Brianne and Rob met where the most beautiful love stories begin: Poughkeepsie, NY.

Both floated around similar circles, Brianne very active in the Marist theatre club and Rob very active in Marist’s Time Check and singers. They knew of one another; they lived in the same complex (RIP Gartland) during their sophomore year but had not ever crossed paths. They didn’t officially meet until Brianne returned home from abroad during their junior spring semester. With a little (a lot) of help from their friend, Matt “Molva” Holva, Brianne and Rob finally met, conveniently with about one month left of junior year. They ended the semester as friends but were constantly talking to one another over the summer. After a summer of late-night calls after Brianne’s shifts at her waitressing job or Rob’s long days at his internship, they returned to their senior year at Marist where they made their relationship official just a few short weeks after the semester began. The rest was history!

Fast forward to August 2023, when after Brianne fought the US passport agency for her passport (and spoiler alert: nearly missed her own engagement), to meet Rob across the pond for their first European adventure. Brianne and Rob ended their trip on Brianne’s birthday in one of her favorite cities: London. Rob had told Brianne to pack a nice outfit for a dinner he had planned for her the day after her birthday. Rob also told Brianne that they should get to the area earlier to take pictures near the Tower of London and because the restaurant needed them there early for something. Brianne thought nothing of it; in fact, she was fully convinced they were going to a drag show before dinner so was hyped. The two walked across the Tower of London, where Brianne stopped about 15x testing out spots for them to take pictures, but Rob encouraged her to keep walking to the end (what she didn’t know was Rob was looking to spot the photographer). During this whole time, it had been raining but right when Rob got down on his knee, the rain stopped! A complete surprise to Brianne, who by the way ripped off her entire manicure the day before, and no: there was no drag show. Instead, Rob planned for the photographer to take an engagement shoot and also an incredible dinner at the Sky Garden in London where they looked over the entire city of London for their first dinner as fiancés. A perfect way to end the most special trip and start the next chapter of their lives.

A decade together (or as Brianne says a decade of Duff), Brianne and Rob have spent the years growing up together, traveling, surviving global pandemics, binging new television shows, watching the Mets win... And lose, but among it all, they have remained one another’s best friend. We cannot wait to celebrate our love in August, just minutes away from where it all began, with all of you!

B&R

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