Allison and Nick's Love Story by Allison
"Nick and I met through my work as a wellness coach. He had added me as a friend on Facebook and followed me for a few months. In early September, he came into the nutrition club hoping I would be there. He didn't know I had returned to work (new school year) as a speech-language pathologist and wasn't working at the club. He gave them my name as a referral source and I became his "coach." Nick is very routine-oriented and he wanted to have protein shakes at home to help with his daily nutrition routine. We met for a wellness profile, he signed up as a member, and we got him started on a program. We started talking daily via FB messenger and later text. He always said the sweetest things and truly knocked me off my feet. If you ask him, it was hard work getting me to open up to him. He was constantly finding ways to get into my world; he even offered to be my golfing partner as I was still learning how to golf (an activity we love doing together now). When I met with him to "check in" on how his program was going, he asked me to dinner. We went to dinner that week and ended up at the same wedding a week later where we danced the night away. We made it official on 10/9/16. Fast forward 363 days and Nick completely shocked me with the proposal. He had gotten the ring weeks before, had gotten permission from my parents, showed his family the ring, and planned a surprise engagement with my closest friends and family. Little did I know, he had every detail planned out and as we arrived, he had the garage door opener, opened the garage, and out walked 20 of our closest friends and family -- cameras and phones in hand. He proposed in the very spot of our first kiss with our song playing in the background, just 2 days before our official one-year anniversary. He had every single detail planned out. It was truly a surprise and a beautiful moment."
