Chelsea and Virginia met Freshman year of Highschool in 2012 when their band teacher asked Virginia to host saxophone practice sessions. They became fast friends and have remained so beyond their awkward band nerd years, although the marching band photos still haunt them. Though they went to separate Pennsylvania colleges and Chelsea now lives in Leesburg, Chelsea is still one of Virginia’s best friends of 12 years and could not be a greater Maid of Honor. Fun fact: Chelsea studied equine therapy in college and is a special needs teaching aid.

Madeline and Virginia have been ride-or-die's since middle school. Although Virginia has always made fun of Madeline's punny humor, these two friends have travelled the country and even the world to hang out, watch reality TV, and listen to each other's terrible puns and jokes. Fun fact: Madeline helped Joe plan the proposal and took pictures!

Emily is another of Virginia's longtime friends since middle school. These two can often be heard cackling and watching Love Island together (while poorly imitating the accents). Emily is a proud cat mom of three with her husband Mike. Fun fact: Virginia and Emily played tennis in high school (along with Madeline). Though Virginia convinced her to join, Emily easily was one of the best on their team.

Kelly and Virginia met in McElwain Hall at Penn State University and eventually became sorority sisters too. Kelly is both the life of the party as well as a hardworking and successful PR professional. Fun fact: Kelly is always the friend that will pull Virginia to the dance floor and is obsessed with Beyonce.

Madigan was Kelly's roommate throughout college and also a sorority sister of Virginia's. They became fast friends over their first summer session and Madigan remains one of Virginia's closest friends. Fun fact: Madigan is extraordinarily smart and a great baker - she's currently in medical school and in her downtime makes the best baked goods.

Lulu is Virginia's sorority little and one part of the "L&V" dynamic duo. Both sweet and brilliant, Lulu is a chemical engineer and currently resides with her fiancée in Boston. Fun fact: Their sorority family name was the "good noodles." While self-named, these two and their many g, gg, and ggglittles really are good noodles.

Grace and Joe met durring the COVID pandemic while working as Team Leaders in the FEMACorps program. After realising that Grace grew up in the Virginia Beach area the two became good friends and remained so after graduating to full time FEMA employees. While Joe no longer works for FEMA and Grace has sinced moved to Fredericksburg, the two have remained close as Grace volunteers with the city of Hampton for Emergency Management projects with Joe. Fun fact: Grace recently completed the Camino Portugués, a 150 mile pilgramage across Portugual in 10 days.

Labib and Joe met on the second day at Penn State Behrend and continued their friendship after both transferring to Penn States' main campus to finish their undergraduate degrees. Even after graduating and moving to Dubai to work as a Data Engineer, Labib has always managed to keep in touch. He aways livens up any room he enters and has been a constant source of support to Virginia and Joe throughout their relationship. Fun fact: Labib is Joe's little in their fraternity.

Fernando and Joe met through the roomate lotery while at Penn State Behrend durring their Sophomore year. After a full year living together they moved into a shared apartment during their senior year and continued their friendship over party games and roasting one another. Fun fact: Fernando's senior picture and quote have gone viral several times.

Evan and Joe's friendship goes all the way back to pre-school and continued through graduation. Having spent many late nights playing conole video games and watching movies at sleepovers growing up, the two remained close through their senior year. Fun fact: In his first musical durring high school Evan also doubled as the figh scene choreographer.

Mike Cellerini or "Bear" has been a good friend and role model to Joe durring Joe's time at Penn State Behrend and after. They both met before Joe joined Triangle fraternity and the two bonded over shared interests in video games and table top games alike. Fun fact: Bear gives the BEST hugs ever.

Kyle and Joe have an enduring friendship borne out of many weekends tailgating Penn State football games. Even after graduating, the two are brought back together under the shadow of Beaver Stadium every so often to cheer on the football team. Fun fact: Kyle took Joe to his first Penn State football game.