MERY AND JOHN FIRST CROSSED PATHS IN THE ELEGANT LOBBY OF THE JW MARRIOTT IN SEPTEMBER 2017. BOTH WERE STARTING THEIR HOSPITALITY CAREERS AND EAGER TO GROW IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS. WHAT BEGAN AS A CASUAL CONVERSATION OVER COFFEE EVOLVED INTO A BUDDING FRIENDSHIP. THEY CHEERED EACH OTHER ON THROUGH PROMOTIONS, LATE-NIGHT BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS, AND CAREER TRIUMPHS. AS THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIVES FLOURISHED, SO DID THEIR BOND. BY SEPTEMBER 1, 2019, THEY REALIZED THEIR CONNECTION WENT FAR BEYOND FRIENDSHIP. JOHN NERVOUSLY ASKED MERY TO DINNER, AND BY THE END OF THE NIGHT, THEY WERE OFFICIALLY A COUPLE. THEIR LOVE STORY BECAME A JOURNEY OF SHARED DREAMS, LAUGHTER, AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT. THE YEARS ROLLED BY, EACH SEPTEMBER MARKING ANOTHER CHAPTER OF THEIR GROWING RELATIONSHIP. ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2023, WHILE ON A ROMANTIC TRIP TO SITGES, SPAIN, JOHN PLANNED A MOMENT SHE WOULD NEVER FORGET. AS THE SUN SET, CASTING GOLDEN HUES ACROSS THE TRANQUIL BEACH, HE GOT DOWN ON ONE KNEE AND ASKED MERY TO BE HIS FOREVER. WITH THE SOUND OF WAVES GENTLY LAPPING AGAINST THE SHORE, SHE SAID YES, SEALING YET ANOTHER MAGICAL MOMENT IN THEIR FAVORITE MONTH. WHEN IT CAME TIME TO CHOOSE A WEDDING DATE, THE ANSWER WAS CLEAR. SEPTEMBER HAD BECOME THEIR ANCHOR, A MONTH THAT SYMBOLIZED THEIR MILESTONES AND LOVE. THEY DECIDED TO CELEBRATE THE START OF THEIR FOREVER ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2025. SURROUNDED BY FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THE WARM EMBRACE OF SEPTEMBER'S CHARM, MERY AND JOHN WILL TIE THE KNOT, FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THE MONTH THAT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER AND CARRIED THEIR LOVE THROUGH THE YEARS.