Jeana & Lee in Pittsburgh, PA

A broken-down car isn’t usually the start of anything good, but for then–high school students Jeana and Lee it was. Their first-date plans for miniature golfing were derailed, but as they waited three hours for AAA to come fix the car, they got to know each other better. The two dated for the rest of high school and on and off through college. The Bride Jeana Manganas, 27, teacher The Groom Lee Baughman, 26, mining company product manager The Date September 27 As graduation approached, they were on again, and they planned to stay that way. Jeana thought a proposal might come at dinner on their eighth anniversary. Lee couldn’t wait until then, and he popped the question a week early while Jeana was at home in her pajamas.

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