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October 9, 2021
Gibsonville, North Carolina
#YouMayTsakasTheBride

Jenna & Vangeli

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Vangeli Tsakas

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Jenna Massengale

#YouMayTsakasTheBride

October 9, 2021

Gibsonville, North Carolina

Our Story

Jenna's version

I'll do my best not to make this too cheesy. Vangeli and I met when we were about 10 years old through our swim team and school. We became friends and of course, I pretty much immediately had a middle school crush on him. He ended up becoming my first-ever boyfriend in sixth grade - but unfortunately, it didn't work out. We stayed friends throughout middle and high school, and it was one of those easy friendships where even if we didn't see each other all the time, we picked right back up where we left off the next time we were together. My middle school crush evolved into a high school crush, but we never dated in high school. For whatever reason, I wasn't bothered by it. I always had this feeling that something would happen with us one day, I just didn't know when. I told my high school friends "I think I'm going marry Vangeli some day." But as our high school graduation approached, and we planned to go to different colleges, I began to doubt myself and wonder how the heck we'd ever get married after going to separate schools. I thought we'd build our own separate lives and meet other people, but that we'd probably stay friends or acquaintances, at least. Enter: our high school graduation trip. Vangeli was my closest friend going on the trip, with probably 10-15 others. Beginning with the carpool to the airport, to the plane ride, and many other places, we were together most of the trip. Going on my first plane ride and visiting Austria, Italy and France with one of my oldest friends was So. Much. Fun. How could my high school self have predicted that that trip, a month or so before we left for college, would be what brought us together? We've been together ever since. In Boone, Blacksburg, Florida, New Jersey and many more places. After 5-ish years of long distance, Vangeli moved to Florida to be with me in 2018. In 2019, we moved in together into the most perfect apartment ever. In 2020, he asked me to marry him. In 2021, we finally get to say "I do!"

Our Story

Vangeli's version

You might have to text him to get his version. He's not one to get mushy on the Internet.

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