When Mary asked me to write the “Our Story” page of our wedding website many months ago, I of course put it off until 4 months beforehand. Turns out it is probably a good idea she didn’t trust me to plan many of the important details for the wedding or else we may have been scrambling to see what venues were open on New Years Eve with only a few months notice. Writing a couple of paragraphs seems to be the least I could do to take one of the ten-thousand things that Mary is currently juggling off of her plate.

I’m sure Mary will hate me for using a cliché to lead off our story, but in our case I believe the saying “Opposites Attract” fits perfectly. On one hand you have someone who is outgoing, bold, loves to socialize, adventurous, maybe a little loud at times, assertive, and strong-headed. On the other hand you have some a little more shy, relaxed, laid-back, agreeable, rarely stressed, and even tempered. These traits lead us exactly to the saying “Opposites Attract” and explain exactly why Penelope is Mary’s favorite dog and Charlotte is Taylor’s favorite dog.

In all seriousness, “Opposites Attract” really does convery why Mary and I work so well together. I think that Mary being so outgoing and adventurous helps to pull me out of my comfort zone and experience more things in life than I normally would have. She loves to travel, and while I think she would still like us to plan more trips than we have, I have definitely seen more new places in the past 4 years with her. As someone who is more shy, it is also definitely nice that she can take the spotlight off me and be the life of the party in any situation.

I am speaking from my perspective here, so Mary is free to edit this and tell me that I am wrong, but I think that it has been nice for her to have someone a little more laid back and bring her down to Earth at times. She loves to get fired up about things, but I think she has realized talking things out with each other isn’t too bad of an idea. The occasional weekend or two just sitting on the couch watching sports or Netflix hasn’t killed her yet either.

When I asked Mary’s dad for his blessing to marry Mary, I did so 5 days before I actually proposed to Mary (please refer to the first paragraph about me being a huge procrastinator). Mary’s dad told me that he wasn’t going to tell anyone that I planned to propose in case I changed my mind between now and then. This was very kind of him since I was planning on proposing during vacation after a road trip and wasn’t sure if I was going to make Mary mad by picking the wrong road trip playlist or driving poorly (Mary has said I’m a bad driver, but my 17 years of driving with no tickets says otherwise).

The “Our Story” section of our website up until now read “We met on Hinge. Dated. Taylor proposed. Now we're here.” which was well written by Mary. Hopefully this updated story hits on all of the highlights Mary mentioned in her story, while providing some additional context of who we are as a couple. And it is true that we “met” on Hinge, although we did go to high school together. So for any of Mary’s friend’s that are reading this and still single (I would say my friends too, but we know that none of them are going to read this section of our website), there is plenty of hope on the dating apps.

Mary and I both look forward to seeing everyone at the wedding and we can’t wait to ring in the New Year with all of you. Cheers!

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