Kate & Scott in Colorado Springs, CO

“You always hope that your first meeting with your future husband is going to be a story that you can't wait to tell your children someday,” says Kate. “Well, unfortunately things don't always work out the way you want them to.” She and Scott met up at a party that wound up at a dive bar. The two had tons in common, and before the night was over they had their first kiss -- in front of the bar’s dumpster. The BrideKate Gleeson, 27, Office Assistant The GroomPreston (Scott) Mack, 32, general contractor The DateSeptember 23 Storybook romance or not, the two had hit it off, and after a much more romantic first date (with dinner and a stroll through a botanical garden), Kate and Scott became inseparable.