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We’re getting married!!!!

Alex Ortiz

and

Erika Schafer

October 10, 2026

Garden City, KS
188 days188 d19 hours19 h50 minutes50 min10 seconds10 s

Thankful for Church Invites and Facebook Messenger

For Erika, Easter 2024 was… chaotic. She got pulled over on the way to church (festive, right?) and immediately declared, “We should just go home.” But Aunt Gaye—professional seat-saver, part-time hype woman—was blowing up her phone, so Erika dragged herself to a church she’d only been to once before, Easter 2023. Naturally, Aunt Gaye saved seats in the back so Erika could people-watch and judge everyone in peace. Meanwhile, Alex was living his best punctual life… …until he had to sprint across town to get to the same church. He arrived late, flustered, and probably praying no one noticed. (Spoiler: Erika noticed.) She added him on Facebook approximately 0.2 seconds after the service ended. He accepted—and then waited a casual THREE MONTHS to message her with, “If it seems like I’m trying to get to know you, it’s because I am.” Groundbreaking. They then waited two more weeks to build suspense, because obviously this is a rom-com now. Finally, they met at Freddy’s for their first date, saw each other every day for a week, and then made it official because… duh. Fast-forward one year: Erika still won’t shut up about Alex, Alex is fully obsessed with Erika, and somehow this beautiful, ridiculous story is turning into a wedding. Welcome to the chaos. :)