![]() Sometimes I call him Shawnchilada, based off a dish he prepares regularly and we’ve since named after him. Tess: Do you have pet names for each other? Care to share? We also knew we didn’t want a big ceremony, so it was just us and Adee at the county courthouse on a beautiful spring day in 2007. Shawn: I don’t remember a formal proposal, we just both realized it was what we both wanted. We married six months to the day we met and we recently celebrated nine years together! It was me, Shawn, and my daughter, Adee on the courthouse steps a simple ceremony, but exactly what we wanted. It was a beautiful day and the judge did a wonderful job – she spoke about the importance of learning to rely on each other. We picked a day and got married by a judge at the courthouse steps. At some point during that time we just realized we should get married. Shawn moved in to help me out for the six weeks while my arm had to be in a sling. The injury left me unable to do a lot of things, like tie my shoes or drive my car. I went with Shawn to visit his family in southern Missouri and while I was there I was in an accident and broke my collarbone. Marly: Well, I don’t know how romantic these details are, because we kind of came to the decision together. Tess: Who proposed and how did that take place? We want to hear all the gushy, romantic details! Shawn: It didn’t take long for me, maybe by the 3rd time we saw each other. What are the chances of that? It was meant to be! I knew we were meant to be when a few months after we met we were on a road trip to meet his family and we were listening to the audio book of Marley and Me, and the author mentioned that he had two dogs in his life, Marley, and his first dog, Shawn. I was coaching myself to be fine with just being friends. I was trying to play it cool because I didn’t want to get my hopes up. Marly: I think we both realized we had something special early on. Tess: When did you know it was true love? Little did I know I would meet someone so like-minded I would end up marrying her six months later! I heard about a vegetarian/vegan meetup group and thought it would be a good place to meet like-minded people. Shawn: I had just moved to Kansas City in September of 2006 and was just starting to meet a few people. Also, I’m glad I decided to take guitar lessons! ![]() I’m much better at the guitar as a result. He was (and is) a much better guitar player than me, but I guess he was intrigued by my interest in music. That’s when Shawn came over and introduced himself. I knew the person who was hosting the dinner and after we ate, Adee went to play with the kids and I headed over to the guitar. My daughter, Adee and I liked to go to the annual Thanksgiving potluck because there was always so much great vegan food and it was nice to meet other vegetarians and vegans in the community. Marly: We met at a KC Vegan Meet-up Group over a guitar.
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