelle that Andrew had a “crush” on her. That summer a close friendship developed as they squeezed as much time in together before he had to head back to Ohio. Little did they know that their friendship would continue to grow despite living in separate states and eventually become the foundation for their future relationship. They kept in touch all throughout high school, seeing each other every summer and then when Michelle went to college and Andrew went to Basic Training they still found themselves getting in touch through letters and weekly phone calls. Finally, after 6 years of being just friends, while getting late night milkshakes from the 24 hour diner together - their annual summer tradition - Michelle realized that she didn’t want to be just friends anymore and thankfully Andrew didn’t either. This was the start of many visits that summer as Andrew was only 4.5 hours away in New Jersey and soon enough, they were no longer just friends and officially in a long distance relationship. After dating for 2 years long distance, Michelle moved down to New Jersey to finally live in the same state as each other for the first time in 14 years! On November 9th, 2019 Andrew asked Michelle to marry him at a spot special to them and surprised her with her family and friends all together in New Jersey to celebrate. After 14 long years in the making, they are so excited to marry their best friend and celebrate with you all!