Olivia and Ethan met April of 2017 when they were 13 years old at their Classical Conversations campus at Morningside Baptist Church. Ethan had just moved from Langley Airforce Base in Virginia because his dad had just retired from the Airforce and Olivia invited Ethan to sit with her at lunch. From then on Ethan was always excited to see Olivia and they were drawn to each other, becoming close friends.

The following August of 2017 Ethan and Olivia were in the same Challenge B class with Olivia’s mom, Sherri as their teacher. They were inseparable and always sat together. Everyone around them knew that Ethan and Olivia were very fond of each other, and even fellow CC mom Jennifer Minor said “Ethan is in love with that girl and always has been! What if they got married!?” For those 8 months Ethan and Olivia kept their feelings to themselves but, were never apart.

After Challenge B ended that year Olivia and Ethan drifted apart. For the next 5 years they only saw each other twice and occasionally texted back and forth, and no matter where they were in life they never really stopped talking. They were never available at the same time but, Ethan pined over Olivia for years, and Olivia always had Ethan in the back of her mind.

Then in April of 2022 Olivia saw that Ethan had been putting out music and used it as an excuse to reach out to him. The following Saturday Olivia and Ethan met at Stovehouse to “catch-up” as they had before twice during those 5 years but, the meetings usually ended up with them going their separate ways and never ending up together. However, this one was different. They talked for 4 straight hours without getting food or coffee like they had planned and without any awkward pauses.

By the end of their 4-hour conversation Olivia felt like God was telling her to confess her feelings. For years they had been concealing their feelings but, now so vividly Olivia knew she’d regret it if she didn’t say something. So she finally did and Ethan (of course) confessed his feelings too and they FINALLY started dating.

Ethan and Olivia dated in person for two months before he went of to college and they did long distance for 9 months out of the year. They dated for a year and a half before getting engaged and are so so so excited to be together forever starting on May 25, 2024!

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