Quincy Area Bridal Magazine Issue 26 | Page 13

LOVE

from Allysa

Our love story began in January 2019 when Spencer and I met in St . Joseph , Missouri at a mutual friend ’ s 21st birthday party . I had just moved there for college in the Fall of 2018 and I was not expecting to start dating , let alone a farmer when I had just came from a farming community . Spencer and I hit it off pretty quickly , we liked the same things , had the same hobbies , and had a similar life growing up .
We did oppose on baseball teams however , since he is a Royals fan and I am a LONG TIME Cardinals fan . We talked nonstop and it was like we knew each other forever instead of for a short time . I pretty much knew from the get go that Spencer was the one based on our beginning interactions and how we instantly connected . Spencer warned me from the beginning that he worked long hours on the farm and boy did he mean it . A lot of time was spent together in the cab of a tractor , which made for a lot of great memories and late nights .
I always told Spencer from the beginning that I wanted to be together for at least two years before getting engaged and he listened . Spencer proposed on July 24 , 2021 while we were on a trip to Cheyenne , Wyoming . It was the first night on the trip and I almost found the ring when I was blindly looking for my glasses . I was unpacking nonstop , Spencer finally got me to take a break , and then he got down on one knee and proposed !
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