Melissa & Hank in Simons Island, GA

When Hank moved to a new town, he didn’t know a soul and often ate at a nearby restaurant. Melissa was in law school at the time and waiting tables at that very spot. One night, one of Melissa’s coworkers invited them both to a bowling party where the two were finally introduced, and there they made a bet—whoever lost the game had to make the winner a meal. “I lost, and Hank picked shrimp etouffee,” Melissa says. The Bride Melissa Crow, 27 The Groom Hank Schopfer, 33, in sales The Date May 12 When Hank canceled their first date because he was sick, Melissa offered to bring him soup. “Worried that I would think he was standing me up, he took me up on it,” Melissa says, “so our first date was me bringing him Campbell’s goldfish soup.” The two wed three years later with a reception overlooking the ocean.

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