Ashley & Chris in Boylston, MA

A college job led Ashley right to Chris…literally. The two bumped into each other at the restaurant where they worked while Ashley was carrying a bucket of ice. They lost touch for awhile after Ashley quit the job, but met up again at Bentley University. Friendship turned to romance and the couple ended up dating for three years before Chris hatched a plan to propose. The Bride Ashley-Elizabeth Korch, 26, financial analyst The Groom Christopher (Chris) Zimmel, 25, analyst The Date August 16 He managed to buy a ring and hide it without Ashley knowing, and then intended to take her on a bike ride to the park where he would ask her to marry him. Unfortunately, Ashley kept rejecting his bike ride suggestions. So instead, Chris came home early and scattered their stairs with rose petals and photographs of the couple labeled with questions like Will you dance with me forever? and Will you grow old with me? When Ashley got to the top of the staircase, she saw the final question, Will you marry me? Ashley paused and jokingly said, Oh! Do you want me to answer that? Of course, she said yes!