Chloe and Christian - Married March 14, 2026
Friends, how did we end up here today?
How did
these two people somehow not only end up meeting,
but also end
up falling in love
and choosing
to spend
the rest of
their lives together?
Well, I'd
like to spend the next few minutes
Telling you
the true story version of how that happened.
This love
story begins the way all the great romances begin: with a trip to Culver’s.
Two packs of
high school kids, from two different schools, find themselves in neighboring
booths. It’s the kind of evening where french fries take their time and
conversations spill over the booth backs. One group leans into the other, and
pretty soon there isn’t much of a border at all.
Christian is
there with his friends. Chloe is there with hers. He notices her as “quiet and
a bit awkward.” He files that away. He’ll later keep the “awkward” part as a
standing joke. She notices him instantly. He isn’t the loudest one in his
group—less involved than some of his friends—but he’s tall, he’s handsome, and
people around him keep laughing. It catches her attention. She’s nervous, the
good kind, and she makes a quick assumption: he’s that popular athlete type
everyone wants to be around. She doesn’t let that stop her.
They finish
eating about the same time. His friends mention Walmart across the
street—because it’s Friday night in a small town and that’s where you go.
Conveniently, her friends are headed there too. Numbers aren’t traded directly;
instead, Snapchats are exchanged with one of his friends, which is close enough
for now. In the bright aisles they “run into” each other more than once, the
way teenagers do when they’re practicing coincidence.
Near the
front of the store, Christian is holding a bag of chips and offers Chloe some.
She appreciates the gesture. It says something friendly and generous. She
declines—politely—because the flavor is Wasabi Lays. Everyone survives this
difference of opinion.
He pulls up
to her house with a plan and a couple of extras: her favorite candy and a red
rose. You can hear his car coming a mile down the street—Chloe’s mom can
too—and there’s a pause while good caution does its job. Then the evening gets
the green light, and off they go.
The movie is
the movie. Tickets, a theatre gone dark, a couple of drinks to carry out
afterward. Everything goes well. It’s nighttime now, the drive back is
familiar, and directions are Chloe’s department. She is on it—mostly. She tells
him to turn at the last second. Christian does what any good driver does when a
house-sized turn appears out of the dark: he turns. The car makes the corner,
and the soda—drinks, really—doesn’t. It goes all over the floor of his car.
They pull
into a vegetable stand right there to clean up. It’s not glamorous, but it’s
handy. They take a moment, and then they don’t rush off. They stay parked. The
sunroof is open. The night is clear enough to notice, so they do. They sit and
talk for what feels like hours, the kind of easy stretch where curfew exists
but doesn’t crowd the conversation. For Chloe, that spilled soda leads to her
favorite part of the date. For Christian, a wrong turn becomes the right kind
of pause.
And that
date leads to the next, and soon, Christian and Chloe are building a whole life
and a future together.
They make two rules early on, the kind of small, sensible rules that steer big moments: wait until Chloe finishes grad school, and absolutely no holiday proposals. They want their own day. So they keep going, year after year, until the calendar lines up just so—eleven years to the day, exactly—and a plan appears that looks a lot like a celebration: a cruise to the Bahamas with friends at the end of Chloe’s last year of grad school.
Christian
has already done the important errands. He’s asked her mom and dad for their
blessing. He’s picked up the ring—her late grandma’s, from Chloe’s mom—and from
the moment they drive toward the port, he tucks that ring box into his bag and
starts the longest game of keep-away he’s ever played. He carries it to
dinners, on excursions, to the beach. He checks for it the way some folks check
for their wallet and keys: every five minutes, just to be sure the universe
hasn’t learned any new tricks.
He doesn’t
tell his family. He loves them, but they are not built for secrets. He keeps
quiet with almost everyone, which is hard work when your hands are never far
from a bag with a very small, very important rattle in it.
Chloe has
clues available if she wants them. Christian offers to pay for her nails before
the trip. It could be suspicious. It isn’t. She shrugs it off and thinks about
the fun ahead. There are friends to meet up with and new places to see. There’s
even an excursion where you feed and swim with pigs, which is a sentence you
don’t expect to say about a proposal story, but here we are.
Days pass.
Christian keeps the ring close. He keeps the rules in mind: not a holiday, not
until after grad school. He keeps the timing loose, because he doesn’t quite
know how it’s going to happen; he just knows it has to be here, on this trip,
before they head home.
One of the
last nights arrives and the window narrows. Christian finally lets their
friends in on the plan—just an hour’s notice, which is about the most he trusts
any timeline at this point. The idea is simple: they’ll get cleaned up for the
evening, step out into the shipboard sunset, and there will be a “let’s take
some photos” moment. Somewhere in those photos, a question will appear.
They get
ready. The sun is doing what sunsets do. They are earlier than their friends,
so Christian suggests they go up on deck and find a spot. They wander the ship,
the light soft around them, talking about what they have always talked
about—lives, love, plans for the future—except now those words sound a little
louder to Christian, because he knows what’s zipped into the bag that’s been at
his side for days.
They settle
into a couple of chairs, just the two of them, and they keep on reflecting.
Christian holds Chloe’s hand. He looks at it with a different kind of
attention. She notices the attention. She doesn’t file it under “proposal.”
They wait together, as they’ve always done, and the evening unrolls.
Their
friends arrive and the machinery of a sunset photoshoot starts up. A balcony, a
camera, the easy choreography of “stand here,” “try that,” “one more.” They
take a few pictures together. Then someone suggests solo shots for Chloe. She
faces one way, then another, and then there’s the nudge to look back over her
shoulder.
She
turns—and behind her, Christian is already on one knee.
Chloe spins
forward again and bursts into tears, the full-body kind that show up when joy
and surprise hit the same place at the same time. Christian doesn’t say much.
