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LOVE & ROMANCE
Nicole Crandall
& Garry Garrison
BRIDAL BLISS
DATE: Nov. 3, 2017
VENUE: Chandler Hill Vineyards, Defiance, Missouri
ABOUT THE COUPLE: He is a firefighter with the Mehlville Fire
Protection District. She is a pharmacist.
HOW DID YOU MEET?
Nicole: OK, seriously, I completely did not want to go through with
our first date. I was skeptical of online dating sites, and there was
our age gap (he’s 61, and I’m 41), but my best friend talked me into
proceeding with the date. I am so glad she did because I literally
have not stopped laughing since I met Garry. With his humor and
sometimes corny jokes, there’s never a dull moment. He made me
laugh at a point in my life when I thought I had forgotten how. His
generous and giving nature, hard work ethic, and the fact that he has a
body that most 30-year-olds would kill for are all icing on the cake. 
Nicole: Through online dating site match.com in the summer of
2016 on the advice of my best friend who was, of course, my maid of
honor. That’s a true story - and yes, I was also a doubter.
WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO HIM?
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