Bianca & Ben in Palm Beach, FL

Bianca and Ben crossed paths through mutual friends for two years before they had their first date. The Bride Bianca Strul (now 31 and a writer and field producer) The Groom Ben Geyerhahn (now 36 and a political consultant) The Date March 3 A year later, Ben had been hinting about a proposal, and Bianca’s patience was beginning to wear thin. Then one evening, Ben planned a relaxing spaghetti dinner at home for the two of them. After hinting at a proposal one more time, “the spaghetti sauce wasn’t the only thing starting to boil,” Ben remembers. Finally, just when Bianca couldn’t take the suspense anymore, Ben popped the question then and there in their kitchen, “slotted wooden spoon in one hand, ring in the other,” she says.