Jennifer & Ben in St. Louis, MO

Jennifer found Benjamin right next door. The two lived in neighboring duplexes while she was an undergrad at the University of Missouri Columbia and he was attending the University of Missouri School of Law. They struck up a friendship and spent time together as friends until Ben graduated and moved to St. Louis. The Bride Jennifer Rolwes, 26, owner a PR and event planning company The Groom Benjamin Volk Jr., 31, patent attorney The Date October 29 Eighteen months later, they bumped into each other at Steak and Shake (which happens to be Ben’s favorite restaurant) and exchanged phone numbers. Ben finally asked Jennifer out on a date in late 2002, and the two have been inseparable ever since. While vacationing in San Francisco a few years later, Ben proposed at a cathedral in Nob Hill.