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Marissa and Aidan first met in the fall of 2018 at just fifteen and fourteen years old. Marissa just so happened to be teammates on a club volleyball team with Aidan's older sister, McKenna. Over the course of the next two or three years, they each on separate occasions had crushes on each other, but never ended up getting together.

How we Met

After Aidan moved back to Tyler from College Station to attend the University of Texas at Tyler in the fall of 2023, he took a job at Mentoring Alliance, an afterschool care program that Marissa also happened to have worked with for several years. Aidan ended up getting placed at a school that Marissa had previously worked at, and on his second day on the job, Marissa showed up to visit the kids there. Four days later she came back again to fill in for leadership. By the end of that second day, Aidan absolutely had feelings for Marissa. Unfortunately, Marissa did not reciprocate those same feelings and was only being nice!

Surprise Reconnection

Around three weeks after the two run-ins with Marissa, Aidan decided to pull the trigger and asked her out (via Instagram). Three days later, on January 1, 2024, they went out on their dysfunctional first date. Aidan had plans and backup plans which were all cancelled due to everything being closed for the new year. They ended up getting coffee and talking in the car for three hours. Many more adventures followed, and soon enough conversations of future plans came up. It didn't take long for the two to decide that spending forever together sounded like a dream come true.

Dating

The two got engaged on the Prairie Creek Waterfall on July 20, 2024. Aidan and Marissa's older sister, Mandy, were able to get together and find a way to get Marissa from Tyler to Dallas in a dress without any clue of what was to come. Upon Marissa's arrival, he walked her out on the rocks to the middle of the waterfall, gave her a speech of all speeches, and asked her to marry him. There was no surprise when she gladly said yes!

Marissa & Aidan

Marissa & Aidan

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