Maria & Tim in Cincinnati, OH

They shared a big secret: Maria Lehman and Tim Oxender, both systems consultants for the same firm, first fell in love in when they were assigned to work on the same project but concealed their romantic relationship from coworkers. THE BRIDE Maria Lehman, 32, systems consultant THE GROOM Tim Oxender, 32, systems consultant THE DATE September 22 In fact, they hushed up about it for one year and seven heady months -- until the day after Tim proposed. They showed up at work one Monday and disrupted the post-Super Bowl Sunday office buzz with news of their engagement. Needless to say, laughs Maria, everyone was quite surprised!