Kate & Nick in Chicago, IL

Soon after Kate and her three roommates began their senior year of college, they discovered they were living across from four cute guys. Though Kate wasn’t the most outgoing among her roommates, when she saw that they’d missed a call from one of the guys, Nick, she walked across the hall and knocked on the door. Kate and Nick went out the next night with his roommates, and the pair clicked. The Bride Kathryn (Kate) Szigetvari, 27, nurse practitioner The Groom Nicholas (Nick) VanderZwan, 27, civil engineer The Date April 28 Four years later, Kate felt a proposal was imminent when she and Nick returned to the same restaurant where they’d had their first date. After dinner the couple took a walk, and when Nick reached into his pocket, Kate’s excitement was overwhelming. “I was crying, and I kept telling him, ‘No, not yet. I'm not ready yet,’” Kate says. “Although, quite frankly, I was.” The pair celebrated 17 months later with an old Hollywood-style ballroom reception.

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