Turning Things Up a Notch, and Getting Married!

CONNOR AND LILY FIRST MET IN SAN DIEGO WHEN LILY AND CHARLIE WENT OUT FOR BOTTOMLESS MIMOSAS, CONNOR WAS THEIR SERVER! THE THREE OF THEM WENT OUT FOR SOME DRINKS, AND WHEN LILY AND CHARLIE LEFT TO GO HOME, LILY DIDN'T THINK SHE WOULD EVER SEE CONNOR AGAIN. A FEW MONTHS LATER, TAYLOR CAME TO TO VISIT SAN DIEGO FOR HER BACHELORETTE TRIP. ONE OF THE BARS THAT THE GROUP WENT TO WAS THE SAME ONE CHARLIE TOOK LILY TO THOSE MONTHS PRIOR! AS LILY, TAYLOR, AND THE BACHELORETTE PARTY SAT ON THE ROOFTOP BAR, CONNOR APPEARED WITH A TRAY FULL OF SHOTS FOR THE PARTY! THIS WAS LILY AND CONNOR'S SECOND ENCOUNTER, AND WHEN HE GOT HER PHONE NUMBER! ABOUT A WEEK LATER, LILY INVITED CONNOR TO THE BEACH WITH JAKE AND THEIR FRIENDS TO GRILL OUT AND WATCH THE SUNSET. AND ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THAT...LILY AND CONNOR WENT ON THEIR FIRST DATE! ABOUT A DAY AFTER THAT, THEY WENT ON THEIR SECOND DATE, THEN THEIR THIRD THE DAY AFTER THAT! LILY AND CONNOR WENT ON THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL DATE JULY 8, 2021 IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SINCE THAT DAY, THEY MOVED IN TOGETHER WHILE MOVING TO ANOTHER COUNTRY, LIVED IN INDIANA, AND ARE CURRENTLY LIVING IN NEW YORK. THE LONGEST THEY HAVE SPENT APART SINCE THEIR FIRST DATE WAS THREE WEEKS, WHEN THEY SPENT TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES BEFORE FLYING TO NZ FOR THE YEAR. THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD NEVER GO LONGER THAN A WEEK APART AGAIN AFTER THAT. CONNOR PROPOSED TO LILY DECEMBER 7, 2025 ON A SMALL DESERTED BEACH IN SAINT MARTIN.