This is Peter's favorite question!
Peter and Michael met on almost every available dating app (no, not that one!): Match, Tinder, Chemistry ... you name it! After chatting on and off for several weeks, Peter asked Michael when he was free to meet. As Peter describes it, Michael "disappeared." Best we can piece together, Michael went on a multi-week trip for YFU (his then work) and the two didn't text again, until ...
Fast forward, Michael and Peter are both in Naples, Florida, on respective work trips when their mutual friend Deron sent a joint text suggesting they get together for a drink. Peter, feeling that Michael had already ghosted him for a year, was reluctant to put in any extra effort to connect. Michael was sans car at a resort but eventually convinced Peter to meet him for a drink.
They never looked back and now three years later have decided to never disappear again.
Our original wedding date of May 9 fell victim to the COVID-19 Virus, but you can't keep good men down! We are committed to getting married and to have our loved ones surrounding us. Our spring wedding is now going to be an Autumn Adventure. We hope you can all come. Thanks to all who supported and loved us through this difficult decision to postpone.
We thought we were safe hosting a late October wedding, but COVID-19 has been more resilient than we had hoped. We will get married in a small, intimate service on October 10, 2020 near our home in Washington, DC, but we hope to welcome all of you to a blessing celebration and party on May 1, 2021!
Celebrant
The Right Reverend Gene Robinson
Parents of the Grooms
Paulette and John Korns
Patricia LaBarge and the late Edward Hill
Brothers of the Grooms
Richard Hill
Michael Korns
Paul Korns
Christopher LaBarge
Ring Bearers and Flower Girls
Jackson Korns
Andrew Korns
Jennifer LaBarge
Emily Minton
Readers (October 10)
Todd Stubbs, Michael's high school best friend
Michael & Paul Korns, Peter's brothers
Readers (May 1)
Alen Nsambu, Michael's exchange son
Michael & Paul Korns, Peter's brothers
Rindy Barmore, Michael and Peter's friend