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Wedding Day

Wedding

Reception

Our Wedding

Brandie and I played a game of cat and mouse before we officially met. We knew about each other since we had many mutual friends but we never talked to each other. At one point in time we even became friends on social media but still hadn’t spoken to each other (she found me online by the way but she’ll never admit it ha ha). There was definitely an unspoken attraction between us that was very obvious to our friends, but the timing was just never right. I would be single, but she would be dating someone. Then she would become single, but I would be dating someone. Both of us are very loyal people, so when either of us were dating someone else then we acted like the other didn't exist. It's funny because both of us were attracted to the way the other was so loyal to their partner , and in a way we built up trust between each other before it all ever started.

In January of 2016, I was newly single and went out to Fassler Hall with my Best Man Alex. Immediately after entering I saw Brandie with her friends and they were walking our way. I found out that she was also newly single. Is this perfect timing? We were about to cross each other's paths and my heart started racing. I thought, "This is it. I'm finally going to meet her!" As she got closer I started freaking out. What am I going to say? What do I do? Why am I so frantic?! Then we came face to face and...&nbsp;All I could manage to muster up was, "Hey how are you?"&nbsp;She replied, "I'm doing well, how are you?"&nbsp;I told her I was great and I KEPT WALKING! That's right folks. I let her get away. All that time and anticipation. All of the back and forth leading up to that point and I just let her walk by! Brandie and her friends went their way and we went ours. I kicked myself all night for letting her go.

A couple of hours went by and I couldn't stop thinking about it. I couldn't even allow myself to have fun. That moment was on replay in my head and all I wanted to do is go back in time and do it over. It started getting late and I looked at Alex and told him that I needed to go. He asked if everything was cool, and I told him I had to go find her. So off I went. Like a Stage 5 Stalker I went from bar to bar looking through the crowds for golden blonde hair. I pushed my way through crowd after crowd with no luck. I was running out of time and at this point I wasn't even sure if she was still downtown. I wasn't ready to stop looking and like a crazy man I worked my way through every establishment with my fingers crossed. I didn't have many places left to check but I made it to a bar named Pink Parrot and walked in. I pushed through all of the people with my head on a swivel. I almost made it to the back of the bar and didn't see her anywhere so I was about to leave. Then through a small opening in the crowd I saw her face. Her beautiful face. I was overwhelmed with joy that I had that second chance. I worked my way to her and walked up behind her. Most sane guys probably would've said hi or offered to buy her a drink, but I just wrapped my arms around her and embraced her as if she was mine already. Thank God she was interested because that could've easily gone wrong ha ha. Instead she turned around and our eyes met. She smiled and she took me by the hand. The rest is history. We've been inseparable ever since.&nbsp;

That's how I met my best friend.

Brandie & Travis

Brandie & Travis

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