It started like all classic COVID-era love stories . . . online!

Manav was living in his mother's basement in Twinsburg with an Asian caregiver, enjoying his private access to "closed" bars; Susan was house-sharing with her 19 year old son Keane and her favorite fur-child Oliver Wendell in Hudson, while training for her spot on the Senior-Special-Olympic Handicapped Tennis Team...little did they know the effect of that infamous swipe.

The preliminary conversations were an entertaining banter of two people who were just trying to fill some time during lockdown and had nothing to lose. This led to the inevitable first meeting at Swirl Wine Bar. Now you would think that they would be dressed and pressed, but NO, not the heroes of this story! No, they met un-showered and in sweat pants...Manu sporting a very distinguished shaved head and porn-stache, Susan, having not combed her hair in days, in an epic homage to Bob Marley.

Susan's initially innocent statement of: "Oh look, they have Blanton's!", ended with an engagement tour of Italy 2 years later! We have challenged one another to be the best versions of ourselves we could be and have evolved for the better every day since.

These last 4 years have allowed us both to grow as individuals, as a couple and as a family. We have together cared for mom during her last 2 years of life, jointly shepherded Keane and Alex through their life and school transitions, and all the while learned to love one another more and more every day.

While this wedding is a public celebration of our love and commitment to one another, our courtship and adventures together have only just begun.

S&M

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