Masha & Craig in Pittsburgh, PA

Though both of them were dating other people when they met at a Steelers game in 2002, Masha Podoplekina and Craig Trainor ran into each other a few months later and (then both single) hit it off immediately. After their first date the following night, “I knew that Craig was the man I had been waiting for,” Masha says. The Bride Masha Podoplekina, 30, attorney The Groom Craig Trainor, 36, medical consultant The Date October 16 Eight months later, Masha came home from work to find flowers, candles, and her boyfriend Craig waiting for her. When he gave her the ring box, however, “I found that it was not an engagement ring,” Masha says. Rather, it was a topaz ring she’d had her eye on…“I was a bit confused,” she says. After letting her wonder for a moment or two, Craig pulled out a real engagement ring, and Masha happily said, “Yes!”

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