Gina and Matt met for the first time on March 11, 2017. Gina was visiting her friend Bianca in NYC and Bianca's boyfriend Dylan's friend Matt hosted a pregame at his apartment on that fateful Saturday night.

They would see each other every time Gina would visit NYC, but it wasn't until nearly a year later on February 24, 2018 when Gina fell head over heels for Matt. He knew at this point that he was moving to Boston for work (go Sox!). What really got Gina was when Matt said "who's that cute baby you always post on Snapchat? He's adorable!" As you all know, Gina is obsessed with her nephews and has been since before they were even born. So it pretty much sealed the deal when Matt asked about Salvy and wanted to know more about him.

Matt, Bianca, and Dylan went to Gina's parent's house in the Cape for the 4th of July weekend that year, where Gina's entire immediate family (including Salvy) went to Old Silver Beach that Saturday to meet Matt. They knew Matt was important because Gina had been talking to him every single day since February. Needless to say, it went so well! Stephen and Erin were #TeamMatt from the get-go and they were so excited that Erin was already making wedding hashtags! Sal and Katie loved him as well, and so did Liz and Sal! How could you not? Matt is very clearly an easy person to love!

Matt then officially moved to Boston on July 14, 2018, the day after Gina's birthday, and Gina asked him if he wanted to go to dinner "just the two of us," which was Gina's way of making it known that this was a date.

Matt loved going down to the Cape with Gina to spend time with her family and on July 29th when they went for a walk down the beach with Liz and Sal, they bumped into the Babigians. Peter teased "wait a minute, I'm confused, what are the two of you? Are you dating?" which made Gina giggle and walk away to the Sea Crest where they could get a drink. That's when Matt officially asked her out. He said he would have done it the night before when they were on a date, but he was "only 70% sure" that she would say yes. Apparently Gina's reaction to Peter's question made Matt 100% sure.

And the rest was history! We have since gotten two more nephews (thank you Sal and Katie!) and all three of them simply adore Matt. And the feeling is mutual! We have had an amazing four years together and we have been so blessed.

Matt proposed to Gina on Old Silver Beach at sunset on Saturday, November 21, 2020. We are SO EXCITED to get all of our favorite people together to dance the night away!

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