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Killingworth, CT

Vanessa & Will

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We did it out of order.. house, kids then MARRIED and we can’t wait!!

Will Hindman

and

Vanessa Olsen

Killingworth, CT

How We Met

July 24th, Two Thousand Sixteen

Surprise!! We met online, but not for the first time! Will and I actually both attended Lyme Old Lyme Middle School at the same time for a year before his family relocated to Niantic! I had just decided to join match.com mid July 2016 and Will was finishing his 1 month on match.com as a bet when I scrolled by and liked his picture also recognizing his Hindman name. Will says when I liked him he recognized me as well and decided to say hello. After some chatting back and forth we finally got to meet on a Sunday evening at the Main Street Tavern in Niantic. After dinner he asked if I wanted to go play pool, which I really didn't but I wanted to make a good impression so playing pool is what we did. It was the perfect first date, I couldn't wait to see him again and we have seen each other everyday ever since!

The Proposal

July 23rd, Two thousand nineteen

Will lived his younger years in Lyme on a gorgeous property that had access to a cliff that overlooked the CT river that he was always telling me about and wanted to take me to. On July 23rd the day before our "first date anniversary" he texts me while I'm at work that he wants to go up to the cliff and of course I couldn't wait! When I get home from work Carol is over and is going to stay with Ty because going out to a cliff with a toddler would be a little dangerous! We drive out to Lyme and take the short hike out to the cliff. It was absolutely breath taking!! As I'm taking in the CT river I hear Will behind me say "Babe lets do this, lets finish what we started"... I turn around and he is on one knee.

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