He’s on the verge of tears himself, but he gets enough words into the air to
ask the only question that matters. It’s simple, the way they wanted it: will
you marry me. Technically, Chloe doesn’t answer out loud. There’s a lot of
crying to manage in a very short amount of time. But there’s a shake of the
head that says yes, and there’s the way she moves toward him, and there are
hugs and happy tears, and that’s the kind of yes that doesn’t need subtitles.
Their
friends cheer. There’s excitement. There’s the quiet shock of a plan that has
somehow stayed a secret all day, all week, all the way from the drive to the
port. Christian slides the ring onto her finger. Chloe recognizes it right
away—her grandma’s ring—and it fits. Perfectly. There isn’t much else a ring
has to do.
In those
minutes, everything they agreed to and everything they waited for holds steady.
The day isn’t a holiday. Grad school is finished. It is their own special day
after all, even if it’s shared with a balcony, a sunset, and a few well-timed
instructions from friends. He has kept the secret. She has said yes, her way.
They stand there feeling exactly what they’ve earned over eleven years: loved,
heard, at home.
And here we
are today.
They did it!
Can we give it up for Chloe and Christian?
This is a
beautiful story;
it's a story
of two people who
Eyeballed
each other at Culvers,
Stalked each
other at Walmart,
and made the
decision on a cruise to the Bahamas.
and many
others that Christian can say of Chloe,
when I asked
him what he loves about her:
I love
everything about Chloe. Through our years together, I’ve found that every
characteristic of her personality has a way of complimenting my own. From her
strength and her compassion, not only has she taught me what it means to be
loved, but also how to grow as a better partner, and a better man. Chloe isn’t
just somebody I look at as a companion by my side, but she is somebody I truly
look up to and respect as a woman. Never has there been somebody so beautiful,
so devoted, so loving, and so accomplished. Chloe is more than a girlfriend,
fiancée, or wife. She is my best friend and my inspiration in life. Getting to
love Chloe every day feels like a dream I never want to wake up from.... And
when asked why get married and why now? Because she doesn’t deserve to go
another day without being a wife.
And Chloe says of Christian, when I asked her what she loves about him:
I love
everything about Christian. Through our years together, I’ve found that every
characteristic of his personality has a way of complementing my own. From his
strength and his compassion, he has not only taught me what it means to be
loved, but also how to grow as a better partner and a better woman. Christian
isn’t just somebody I look at as a companion by my side, but he is somebody I
truly look up to and respect as a man. Never has there been somebody so
magnetic, so devoted, so loving, and so accomplished. Christian is more than a
boyfriend, fiancé, or husband. He is my best friend and my inspiration in life.
Getting to love Christian every day feels like a dream I never want to wake up
from. I am marrying him today because he doesn’t deserve to go another day
without being a husband.
Now, Chloe and Christian are in love,
and two
people in love
do tend to
gush about each other.
But it's the
opinions of family and friends
that are
perhaps a bit more objective.
Well, I asked a few friends and family
about Chloe
and Christian -
a few of you
here today -
a few of the
people
who love
Chloe and Christian most.
Here's what
you had to say:
What I love
about Chloe and Christian is that they’re not only amazing together, but
they’re also incredible people individually. Chloe and Christian are such
amazing friends—so loyal, so funny, the kind of people who will cry with me,
laugh with me, and of course… go get Chili’s with me.
It’s so
funny being at Chloe and Christian’s wedding because ever since I’ve known
them, they’ve basically already been husband and wife.
All I know
is Christian said “I love you” first—and he said it fast. Honestly, I would’ve
too… just look at her! From all the stories I’ve heard, their relationship has
basically been a fairy tale from the very beginning. 💫
Christian
proposed on a Margaritaville cruise, and I know he was so nervous. Chloe
FaceTimed me immediately after with her hand up showing the ring, and I
instantly started bawling. She had not even said anything yet, just the ring
and me crying.” 😭💍It was one of those moments where you
just knew it was always meant to be them. 💍
What I love
about Chloe and Christian is that they’re not only amazing together, but
they’re also incredible people individually. Chloe and Christian are such
amazing friends—so loyal, so funny, the kind of people who will cry with me,
laugh with me, and of course… go get Chili’s with me.
You can tell
they’re absolute best friends. When you hang out with them, it doesn’t feel
like you’re hanging out with your friend and her boyfriend—it honestly feels
like you’re just hanging out with the girls. Christian fits right in…
especially when it comes to the gossip. I can easily say these two are some of
my favorite people in the world, and the fact that they found each other and
are now getting married… is honestly insane. They’re the kind of friends who
would drop anything to be there for the people they love. Even though I’m
states away, somehow, they still show up for me—like when I’m sad, and suddenly
Crumbl shows up at my door. ...
Chloe is so
driven, such a high overachiever. Always in high stress situations. Christian
is so laidback, taking life as it comes. When life gets too stressful, or when
they have to face life head on, they turn into this amazing partnership,
combining both of their strengths to overcome whatever comes their way. They
fit like puzzle pieces.
They have so
much in common, they love the same things and really enjoy each other's
company. I think they are really the
best of friends and are just so natural together. I love how much they adore each other and are
still excited to do things together and are always happy to spend time
together, either quietly or on an adventure.
What makes
them so great together is that no matter where life has taken them — new
cities, new challenges, new chapters — they’ve made each place feel like home
because they had each other. Their relationship is steady, supportive, and
rooted in a friendship that has only grown stronger through every high and low.
In addition
to everything said in the other comments, it truly feels like they are best
friends, and I can tell that they have made each other feel loved, seen, and
safe through so many phases of life. The way that they talk about each other
and interact with each other exemplifies the type of love that we all hope to
find. They complement each other so well, and I can't wait to see what the rest
of their journey has in store for them.
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