Love & Marriage feature
Story by Ashley Elvington • FotosbyFaren
DRESDEN & MATTHEW
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Cinderella and Prince Charming, Jack and Sally, Danny and Sandy… Hollywood has
all mushy and talk about our favorite colors and stuff.’ It was then that I found out his
given us many great romance stories throughout time. While there are many I adore,
favorite Lord of the Rings character is Legolas... The same as mine! I had found the
one of my favorites is the story of Dresden Tucker and Matthew Lamb.
geeky guy I had been searching for!” Added to that were his many wonderful quali-
Dresden first met Matt when they were in high school. “His mom was my drama
ties. “He’s the sweetest guy I’ve ever met! I feel safe, loved, cherished and appreciat-
teacher at South Florence High School. Matt went to Kings Academy, but he would
ed when I’m with him. A crazy day at work is calmed by just a few minutes together
hang out in his mom’s classroom during our drama club meetings after school. I knew
with us being our goofy selves.”
he had a crush on me, but we were both too shy to do anything about it.” Several
After two and a half years of dating, Matt popped the question on Father’s Day
years later in 2011, Dresden’s brother Troy asked her to accompany him to Frankie’s
2014. “My dad, Matt and I were on vacation at Edisto Island. We decided to pack a
Fun Park in Columbia. “I was dead tired from going to a concert in Charlotte the night
picnic and head to our favorite beach spot, Botany Bay. Dad had wandered off to
before, but something told me to go and spend time with my brother.”
look for shells and Matt and I went into the water. I got knocked down by a strong
She met him at Barnes and Noble in Florence so they could ride together. When
wave and scraped my knee on some shells on the seabed. I headed back to my
she arrived, Troy mentioned he was waiting on a friend to arrive. Lo and behold, it
dry towel to remedy my now bleeding knee. While I was cleaning the wound with
was Matt! “We spent the whole night playing video games and awkwardly chatting
hand sanitizer, Matt told me to get up. I was quite dismayed at this, as I was in quite
until he finally asked me if I was seeing anyone while we were eating at Wendy’s.
a mood at the moment! I looked at him like he was crazy and asked, ‘Why??’ He
A few weeks later, we were talking on Facebook and the rest is history!” Today, she
said, ‘You’re messing up the towel.’ I jumped up, ready to fuss at him, and whipped
and Matt celebrate their “re-meet-iversary” each year at Frankie’s Fun Park and eat at
around to see him on one knee with an open ring box! He asked, ‘Can I keep you?’
the same booth at Wendy’s.
(our favorite line from Casper, The Friendly Ghost). I started crying as he asked, ‘Will
On their first official date, Dresden knew Matt was the one. “We went on a nature
walk at Freedom Florence. He grabbed my hand and said, ‘Ok, this is where we get
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you marry me?’ I barely squeaked out a ‘Yes!’ before falling to my knees (yes, even
the cut one!) and hugged him.”
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