pamelajoyce

Matthew and Pamela met as best man and bridesmaid in Jen and Nick's wedding. She a best friend of Pamela from high school, he a best friend of Matthew from work. Although they had lived less than 15 minutes from each other for years, she moved away for college and they never met while Nick and Jen were dating. That was all for the best though! They met on March 6, 2008 at a per-wedding party. He swears he tried to talk to her, she doesn't remember that moment. She was probably ignoring him, he played Halo, so not her thing! Pamela invited Matthew to a movie the night of the wedding with the rest of her friends which were also part of the wedding party but then decided that sleep was more important. The movie was rescheduled for the next day but she felt bad that she had invited him at the table but that they weren't going. She called the next day to invite him along to the movie. He came. They watched The Other Boyln girl and Pamela denied any interest him that her bestie Amanda pointed out right away. Pamela told Matthew that he should call sometime before he left the theater. And then she waited! For what seemed like FOREVER!!!!! And then he left a comment on her myspace page. They set up a time to meet the following week. In the mean time they began talking nearly every day. Thank goodness for mobile to mobile minutes or they'd both be broke! That first time he came to Palm Coast to visit was great. Sonny's and the worst movie she had ever seen! But, there were Twizzlers and that made it so much better. The next week Pamela put him to the true test, if he could get through her friends and their strange humor he was in. They went mini golfing with John and Amanda and they all had a blast....making fun of Pamela!!!!! Over the next year they would have many adventures. Some as simple as exploring state parks in the dead of night after a date at the beach or just enjoying the other's company on a walk around a lake ending in talking for hours on a bench. A road trip to Kentucky to meet Pamela's friends from college would have them stopping at Ruby Falls and Rock City to take in the sites. She went to Miami to meet his family for Thanksgiving, he learned the quirky traditions of Christmas with her family. They explored the Windy City over spring break. They soon celebrated their one year anniversary and began talking lots about the future. After lots discussion about school and the inconvenience of living 80 miles apart they decided that getting married was the best plan. On October 31, 2009 at Cranes Roost Park in Altamonte Springs among throngs of children dressed as princesses and superheros Matthew asked Pamela to marry him and she said yes.