Finally I get to use my creative writing degree!

Picture it, London 2021 (if you get the reference, pimms on us) Emily is getting ready to travel to Devon for the weekend to look after the pets while her parents rave in Bristol at a Martin Kemp ultimate 80s night, that inevitably gets cancelled due to covid. Thinking sod it the ‘tickets are booked, I’ll go down anyway’, it leads to a 4-hour boring train ride and opening Bumble to see any new matches. Well low and behold, travelling past Torbay on the train to Plymouth leads to a profile of a man named ‘Stuart’ - some of the photos are kinda old but he looks interesting and even more so… he likes Joji. Knowing that barely anyone listens to this guy's music, Emily decides to match with Stuart and acknowledge the mutual interest but as she lives in London informs him it’s not going to happen. 

20 minutes later a message appears... ‘My name isn’t Stuart! It’s Jordan!’. StuartJordan is in Bristol for the weekend but wants to take Emily out on a date tomorrow. Emily says ‘no sorry I have no time’, and thus begins 6 weeks of constant texting, video calls and a promise for a  date in London when StuartJordan is ‘visiting some friends as I plan on moving up’. 

The date finally arrives and just Jordan, not Stuart, gets off the train in Cheam and is greeted at the station by Emily, who he immediately kisses and Emily thinks WTF bold move. Well that bold move turns into a 10 day stay in London, filled with drinks, adventure and laughter that ultimately leads into a nervous ‘do you want to be my girlfriend’ from Jordan as he is about to board the train back to Devon. From then on it was back and forth journeys to Devon and London, Emily not extending the lease on her flat, moving to Devon temporarily, one trip to Manchester for Jordan’s marathon which decides their future of moving to Salford.

6 months in and they are as happy as can be in their two bedroom flat, the inner crazy cat lady in Emily veers its head and Jordan agrees it’s time they became cat parents. Enter Rufus, a 10 week old ginger kitten that has a lot to say about everything, but Emily and Jordan always have more to say about him to literally anybody that will listen (this is still the case even though Rufus is now 3 years old). Well one cat just wasn’t enough, especially not for how playful and vocal Rufus was, so they decided on a very ditzy but loving black fluffy cat who they named Alma. 

Years went by in a flash, hard times came and went but they stayed as happy, secure and silly as when they first met. Jordan decided it was the time, now that they had bought their first home together in Manchester that he would propose on March 7th 2025. Emily said absolutely and then they decided to plan a wedding that was a reflection of themselves, and include those they love and care about the most, so that's where you come in!

We want to celebrate with you because you have contributed to who we are today!