Our Story
Meeting
Tom was a oncein-a-lifetime chance. It was November of
2012, I was living in Italy and he was living
just outside of London where he’d grown
up. I randomly reconnected with an old
friend named Matt after I noticed on Facebook that he was living in Prague. I hadn’t
spoken to him in years, but he invited me
to come to Prague to see my favorite DJs
live. Just a few months before, Tom had
met Matt at a music festival, and invited
him to come see the show as well. We met
in Matt’s flat and fell in love that weekend.
Only a week after, I moved back to the US
after meeting up with Tom in Paris for less
than 24 hours.
together. I decided I would move to London
after spending a few months with my family and friends in the ‘States.
He visited me in New York for a week after
Christmas and it was during this time that
we knew we were meant to spend our lives
The wedding planning was a whole new
ballgame for us. We decided to get married in New York City, so I scouted out
venue possibilities and
researched all other
aspects of the wedding. I sent Tom lots
of photos and would
fill him in on the
details of the wedding
during our daily Skype
sessions so we could
make all of the decisions that come with
wedding planning,
together.
Almost the entirety of our relationship
was long distance, but the difficulties
were multiplied when I attempted to go to
London in April 2013 on a 6 month tourist
visa and was detained, sent back to the US
and banned from entering the UK. Yes...
banned from the country where the love
of my life lived. Between the fact that Tom
had limited funds and vacation time to
visit New York and I was unable to visit his
country, we decided to add “plan a wedding” to our virtual relationship to-do list.