Jenn and Tom met through Tom’s work and Jenn’s hobby. “To successfully maintain a saltwater reef tank, I’d visit my local aquatic centre every week with a sample of water for testing, Jenn tells us. “Tom works in the marine department so had the task of trying to advise me as an enthusiastic beginner! I mostly ignored his advice but he was always polite. This continued for three years until our stars aligned and everything in my life changed - including the success of my saltwater fish tank!” Tom proposed one afternoon while the couple were sitting on the sofa. “Tom purposefully crawled over to my side and rested his head on my lap before popping the question,” Jenn tells us. “It was so casual that, at first, I wasn’t sure if he was serious. It was completely unexpected and unplanned. It makes me happy to know that Tom doesn’t feel pressured into being something he isn’t. He’s very introverted and doesn’t like fuss and I wouldn’t have wanted him to have worried about a big proposal. I love that it was unplanned. Tom had decided he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me as his wife and that, to him, felt like the perfect moment to ask.” SETTING THE SCENE The couple found their perfect wedding day location quickly. “Devon is where we enjoyed our first holiday together quite early into our relationship and we both agree that it’s where we developed a deeper love for each other,” Jenn tells us. “It was also the place where Tom spent most of his summers as a child so when I unknowingly booked our surprise trip away in a place that was so familiar to him, it seemed like fate.” Jenn and Tom’s nuptials were top secret. “We didn’t tell anybody that we were getting married,” Jenn tells us. “We had no phone signal on the beach so we gave our photographer, Hash, the contact number for our loved ones 17 REAL WEDDINGS
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