Crystal & Terry

My name is Crystal and my Fiancée is Terry. We have known each other since we were twelve years old. I met him when I moved next door to him. Ever since I have met Terry I knew we would be in eachothers lives forever.

He asked me to "go out with him" the first year I knew him. We were in grade six so it was just this silly thing. We dated again in High school this time it was a little more serious. This time we dated for close to a year and a half, until I broke it off with him. From what his family tells me, he was absolutely heart broken. I couldn’t tell you what my reasoning was for breaking it off with him, but I am the kind of person who didn’t want to go back to him and tell him it was the wrong thing to do. So we dated other people.

I ended up dating another guy and having a baby with him. We only stayed together for a couple of years. Throughout this time, I didn’t really talk to Terry much because I was I guess ashamed of what I had done. Not necessarily ashamed of the baby, but ashamed because I had missed him sooo much and really thought that he would never be interested again because of this.

I finally broke off from my previous relationship and I wanted to start talking to Terry again. Well, it didn’t even get to be a couple of weeks. The week after I had broken off my previous relationship, Terry's sister was looking for a roommate because she had just gone through a Divorce, so Terry was helping us move into a new apartment. This is when I worked up the courage to ask him to hang out. He said he would love to and that he would pick me up later that night and we could hang out.

It turned out that he had wanted to talk to me just as much as I wanted to talk to him, we just didn't know how to go about it. Instantly, we knew we wanted to be with each other again. He has been with me while I completed high school, as well as college, and raised my daughter. He has been an excellent support system.

Now he acts as an excellent father figure to my daughter and he treats her like she is his own.

So I guess to sum it up - He gets to marry the girl next door, and I get to marry the boy next door :)

When I saw the ad for this on Canadian bride, I knew that it was the perfect opportunity. Origionally we looked for a photography, but we found that alot of the prices just weren't in our budget - unfortunatly. Terry's sister has offered to photograph our wedding, she takes excellent pictures - but has little experience with weddings. I would also like her to enjoy and celebrate this special day with us.

Thank you for offering this opportunity to future brides - it very generous of you!
And thanks for your consideration.