Jessica & Doug in Cochranville, PA

Jessica and Douglas were friends in high school but didn’t start dating until after college, when they ran into each other at a restaurant around Christmastime. They went on their first date following New Year’s and dated for five months before taking a six-month break. Eleven months after they got back together, Jessica and Doug were at the mall when Doug suggested they look at rings; Jessica said no -- thinking what was the point, after all, Doug had told her it would be another year or two before they’d get engaged. The Bride Jessica Steadman, 25, a nutritionist The Groom Douglas Smoker, 24, a construction foreman The Date June 13 When they got to the car, Jessica realized that Doug was on the passenger side (and not to open the door for her). He was down on one knee.