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Tony Brande

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Elimah Gerken

June 29, 2024

Portland, OR

How We Met

4.5.21

It was meant to be...Elimah and Tony were working at the same hospital and living in the same building, but they first met in a coffee shop. Tony had deleted his dating profiles the same week telling his friend he wanted to meet someone naturally. Elimah had moved to the neighborhood on a whim, renting out her house, and going against the advice of family, because she woke up one morning convinced she had to make a huge life change to find happiness. Tony sat at the table behind Elimah and her two dogs Juniper and Bjorn. Elimah thought Tony was dreamy right away, while Tony thought Elimah was cute, but disheveled (accurate). While he was inside ordering coffee she did a quick once over on hair and lip gloss and pinched a little color into her cheeks. When Tony walked out Juniper made first introductions insisting she would very much like to meet the absolute hottie sitting behind mom (ok maybe Elimah sorta let Juniper wander over). The first thing Tony said to Elimah was "Juniper is a very cute dogs name." Little did he know that she would go on to chew many shoes, wallets, sunglasses, etc., while her mom stole his heart. The first date Elimah's parents made Tony schlepp boxes into her new apartment after a beer down the street, the second he put up her new curtain rods after a picnic in the park, by the third she knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him.

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