Wedding Date on May 1, 2019

How did you meet? Laura was new to England and living in Surrey (from Canada), Marcus had just moved into London with his first job position after his masters. Neither of us knew anyone or had any friends. I guess we were both using dating apps as a way to find someone to spend time with. We only matched because Laura had taken a train into London alone to spend a day sightseeing. Marcus was at his job in central London. Otherwise with the distance parameters we never would have matched. We spoke about a month, and then met in Hyde Park on Christmas day. It was our first Christmas' away from our families. We had Christmas dinner together at a pub, and have been together ever since. ((Laura's mom doesn't know we met on an app though, so we're saying we just met randomly in London on Christmas day ;) )) Tell us about the proposal: Marcus brought Laura downtown London on a Saturday stating he had a "surprise event" he bought tickets for. This was not completely unusual since we semi-frequently buy surprise tickets or do surprise things for one another. But that day Marcus seemed overly nervous and as we walked into Hyde Park he started looking around a lot. Finally he stopped at a gazebo with a bench and we sat down. He tried to say a speech but had difficulty keeping it together <3 The spot he stopped in was the spot he first saw Laura sitting and waiting for him the day we decided to meet on Christmas. He got on one knee and proposed, later revealing an old colleague behind a tree taking photographs of the whole event. It was simple and sweet, and we went for afternoon tea afterwards.