Your Bristol & Somerset Wedding - Feb/Mar 2020 (Issue 75)

REAL WEDDINGS 31  A fter meeting at university, Georgie and Matt were friends for a year before sparks started to fly. Georgie tells us, “The more time we spent together, the more we realised we had the same values, morals and sense of humour.” It was when her best friend told Matt on a night out that Georgie had feelings for him that their relationship turned into something more. Their friendship was clearly a great basis to start from, as it wasn’t long before Matt was plucking up the courage to pop the question. “For my birthday treat, he arranged for us to go for dinner and see a show in Bristol, followed by a stay at Hotel du Vin,” Georgie says. “It was raining when we got to our room, so I couldn’t understand why Matt was trying to get me to come outside on the balcony.” Little did she know, there was a bottle of champagne, a huge bouquet of flowers and a very nervous man surrounded by fairylights waiting for her. “I didn’t want to get my hopes up,” Georgie smiles. “Luckily for me, he proceeded to get a wet knee and asked me to marry him.” They decided to spread the celebrations out over the 22 nd and 23 rd March, 2019. We got all the details from Georgie…