January 14, 2023 is the “official” day that Calvin and Elivia met! They were set up by their mutual best friends, Delaney and James Madera, at their wedding in Fort Myers, FL! Elivia was the bridesmaid of Delaney and Calvin was a close High School friend of James.

Elivia’s Perspective:

On January 13 (Friday the 13th, go figure!), we had just finished the rehearsal dinner and I was enjoying the refreshments at the hotel bar! My dear friend Delaney was wanting to introduce me to a friend of James, and little did I know that friend was Calvin! I have replayed this moment countless times in my head, and unfortunately to this day I still do not remember meeting him!😅

The next day during the ceremony, I was looking out into the crowd and somebody had caught my eye that had the most gorgeous long hair! After the ceremony during cocktail hour, I was waiting in line for drinks and I noticed this same man talking with James at the front of the line. I quickly pulled James aside when he walked past me and asked “Hey- who was that guy you were talking to?” James turned back and responded, “That’s Calvin! Delaney introduced you two last night because she thought you would hit it off, you don't remember meeting him?”. My jaw dropped, I was so embarrassed I did not remember this man! The only thing I could recollect was a brief conversation where I asked somebody their zodiac sign and they were a Gemini, surely this wasn’t the same person?! I asked James to ask him his birthday, and sure enough Calvin responded, “May 25th!” I felt so awful, I thought for sure this guy thought I was the rudest person on the planet! However, after seeing his moves on the dance floor, I decided to take my chances and re-introduce myself! After dancing the night away together, we exchanged numbers the next morning and he made plans to visit me in Panama City from Fort Lauderdale a few days after that! And the rest, as they say, is history!

Calvin’s Perspective:

On January 13th is when I first met the girl of my dreams. It even started out like a dream for her…because she forgot about me the very next day!

To elaborate, when my friends and I got to the hotel bar, Delaney brought over the most gorgeous girl for me to meet. However, I could tell by the way that Elivia was communicating that she had enjoyed the refreshments available at the bar a bit too much lol! She asked me about my birthday and I told her that it was May 25th. When she said that I was a Gemini, I told her that “Yea, we are the best! If you don’t like us just come back in 5 minutes, we are a totally different person!”. She thankfully gave me a pity laugh, and then that was pretty much the extent of our conversation since she went back to talking with her friends (and boxed me out lol!). I later told my friends I thought she was out of my league, but I was hopeful that we were going to talk again!

On January 14, the night of our friends’ (James and Delaney) wedding is when I truly got to meet Liv. This time, when I saw her as a bridesmaid walking down the aisle, I saw the most beautiful person I had ever seen. During cocktail hour, James pulled me aside asking me when my birthday was trying to confirm that it was on May 25th. I thought this was a bit strange, since James already knew my birthday, but had an inkling this was coming from the same bridesmaid! Then as the night was progressing, it was on the dance floor when I finally got reunited with Elivia. It was here where I was dancing with my friends, and she came over to our group with her other friend, Brooke. It was during this time where Liv and I began dancing together and tearing up the floor with our moves. Throughout the night, Elivia and I were dancing closer and it was at the very end of the evening listening to Love Story by Taylor Swift where we shared our first kiss. The next day we exchanged numbers and told each other where we lived. When she said “Panama City”, my first thought was Panama City, Panama, since I had never heard of this town! From there, we started talking and I did my first 8.5 hour drive to visit. The rest is history!

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