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We're getting Married!

Patrice

Headington

&

Mike

Oakes

October 10, 2026

Jacksonville, AL
113 days113 d1 hour1 h57 minutes57 min32 seconds32 s

Nerds meet on Match in the middle of Covid

Everyone coming to the wedding already knows how we met. Online. But I'm not sure everyone knows the extent to which nerdiness was a deciding factor. I made sure that my bio included a few nerdy things, but nothing too crazy. For instance, I did say in my bio that I was building a computer. I believe that caught Mike's attention. We met in the middle of covid so we did a video date to start. Just to see if we were compatible. That's when I saw his Klingon clock behind him in his office. I knew at that point he was someone I could at least be friends with. It wasn't long after that first video date that we decided we were going to DragonCon together. I think that's when we both knew. And now, after 5 and half years, it's time to make this legal. The truth is I get to marry my best friend. I'm the luckiest girl in the world.