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REAL WEDDING - Marianna & James
James had just graduated from college and was hired by Target as an executive team
Marianna & James SHERATON EATONTOWN EATONTOWN, NJ 12.04.2020 Photography by Inspire Me Imagery
leader. He was supposed to be placed in a different store, but as luck would have it, he ended up at the Clark location. At the time, Marianna received a promotion, which was also at the Clark Target. The stars aligned and the two met on her first day. “I swear my heart skipped a beat when I first saw James,” Marianna recalled. She, too, made a first impression on James. “She had beautiful eyes and a smile that lit up the room. I knew I wanted to get to know her more.” Fast-forward about four years later. One of their favorite places to walk around is Rutgers Gardens. On October 20, 2018, they were about two weeks from closing on their first house, and James suggested they take a ride. They found a pretty gazebo, and James told her to stand in it with her back toward him so he could take a photo of her amid the natural surroundings. When Marianna turned around, James was down on one knee proposing. “It was perfect.”
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