Emma and Sam met whilst studying at Swansea University in 2016. Their first meeting was at an all-you-can-eat-buffet organised by their mutual friend, Lizzie. Over the following year, Emma and Sam started hanging out with their friendship group (mostly going on nights out!), but didn’t really talk to one another that much. That was until…

Eventually, in 2017, Emma found out that her and Sam had another mutual friend, Sam. He suggested to invite Sam over for pre-drinks one evening where, quite drunk on vodka and Buckfast, Emma asked Sam on a date. He said yes. And they haven’t looked back since.

After months of dating and four graduations between them, both moved back to the South of England (Emma to Portsmouth, Sam back home to Angmering) with plans to move in together. Unfortunately, this was in late 2019/early 2020, and so their plans were temporarily thwarted by the pandemic (yippee…).

Finally, in 2021, Emma and Sam moved in together in Portsmouth, both working as government statisticians. Their dream of being a data scientist power couple was becoming a reality. Not too long after, on a weekend away on the Isle of Wight, Sam popped the question to Emma (through a game of Eye Spy), to which Emma said yes.

Emma and Sam can’t wait to celebrate the next step of their story with their friends and family!