We can't wait to celebrate with you!

Her version: I actually don't remember at all how we met! We both went to Georgia College and had mutual friends because he decided to become an honorary Lassiter Trojan (thanks Pat and Jeff). My first real memories of Brad are hanging out post college in Atlanta, mostly at Dark Horse. It seems that a group of us Bobcats who were still single after 25 gravitated toward each other. I always saw Brad as a friend; a package deal with either Allen or Kevin. Sure, there was one late night kiss, but I never thought of him as boyfriend material (dang, was I wrong). Fast forward to the Spring of 2018, and I had just broken up with a guy. I get a text from Brad asking me out, which surprised me. I negotiated with him: "We can do lunch!"...."I can just meet you there!" but he insisted it would be a "real" date. He wanted to pick me up, open the car door, pretend he knew how to taste wine, the whole bit. I saw a completely different side of him as he "killed me with kindness", as he put it. After the first date, I was smitten with this guy I had all wrong the whole time. It's been a dream ever since, and we can't wait for this next chapter! His version:

Although Haley and I met at Georgia College during our college years, we really didn't start hanging out until a couple years later in Atlanta. Haley and I had a similar circle of friends that ended up living in Atlanta and because we were all single, we ended up spending a lot of our time vested in the same bars, restaurants, hobbies, etc. Whether Haley cares to admit this or not, she slid into my DMs at a Chris Stapleton concert first. This is just a fact. I'm not saying after this I didn't chase her, but she made the first real move (even though she'll never admit it). Kevin Carroll, who went to high school with Haley was the one who really bridged the gap for us to hang out and get to know one another on a more personal level. I think we realized then that we enjoyed hanging out with each other, so we started inviting one another to more things, and became even closer. It wasn't uncommon for me to drag her out of bed because I was waiting to hang out at her apartment pool. As time passed, we were still pretty good friends, but doing our own things when it pertained to dating. It wasn't until I was sitting on my couch in early 2018 with my roommates one random afternoon, that I had this epiphany: we should date. I said to myself and my other roommates "Why is Haley going out with all of these schlubs? She's way too good looking for them...” Then I thought, "Why do I care so much? Why am I getting so worked up about this?" And that was when I knew I wanted to lock this girl down. That was when I knew I really liked Haley Janas. After some hesitancy to accept a dinner invitation, Haley finally agreed. We went to JCT Kitchen on the night of May 25th, 2018 and I told her towards the end of dinner, that this would be the last first date she would go on... Almost 3 years later, I'm typing this because I get to marry the friend I fell in love with. (This was my version of how we met, teach.)