E & Mark are getting married!
They are pretty excited.
E & Mark are getting married!
They are pretty excited.
There are two versions of how
Mark & Elizabeth met:
Mark’s version and the truth.* We’ll spare you the boring details but at the heart of the controversy lies the question: Who pulled the switcheroo in that crowded Boston bar? Facts aside, we bonded over our Springfield (MA) roots, My So Called Life, and similarly subpar CYO basketball careers.
Fast forward seven years to Costa Rica, where we’d rented a house with sweeping views of the Pacific. Mark proposed to E at sunset with a handmade walnut ring box and a hardbound selection of the thousands of emails they’d sent to each others over the years, which he titled Hello Girlfriend. “Hello Girlfriend” or “Hello Boyfriend” were the subjects of most of those emails; the final page of the book featured an unsent email of the subject “Goodbye Girlfriend” that closed with the question “Hello wife?”
*Kristin and Jeff surely have their version, too.
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Fun Facts about E & M
785
Acres in the Frederick Law Olmsted designed Forest Park, which you’ll see from the reception tent.
122
Number of wedding venues E reviewed before realizing the perfect one was right in her backyard.
413
Springfield area code and, inadvertently, the date Mark and E got engaged (April 13).
16
Number of hand-painted love letters Mark sent E when she lived across the country.
5
Number of times Mark has helped E move.
4
Number of times Mark moved within a one block radius over eight years.
3
Number of times E found convenient excuse to avoid helping Mark move.
2nd
Date number on which Mark first helped E move… and met nearly her entire extended family.
1 Bajillion
Number of people who, upon hearing of their engagement, said “I thought you were already married.”
3
Minimum number of times Mark and E likely met as children.
14
Number of Basketball Hall of Fame nominees also descending on Springfield on September 10 including Shaq, AI, and Sheryl Swoopes.
30
Number of tabs on E’s master wedding planning spreadsheet.
21
Number of states and countries represented on the wedding guest list.