Shannon & Matt in Westchester, NY

Although they had gone to the same high school, Shannon and Matthew (Matt) didn’t hang out in the same crowd. They formally met after college when they ended up at the same bar out with friends. After sitting and talking for hours together, they realized that their friends had left them there together. The Bride Shannon Kienzle, 27, elementary school teacher The Groom Matthew (Matt) MacDonald, 27, special education The Date July 20 Two years later, Matt proposed to Shannon while they were home visiting family. He took her out to lunch to Whitby Castle, and, afterward, Matt handed Shannon a large wrapped gift. When she opened the box, she found a small ring box inside -- “I couldn’t believe how he could have kept it from me,” Shannon says. Although they had been sharing a small studio apartment in New York, Matt had managed to hide the ring from her by tucking it inside the body of his guitar for months.