we're getting married

Sarah and Patrick’s love story began in 2020 at Up on the Roof, which sounds calm and romantic until you realize Sarah was moving to Colorado two weeks later. Because nothing says “great timing” like developing feelings right before a cross-country move. Naturally, the universe didn't want their story to end quiet yet because Patrick already had a ski trip planned to Breckenridge a few weeks later. Sarah drove out to meet him and his friends for what was supposed to be a quick little visit. Casual, low-pressure, totally normal. Instead, a blizzard rolled in and she got snowed in for multiple days. Stranded together in the mountains? Forced proximity? The universe did not want to let them go. After that snowy chaos, life pulled them in different directions and their story fizzled for a bit, because every good love story needs an unnecessary separation period. Fast forward to summer 2022. Sarah moved back home to South Carolina and Patrick immediately texted her to see if she was actually back for good this time. He askED her on A second first date and from that moment on they have been two peas in a pod. Three and a half years later, Patrick proposed at the exact place where they first met, Up on the Roof, proving that he had been planning a full-circle moment this entire time (or at least pretending he had). And if you still don’t believe in fate, here’s where the plot thickens: In 2015, years before they officially met, Sarah posted a photo on instagram of her with her Wofford girl friends visiting Clemson… and just casually smiling in the background was Patrick and his friends. Same place, same photo, completely unaware of each other. Confirming that invisible strings have been trying to get these two together for years.