Tasha Lamb & Brennan Cooper

Ages: 28, 28

Occupation: Manager for a non-profit, Student (working on a degree in Chemical Engineering

First Date:
Our first date was Monday November 11, 2006. Brennan did not tell Tasha until later but he missed Monday Night Football, wings and beer with the guys to go out with her. We had dinner and drinks followed by a few rounds of video bowling. Tasha beat him mercilessly but rewarded him with a kiss for being a good sport.

Love Story:
From the first time I saw Tasha I was enamored. I told everyone at work that I had the hots for her just because I knew someone would probably end up telling her. In the meantime she was busy not liking me. Upon hearing about my hots for her Tasha was quoted as saying that she would never ever go out with me…ever. Tasha and I had hardly spoken up to this point in time.

Of course I found out exactly what she said. I actually didn’t care if she wanted to marry me or not: I just wanted her to think I was fun to be around. I cracked a few jokes here and there and tried to be extra helpful with her at work. I would talk our managers into letting us close up together just so I could work with her longer and hang out with her more. Sometimes a group of us would go have beers after work. I typically would only go when Tasha was going to be there. If we were riding somewhere together I would leave the top of my Jeep down because I knew that she would be cold.

Before you go thinking I’m crazy just remember that I was pretty much in love with her at this point. I look at it like how a good coach puts his underdog team in position to win the game at the last minute. I started to realize that I didn’t want to leave her when it was time to go home. I started to wonder if she felt that way too.

Turns out she did. We finally figured out that we were in love with each other. We are now engaged and I look forward to marrying her. I already know that day is going to be the happiest day of our lives.

We haven’t set a date yet because we don’t know what we are going to be able to do. We’re saving what we can and we’re going to see where it gets us. We will live happily ever after no matter what happens, but I will be eternally grateful if you guys helped me make my bride-to-be the happiest girl in the world on October 21st.