Jessica and Jay met online and dated long distance (she was here in Charleston, he was in Connecticut) before she made the move up North. The two came back to visit the Holy City often, though, and...
Jan Paul, of Clifton, New Jersey, met Michelle, of Charleston, at Suede in Mount Pleasant, where she was working during a birthday party that Jan Paul was attending. They talked over the next few months and started dating in June 2012. On a vacation to Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in June 2014, Jan Paul surprised Michelle with dinner on the beach—and a ring. They said “I do” at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.
Photograph by Raheel Gauba
