Maggie & Rob in Covington, KY

The old adage that age is only a number certainly rings true for Maggie and Rob. Rob caught Maggie’s eye at a couple’s shower for mutual friends, and she decided to take a chance on a slightly younger man. “At first I thought he was too young but soon realized that the age difference didn’t matter,” she says. The Bride Maggie Scott, 31, adoption manager The Groom Rob Owens, 27, wine consultant The Date October 13 Two-and-a-half years later, they headed to California to celebrate Maggie’s 30th birthday in San Francisco and Napa Valley. When plans for a romantic dinner at the famed Beringer Mansion fell through (foiling a carefully mapped out proposal), Maggie had no idea why Rob was so upset. “I suggested we go back to our bed-and-breakfast and enjoy a bottle of wine at the inn’s gazebo,” she says. While she went to their room to freshen up, Rob sprung into action and scattered a trail of rose petals all the way from their room to the gazebo. “I followed the petals and found Rob down on one knee,” says Maggie. They married over a year later in an autumn-inspired celebration.