Patrick - Okay, folks, here's how the story goes.

Coming out of her Spring Rome semester, Margaret was excited to begin her Junior year at UD. Patrick (after a brief stint in seminary) was also very pumped to go back to UD with his newfound vision for finding a wife. In short, about 3 days into the semester Patrick caught sight of Margaret in the UD chapel and was gobsmacked. She does not remember this. Patrick does not care that she does not remember this. No seriously, he doesn't care. He does not care. In all seriousness, however, Patrick remained curious about Margaret - who was this super beautiful girl that was faithful, smart, and kind but also both reserved and outgoing? He wanted to pursue her, but figured that he was doomed to fail. What he did not realize, however, was that the best possible thing he could do was give this woman an acorn. Somehow, this did wonders for his odds and might be the sole reason that he actually accomplished reeling in the fish.

Margaret - From Margaret's perspective, Patrick Sullivan was the guy who walked around barefoot freshman year, had the best smile on campus, was way out of her league and definitely just wanted to be friends. When she told him that she didn't like Aquinas she had no idea how much that must have shocked him. Focused on classes, because Margaret is a total nerd, she kept wondering why he was studying with her and following her to the Capp bar and complimenting her (Patrick's interjection: he also would follow her out of the chapel).

Slowly Margaret began to catch feels and panicked, thinking, "wait this guy is actually amazing and I have no reason to say no if he asks me out. Dear Jesus, is this what you want? I thought I was going to be a nun??" However, Jesus loves Margaret and Patrick dearly so He was like "Margaret - trust me." Finally, after days and days and days of waiting, Patrick asked for Margaret's number.

Patrick - Eventually (on October 15th), Patrick asked Margaret out. To which he for the first time noticed just how honest Margaret was when she responded, "ew no". Just kidding. She actually responded with her classic "heeheeheehee" excited giggle and gave him a hug. It was epic. Shortly after this Patrick was pretty excited and may or may not have been kindly reprimanded by an RA (who happened to be one of Margaret's besties) for being way too loud outside of a dorm. What was to follow were some amazing dates, many of which consisted of Waffle House waffles and frigid Lake Grapevine waters.

Margaret - The rest of our story is way too blessed and full of grace to share in words. We love you all; please keep us in your prayers now and forever :)

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