Meredith & Paul: A Purple Spring Wedding in Warren, NJ

Meredith knew at age 13 that she and Paul were meant for each other. After developing a crush on him in band class, Meredith told her classmates she and Paul would get married one day. The Bride Meredith Bodgas, 26, weddings editor at The Knot The Groom Paul Di Pilato, 26, software analyst The Date May 31 It wasn't until a snow day (remember those?) that Paul started flirting back during a playful snowball fight on his block. That night, Meredith mustered up the courage to ask him out over the phone, and he said yes! They stayed together through junior high school and to college when they both attended schools in the Boston area. After more than a decade of dating, Paul proposed during the last minutes of a trip to Paris on the only sunny day of their vacation.