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May 16, 2018 was my first time laying eyes on my king. I had no idea he would be the man of my dreams who would soon sweep me off of my feet. We were at an event that I was apart of along with one of his best-friends. After the reading was over the host advised we network and introduce ourselves to someone in the room we didn't know, so of course I approached him and introduced myself saying" Hi My name is Tiffany", he barely looked at me,shook my hand and whispered "Im Brandon". So I was like "oh he rude". I began to make plans with my friends and other cast members for later on in the evening. He was hanging around but wasn't saying much at all, just looking. We all decided to meet at a local bar for drinks and guess what people... he starred at the game on the tv in the bar the whole night, only speaking a few times, mentioning he had a daughter and something about a fundraiser his buddy had coming up. At this point, I'm not paying him any attention because he was rude. Fast forward a couple weeks later he starts liking all of my pictures on social media and then he actually commented asking me why I never smile. I was thrown off because I smile all the time! I guess it was a conversation starter because I ended up going to his profile to see who I was going back and forth with and realized it was the "rude" guy from the event. Shortly after a few quick DM conversations we exchanged numbers, I was thinking he wanted to ask me questions about hiphop cardio but I soon found out he wanted to get to know me. I rolled my eyes soooo hard cause I wasn't in the mood to date but he was sweet and I would soon friend zone him. Long story short we talk on the phone then planned to go to the movies for his birthday, after that he invited me over for a small get together at his place. So me being a good friend, I bought a bottle, chicken and a birthday card for him, only to get to his place and the party was ....not a party ... we sang, drank, ate and the rest is history!We have been inseparable every since.

Tiffany's Truth

<blockquote>On May 16,2018 I went to a dramatic reading in Miller and, at first I didn't want to go because I didn't have my haircut. But I wanted to be a huge support for my friend because he was there for me during a dark time in my life. So I never been to one of these and I had a great time, at the end of the program we were asked to speak to someone you don't know in the room so I rebelled and spoke to my friends mom instead. But someone came and introduced themselves and they walked away in convo. So I'm there by myself and this beautiful woman walks up and say "Hi my name is Tiffany" and my first reaction was smile and tell her your name but I saw myself with a nappy head and Anthony Hamilton beard and completely shut down, but I managed to get "hey my name is Brandon" out. So after that disaster we all ate and mingled in the room, my friend asked if I had any other plans for the night and would I mind hanging out with his cast mates. I'm thinking naw fam ole girl is going to be there and I can't come back from that intro. I went anyway......The whole time she was sitting at the bar playing with her phone and trying to control the music but it wasn't working for her, and I sat at the end of the bar and the Houston Rockets was playing the Lakers so I was pre-occupied with that. I look around every now and then to check out the room and every time she had this mad look on her face like don't talk to me. So I left that night and went to my apartment angry at my barber because he didn't have any appointments earlier that day. So the next day I get a haircut. The way Facebook work is weird because all of a sudden I start seeing all of her post and photos she was putting up there, so I liked a few and then I sent her a message to smile more in her pics. After a few conversations I got the courage to ask her to go to the movies with me for my birthday, we saw The Incredibles 2 and I bought popcorn, she still had the mean look on her face so I called my mom after the movie in front of her and said "Ma I just went to the movie with the finest girl on earth!!!" Ever since that It's been my goal to keep that smile on her face.....

