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Amy Shibles & Ben Brodis September 25, 2010
by Cheryl Kimball
Photography by Emily Delamater
After connecting on match.com, Fallon and Bill met for a drink in April 2009. Although she was initially skeptical about online dating, the pair hit it off instantly. An in-person meeting for a quick drink turned into a five-hour conversation that ended only because the bar closed. By October, Bill was spreading a blanket for a picnic, uncorking a bottle of wine, reciting a love letter he crafted, and asking Fallon to marry him. “It just felt right,” she says.
Fallon chose to return to her hometown of Duxbury, Massachusetts, to tie the knot. An ocean-side estate across the street from Fallon’s childhood home was the perfect setting to celebrate the couple’s love of the outdoors amidst their favorite colors of green and blue
Amy and Ben had danced around the edges of each other’s lives since childhood. Their grandfathers were best friends for over 50 years and built a camp that both Ben and Amy cherished in childhood memories, although neither went there at the same time. Finally, in the summer of 2009, Amy went “by accident” to a family wedding with her mom. “We met on a Saturday, he called me on Sunday, we had our date on Monday, and we’ve been together ever since.”
Once they made the decision to marry, they chose a date just six months away. “I liked that it was coming right up,” says Amy. They planned an outdoor wedding on his family’s blueberry farm on the coast of Maine. Not only was the venue beautiful, but the weather turned out beautiful too after a day of rain. And the day was perfect with 165 guests in attendance and their two families finally completely intertwined.
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