B.I.O.: Peas Be Mine

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SHE TELLS PEOPLE that their first encounter was at a wine tasting, but the truth is Jen Schuett and Paul Vaca met at a Georgetown University event known as Security — "a nerdy game similar to Model U.N.," Jen says. "We were both on Team Poland. He likes to explain the details of the event and our team strategy when people ask how we met." Their first date: canvassing for Barack Obama on U Street.

Paul's proposal took an unexpected turn when Jen twisted her ankle 20 minutes before the romantic evening he'd planned was to begin. He switched gears and brought dinner, wine and champagne to Jen's place, "where I found her lying in bed, icing her foot with a bag of peas." And there he popped the question. "It wasn't what I had planned, but she said yes!"

Jen, 25, is a graduate student. Paul, 28, is a foreign service officer. They live in D.C. and will marry Nov. 21.

Written by Express contributor Rachel Kaufman