June 18, 2021

Will, on Tinder: "Is it a sin that you stole my heart?"

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August 28, 2021

Emily, on Tinder: "No, but that's cheesy as hell."

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September 1, 2021

Meet for coffee for the first time at Electric City Brewing.

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September 8, 2021

Dinner at J. Peters

Emily was scared to call it a date, so she referred to it as a "dinner meeting."

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September 15, 2021

We see 'Old' in theatres and sit and talk about it until the usher is waiting for us to leave. Will hugs Emily for the first time.

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September 24, 2021

Dinner at Maki.

Emily solidifies two truths: She does not like sushi, and she has been going on dates with Will.

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September 29, 2021

Bruster's for ice cream.

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October 2, 2021

Dinner at Earle Street.

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October 7, 2021

Will called Emily 'pretty' for the first time.

October 8, 2021

Go out for coffee. Can't remember where.

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October 12, 2021

We go to El Jimador for dinner, the first of many Mexican dates. We parked our separate cars in the back, by the dumpsters. As we are leaving, Will tries to kiss Emily. Next to the dumpster. Emily dodges the kiss. Emily goes home and is entirely unsure whether she was reading into the situation or if he actually tried to kiss her.

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October 16, 2021

Will is playing music at Mission Grill, where Emily used to work. We go to Growler Haus afterward and hold hands for the first time. Because Emily cannot deal with ambiguity, we confirm that we are exclusively talking and going on dates but not officially dating.

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October 18, 2021

Will's car gets towed, and Emily drives him to Clemson to get it.

October 19, 2021

We go to Cookout. Will tells Emily that he cannot go to the Homecoming dance because he has drill for the National Guard. Emily cries for the first time about their relationship (how did she not cry before? We may never know.)

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October 21, 2021

Will and Emily go to Fall Fest. They ride the Ferris wheel. Afterward, Will kisses Emily for the first time in his mom's car, in the parking lot in front of Pratt Hall.

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October 26, 2021

Emily goes to Will's house for the first time, and we carve pumpkins.

October 27, 2021

Emily takes extra donuts from a commuter event to Will's house, and he kisses her on the top of her head. She decides that this is the cutest form of kiss.

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October 29, 2021

We go to Grady's, eat dinner at Summa Joe's, go to Earle Street for drinks, and then Will plays guitar for Emily at his house.

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October 31, 2021

We go to eCity Java to do homework, and then Will's dad announces that he is going to be in Anderson. Will asks Emily to come to dinner with his dad. Once again, because Emily cannot handle ambiguity, she makes Will have a conversation about what we are. Will says he 'hopes' Emily will be his girlfriend 'soon'.

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November 2, 2021

We eat Taco Bell in Will's car in the parking lot.

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November 4, 2021

Will went to Emily's apartment for the first time, and we watched "Zodiac." We talked about what was different between what we were doing and actually dating, as well as what we expected going into a relationship.

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November 7, 2021

We go to El Jimador again.

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November 11, 2021

We get dinner at Da Vinci's. Will decides he wants to go somewhere else, but is nervous and indecisive. We end up deciding on Magnetic South. Will parks the car. It's raining. He turns to Emily and asks her to be his girlfriend. Emily says, "I'd like that"—they high five.

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May 11, 2024

Will stands beside the 'racist' Confederate soldier statue in downtown Anderson and asks Emily to marry him. Emily says, "Yes".

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November 8, 2025

We both say "I do".