iDO couple profile: Ryan & Ashley (Diemer) Ladd

Thursday, June 30, 2016

How they fell in love: We met in fifth grade on the playground. It was Popsicle day and I was sitting on one side of a bench with Ryan on the other. He noticed I had dropped my Popsicle and asked if I wanted his. I followed my mother's advice never to take food from strangers, but we continued talking and became best friends. Later, after five years of dating, Ryan took me back to the spot we met, the bench outside our middle school. He got down on one knee and promised a lifetime full of love, happiness and laughter.

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