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Bride&Groom AN INTERVIEW WITH THE
WHO SAID ‘I LOVE YOU’ FIRST?
PATRICIA: Him of course, the night before he graduated DSU. We were having a heart to heart and he stopped responding, stared at me and said “ I love you”. TALORE: I’m pretty sure I said it first, because she was always so shy when it came to lovey dovey stuff.
D E S C R I B E Y O U R F I R S T D AT E ?
PATRICIA: LOL this is hilarious ! I will not go into details on his behalf, but our first date was definitely Applebees in Dover. It was pouring out and he tried to be all romantic and met me at my dorm with an umbrella and opened the car door. Overall, we had a nice unexpected first date. TALORE: She will probably say it was at Applebee’s across the street from DSU, but it was really at Cheddar’s. I remember it was snowing pretty hard, so we jumped right into the hot tub after dinner. We stayed up all night and then ate our leftovers at 3am lol.
W H A T WA S Y O U R F I R S T I M P R E S S I O N ?
PATRICIA: Well I met him twice, when we met as teenagers I was like oooo he is cutee and a gentleman. When we reconnected my sophomore year and his junior year at DSU, I thought he was fine, intelligent and super driven. That man was serious about his education, while working full time. TALORE: I’m not gonna lie, I was nervous when I first saw her, because of how nice she looked. Then after talking I thought, “okay she’s not just pretty.” I felt a connection right from the beginning. Then I thought it was too good to be true and something had to be wrong with her lol, but turns out she was perfect for me!
W H A T I S Y O U R FAV O R I T E T H I N G A B O U T H I M / H E R ?
PATRICIA: My absolute favorite thing about him is his positive personality. TALORE: There’s so many things to choose from, but If I had to pick one I would say it is her conversation.
DESCRIBE HIM/HER IN 3 WORDS. PATRICIA: Selfless, Loving and Humble. TALORE: Driven, Beautiful, Smart.
WHO IS THE BETTER COOK?
PATRICIA: LOL I hope he skipped this question. I mean he can cook like 5 things. I am the better cook ! He gets breakfast, lunch and dinner Monday-Friday. We eat out on the weekends. TALORE: When we first met she was mad at how well I cooked, so she took cooking classes to try and cook better than me, but I am still the better cook lol.
WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT ON YOUR WEDDING DAY ? PATRICIA: I cannot wait to see the look on his face, when he sees me coming down the aisle! I’m excited to see how GOOD he looks in his tux and super excited to become Mrs. Hooker. TALORE: Saying I do and then get started on making babies right after lol
WHO LEANED IN FIRST FOR THE FIRST KISS?
PATRICIA: He did, he couldn’t resist my dimples. TALORE: Pretty sure this was me again. Lol I can’t remember how, but I probably did something corny.
WHEN DID YOU KNOW YOU FOUND THE ONE?
PATRICIA: Wheww, this question got me teary eyed. I knew he was the one when he made me a priority in his life. My needs and wants came before his. As long as I was happy, he was happy. I was and still is obsessed with how he loves me. I never had to question his love, loyalty or sincerity, because he puts it on display daily. TALORE: I’m not sure if love at first sight is a thing, but this is damn sure pretty close. Since the day we met, I always said hanging out with her was different. My problems went away whenever we were together. We lost connection over the years, but always somehow found our way back to each other and always picked up right where we left off. One day I’m sitting in statistics class at DSU, then boom! Here she comes walking in (what are the odds of that). I even let her cheat off my tests (that’s love lol). Fast forward to now and she has taught me so much about myself that I couldn’t have learned on my own or with anyone else. She challenges me to be a better person every day and forces me to come out of my shell. She believed in me during times I may have doubted myself and always had my back. Not to mention she clicked with my family instantly.
When I first met her I was going through a lot and felt like something was missing from my life. She always filled that void no matter what chapter of our lives we reconnected. No relationship is “perfect” but despite the ups and downs, we have continued to grow together and learned not to give up on each other when things get hard. To sum things up, it’s hard to say when you know. You just know and I finally understand that!
W H A T I S O N E O F Y O U R FAV O R I T E M E M O R I E S ?
PATRICIA: My favorite memory was our last trip to Mexico. We called that trip our “relaxation trip” and it was just that. We skipped excursions and partying. We napped every day on the beach and sat on the rooftop every night until we got sleepy. By the end of our trip, we learned so much about each other, it felt like we entered a new level in our relationship. To top it off, we found out he passed boards on our last day. TALORE: Besides the proposal, it would have to be finding out I passed PA School while we were on vacation in Mexico and listening to “Never would have made it by Marvin Sapp” lol.
WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING YOU’VE LEARNED ABOUT EACHOTHER?
PATRICIA: I have learned that he actually has emotions and is not the brickwall I thought he was. I learned he is a thinker and needs time to process everything, no matter how big or small. TALORE: I’ve learned that she puts Ceasar dressing on EVERYTHING.
W H A T I S Y O U R FAV O R I T E T H I N G T O D O T O G E T H E R ?
PATRICIA: Our favorite thing to do is NAP and try new food. Our rest is very important to us. TALORE: Eat and nap lol. We love our naps
WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU T WO?
PATRICIA: We plan on launching our scrub line, buying a home and filling it with babies. TALORE: Getting our business up and running and working on starting a family.
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