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Francesca & Toby

We're getting married

Toby Bullock

and

Francesca Champion

Auckland

New Zealand

April 2

2026

How we met

High School Sweethearts

Frankie: I saw a tall handsome boy standing in the corner of a room in 2018 at a house party, he had something about him and although we caught each others eye we didn't get a chance to chat. Afterwards I went through everyone on the Facebook page trying to find who this guy was because I didn't know his name. A few weeks later I went to a party he was at and after drinking a bottle of red wine and indulging in some other party favours, I promptly stood up and fainted in a room full of people, I opened my eyes and Toby was looking nervously at me, I was of course mortified.....The rest was history? Our young love blossomed quickly, and I found myself conquering my fear of driving (so far I had never yet left the coast in my Suzuki Swift) to venturing up Eastcoast bays road to Toby's house, I remember looking in the mirror realising 'wow I must really like this guy if I'm doing this then'. On our first date he took me in his Altezza on a tiki tour of Torbay, we stopped at many locations (his car running out of battery at every stop) we shared a few cigarettes and nervous laughter, I'm sure I was blushing uncontrollably the entire night. What followed that was a summer of picnics and laughter and love. 7 years later, Toby has been my bestest friend and my rock, and I know I have been his. He's seen me at my lowest and picked me up, and I've done the same for him. We have even survived being at our lowest together, where we wallowed in it side by side. I could write a book about our love. We are very much two different people from when we first met, we have grown and changed together, and I have been in awe of him for years, but he's still that tall sexy stranger standing in the corner of a room. Toby: What she said.

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