Vote for your favorite couple!

Posted on August 1, 2010

It’s Election Week for many parts of the country, including right here in the Volunteer State. I could not be happier to see Election Day come and go myself, but in the spirit of things I’m having an election of sorts right here on the blog!

Are you ready to choose a couple to win the Love Story giveaway? I definitely am!

We have five couples who’ve entered, but only one wins! Each couple has sent in their love story and is relying on YOUR votes to win a $200 prize pack, which includes a free session, $50 print credit, 10 web-sized photos for social networking and best of all, a soft-bound photo book containing 10-15 images AND their detailed love story!

And, without further ado, our couples!

Maegan & Will

My name is Meagan and the love of my life is Will. I found him on Myspace and after chatting him up for a while we met on Christmas Eve morning in 2007. I knew right away that he was something special.

We began dating on February 3, 2008, a day I would later come to think as one of the best days of my life. He is the perfect other half of me, I love him with everything in me and it blows my mind that he feels the same.

Never did I believe in the fairytale “The One”, but now I know I have found mine. I know that in him I have found the perfect person for me who will always be by my side no matter what, the one person I can always turn to, who will love me unconditionally.

We’ve had our rough times, but have never fought, we have mastered the art of compromise. I love him with all my heart and soul and plan to spend the rest of my life with the man who makes me feel like the happiest woman in the world.

Ashley & Eddie

My mom always told me to not to talk to people I didn’t know online. However, I rarely listened. So in August 2007 when I received a friend request on Facebook from a good-looking guy, I let what my mom said to me slip out of my head as I clicked “accept”.

Over the next year, we talked every once in a while via comments, messages and texts. The following August we decided it was time to meet in person. We agreed to meet at a country bar where our friends usually hung out. The moment I met him, I knew I had to get to know him more. So that night, we talked, laughed and slow danced until 2 a.m.
Three months after that night, Eddie asked me to marry him. I, of course, said yes.

Almost ten months later and 6 months pregnant, we walked into the county clerk’s office to get our marriage license. The lady helping us asked when we would like to get married. We said “how about now?” (which was six days earlier than expected). So in a tank top, jeans, flip flops, no make up and my hair thrown up in a messy bun, I married my best friend.

In the almost two years that we’ve been together, we’ve been engaged, moved from Virginia Beach to Tipton County, gotten married and had a little girl. Most people would think we rushed but we felt it was right from the start.

Jenni & Jim

My name is Jenni and I met my husband, Jim a little over 10 years ago after both of us went through a divorce with 2 young children a piece from each marriage.  A close mutual friend of ours introduced us over the Internet in a chat room that we frequented to find things to do with other singles that also had children.  When we went on our first date I would have to say that he was like no other man I had ever met or went on a date with…the perfect gentleman.

We decided to take things slow and after 3 years of courting we found a house in the country and moved from Shelby County to Tipton County so that we could raise our kids together and so that my kids would be in a great school system.  I have always felt that Rascal Flatts “Bless the Broken Road” was always a great theme song for us!

After a month of being in our new home, he proposed and we were married on April 23, 2005.  We do civil war reenacting so we had a civil war wedding on the back side of our property.  In just a little over a year later we were blessed with our own baby boy.

We now lead a very busy life with 4 older children (16, 15, 12 and 12) and our boy who is now 4 years old.  We are very active with Brighton Baseball, the 4 older children are in band at three different schools, participating in plays at the Ruffin in Covington and just enjoying our life with family and friends!

Jennifer & Austin

We met on the Millington Naval Base both working at McDonalds in the summer of 2005. I remember he was standing against the wall staring at me, and I said “Um, hello?” wondering what kind of weirdo he was. Covered in tattoos, and a shaved head, he was certainly different from any guy I ever had a crush on.

In the beginning, he insisted we hang out, and I insisted it be on a friends basis only. That first night changed my mind instantly. I had a blast, and was so comfortable with him. Ever since, we’ve been inseparable.

We are best friends and lovers. We have a beautiful son, and August 17 will be our 3rd anniversary in marriage. The key to our relationship is support. We have been through so much together. I am in nursing school to become an RN, the past couple of years have been a long road with a lot of tears for me, and fear. My husband has stood beside me, praying with me and wiping my tears. I graduate in December with my Associate’s degree, and I couldn’t have made it without him and his support after all these long nights of no dinner cooked, unable to watch a movie, unable to go out because I’ve had to study.. he’s been understanding the entire time.

I’ve also supported him with all the struggles he has came across. He has been laid off of work twice in our marriage. The most recent lay off occurred in September of last year, he just landed a great job for RailServe and we are so very blessed. The financial burden falls on my husband as he is currently our sole provider, and he’s had many hard months of unemployment until now. I hope he knows how proud I am of him for not giving up. Our son is our joy, and is the brightest, happiest child we know. We are very close to our families and live within 10 minutes of both sides. With a lot of struggle and unable to see the light at the end of the tunnel, we made it. We can see it, and we did it together.

By the way, all those tattoos grew on me ;)

Raechyl & Keith

Keith and I met in December 2004, when he started working at Naifeh’s grocery store in Munford, TN. What started out as co-workers, grew into friendship, and followed with a high school summer romance full of fireworks, long conversations on the trampoline in my parent’s backyard, and tons and tons of movie dates. Once football season started, I was sure that we would grow apart since I had to get to drum rehearsal, and he had to put on that gorgeously hot football uniform and get back into the game he had played since he was 5 years old. Lucky me, however, he asked me to be his girlfriend instead, and we officially became a couple on the first day of our senior year of high school.

Love has never meant as much to me as it has the past 6 years. Many people go their whole lives without feeling the way Keith makes me feel every single day, and I feel truly blessed to have met him so early in my life. Our relationship has only grown stronger through high school and going to college together, and I can’t wait to start spending forever with him when we get married next September. He truly makes me believe that there are millions of people in this world, but in the end, it all comes down to one….

Aren’t these couples fantastic?

Voting begins NOW and will continue until 11:59 p.m. CST on August 8! Vote as many times as you’d like here on the blog and hop on over to the EDP Facebook page to “like” your favorite couple’s photo and story; I will combine the two numbers (votes here plus Facebook “likes”) to determine the winning couple.

Good luck, everyone!




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