Alexey first met Rebecca as a newly minted MIT graduate, age twenty one. As he made his way through graduate school at MIT, he also embarked on a multi-year effort to convince Rebecca to take him seriously. Evidently it succeeded.
Rebecca doesn't remember first meeting Alexey. He was just another of the brilliant young nerds around MIT. But as he became first her office mate, then best friend, then constant companion ... she found she couldn't live without him.
The Emerson Inn by the Sea, in Rockport, Massachusetts, is Cape Ann’s only historic grand hotel. It was chosen for its grand foyer and high-class dining room, its pleasant ocean views, and the assistance of a friendly wedding coordinator, Melissa. The elegance of its blue and cream decor will be the backdrop for the wedding.
Our families are the reason why all this is happening. The bride is not the sort of girl who dreamed of her wedding day all her life — she's more the sort to wish to elope to avoid all the party planning headaches.
However, both the bride and the groom like their families very much, and want them to meet and spend time together. A wedding is merging two families as well as two people. Just as funerals are really for the survivors, graduations really for the parents, weddings are really for the families.