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Brandon's Truth

Marriage was something Brandon and I talked about early on in our courtship. It was like once we knew God had put us together the rest was history. I knew he wanted me to be his wife, I just couldn't imagine how he would gather the nerves to&nbsp;propose to someone like me. I'm a socialite, I am always around a lot of people and me getting married would be a big deal amongst my friends. So I sat back and I waited! His mom already told me she knew I was the one. Christmas had passed, New Years, Valentines day, my birthday so at this point I was like let me stop trying to figure out when its going to happen. I knew he was moving money so I figured it was for my ring but I just patiently waited. I began to plan his birthday party, I was excited to do something grand for him because he deserved to be celebrated.&nbsp; One day while getting pedicures for my brothers wedding, he asked me if I was going to have the same nails for his bday. A light went off in my head...OMG&nbsp;OMG he is going to propose at his party! Shut up!!! It's perfect both of our families&nbsp;and friends would be there. So I continued to plan his party, tying up all lose ends with the proposal in the back of my mind but not too much because I didn't want to be disappointed if it didn't happen.&nbsp; Fast forward to the morning of 6/14.&nbsp; Im in bed sleeping and I hear this loud music playing "knuck if you buck" I feel for Brandon and he's not there and Im like why is he playing music at 8am and I have a long day ahead of me. Moments later my bestie Donnita is jumping on me&nbsp;singing and Im like DONNITA!!!! " What are you doing here?" She's like "you are someone who is always there for me and others,&nbsp;so today I want to take you on a bestfriend/sister day." I'm like oh thats sweet but I have too much too do for Brandons party, she's like "no worries we have it all taken care of,&nbsp;get dressed, we going to nail shop and KIKI (My other bestie)&nbsp;is meeting us for lunch afterwards lol.&nbsp;So I get up and throw on anything, she stops me and says "no I need you to be fabulous we have a photo shoot today as well." So now I'm irritated cause my hair not done and I don't have an outfit. We decided to go shopping for matching shirts. In the mean time Brandon is taking shots of Henn at 8am and so is Donnita while dancing in the living room. At this point Im like oh its def happening tomorrow, Donnita and Kiki are getting me ready today for tomorrow...got it! So they get me tipsy while we are out and then say we have to meet at the house to change clothes cause I was clearly the only person semi dressed. We pull up and BF&nbsp;insisted on me putting on my heels and I was so aggravated but she made up a story about wanting to see my runway walk so Im all for the shits and giggles of acting silly with my girls. Not knowing the surprise of my life was waiting for me. I get to the top of the step and I see Brandon at the door waiting for me and I froze! I walked in and saw all of these people, decorations that said "From Ms to Mrs" and a video playing on the screen with pictures of him and I, with Sabrina Claudio's Frozen playing in the background! Frozen was exactly what I was! I turned around to head back out and kiki with tears flowing said "wrong way" at this moment the whole room was boo hoo crying and Brandon is on one knee trying to mumble the right words, the ring box was glowing, cameras were flashing, the song was playing and the love of my life was starring me in my eyes waiting on me to SAY YES! One of the happiest moments of my life and I will never forget the way I felt in that moment. He totally surprised my nosey tail by doing it a day earlier than I expected. My dad was leaving out of the town the next morning so timing was impeccable.

The proposal- Tiffany's view

<blockquote>&nbsp;I knew I wanted to marry her the first Thanksgiving we shared together, It was 40 people in my two bedroom apartment nothing but family and friends. Dinner was amazing and she was amazing she made sure everyone in the room had a good time even though it was super hot and packed. So I started planning in my head. I listened in on a couple conversations she had with friends about what kind of jewelry she liked, and took it from there. It was a lot of hiding money and hiding emotions, so I reached out to one of her best&nbsp;friends&nbsp;to help me. The biggest part was picking a date that wouldn't be predictable. So I talked to her Dad first and it was a quick and quiet convo, and My last question was:&nbsp;Are you ok with this?" His answer was "Yeeaahhh I was waiting on you to make a move big dawg" That was in April so I still had to hide this secret for a few months more. So we waited until the last week to let family know that I was proposing on June 14th, so that everyone could make arrangements to be there and witness her special day. I planned the whole thing out which drove me crazy the whole week. Then my lady surprised me with tickets to see The Yankees play the White sox on June 13th. So the entire time we at the game I'm texting people making sure everyone is in town or they know what time to be at the house, an she is just excited because she is doing something for me to kick off my birthday, not knowing that I'm planning on changing her life. The next morning everything is going as planned. My PIC showed up and the first part of the plan was a success wake her up to "Knuck if you buck". Then get her dressed to go on a sister date, it took longer than I expected because I already took a shot to calm my nerves at 8 am. Then I look up and they in the living room doing the electric slide and juking playing loud music. It's only 8AM!! They leave and that's when I get to leave and get my haircut while family that was appointed to clean and decorate did they thing in the living-room. I go after my haircut to pick up the ring and I swear it was the slowest ride back to the house ever!! So I get there and we still got some cleaning to do after a couple more shots and Bro in my ear asking me "Aye you good" so many times I hear that she is pulling up to the house. It was so loud in the house when it was supposed to be a quiet surprise, but she walked in the door looked and turned around but PIC was there to turn her around and get her future popping. To this day&nbsp; don't remember what I said all I know is that "I love you and will you Marry me?" Got down on one knee and the next thing I know we partying. We partied the whole weekend, my birthday was the next day and Sunday I rested on Father's day. It was the best weekend of my life. This woman saved my life I'm forever in debt to her for helping me grow as a man and Father.&nbsp; &nbsp;

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The proposal- Brandon's view

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Tia Milan

Christian Dilworth

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Parking is limited by the house. Please leave that parking for Bridal party and Parents of the bride and groom. Please Park at 6172 Broadway, the parking lot in front of subway. We will have a shuttle running every 15 mins to pick up and drop off. Hours of transport are below. 2:00pm until 3:45pm. There will be no transportation once ceremony starts. Service will resume at 5:00pm -6:30pm No transportation during prayer and dinner Service will resume 7:30 until 10:00pm

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