Shelly & Faulkner in Dallas, TX

It was their mutual love of heavy metal that brought Shelly and Faulkner together when a friend threw a Metallica party. The two instantly hit it off but started slowly as just friends. Eventually they started dating. The Bride Shelly Harris, 28, an art director The Groom Faulkner Turner, 29, an auto finance account manager The Date April 18 Eight months after their first date, at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, Faulkner got down on one knee and with tears in his eyes asked Shelly to marry him. “I burst out crying happily,” says Shelly, “and instantly said yes.”

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