Carlyn & Brian in Tampa, FL

While Carlyn and Brian both went to the University of Florida, they didn’t meet until years later. Carlyn had just moved to Tampa from New York, and to try to meet people she volunteered to be social chair for young adults at the Tampa Jewish Federation. The Bride Carlyn Silber, 27, lawyer The Groom Brian Neuman, 34, physical therapist The Date November 17 As Carlyn remembers it, she spotted Brian from across the room and under the guise of her official mingling duties as chair, introduced herself. Carlyn developed a major crush, but Brian claims she was always too busy socializing with everyone else to talk to him -- which was too bad, since he also had his eye on her. It was weeks before the two began exchanging text messages -- Carlyn got his number from a friend and took matters into her own hands -- and finally made a date. After dating a little more than two years, the couple was on a weekend trip to Chicago when Brian asked Carlyn to marry him at Buckingham Fountain.