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Update: Due to COVID-19, we’ve decided to postpone our wedding. We hope you’ll save our new date — you can RSVP anytime on our site. Wishing you all health and safety, and looking forward to celebrating together!
Update: Due to COVID-19, we’ve decided to postpone our wedding. We hope you’ll save our new date — you can RSVP anytime on our site. Wishing you all health and safety, and looking forward to celebrating together!
March 20, 2021
Columbus, OH

Rachel & Robert

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While we are sad to postpone, we can't wait to celebrate with you next March!

Robert

Laing

and

Rachel

Ritchie

March 20, 2021

Columbus, OH

How We Met

This one time at band camp

At Upside Margarita Night of 2015, I did a questionable number of shots (11) and all I remember is seeing some guy (Robert) sitting at the kitchen table of Grand Central Station wearing bright green shorts & talking about the "ethics of dentistry" (classic Robert). True to character, I walked over and (allegedly) said "what the **** are you talking about?" The rest is history. -Rachel

The Proposal

December 17th 2018

I didn't necessarily have a plan. During finals, I was dreaming of something fun Rachel and I could do during the Christmas Break and it dawned on me that we have never had the opportunity for Rachel to show me her favorite places in Chicago. I was so nervous that morning and Rachel thought it was because I had bought the wrong train tickets... Little did she know I had a ring in my pocket. Our first stop was the Lincoln Park Zoo where Rachel's sister was waiting for us. A tour group had stopped at "the spot" so her sister had me distract her for a bit. Rachel was so mad at me. She thought I was reading the map wrong and she had some choice words to say when I kept leading her down dead ends. Rachel has never reacted well to surprises but when we finally got to the spot and I spun her around and asked her to marry me she looked deep into my eyes and said "what?" I repeated myself and her exact words were "I mean yeah but what?" She has since expressed greater enthusiasm. -Robert

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