Young love blossoms into marriage
By Nickie Reitz
Last Updated:3:49 PM EST 4/22/09 Section: Lifestyles
For one couple at Fisher, love knows no age.
Marie Choroser is a senior English education major whose been engaged since she was a teenager. She met her fiancé Bill Lakie in high school through taking a music theory class. Even though the two met in high school, they knew of each other from kindergarten because of the same bus route.
On Choroser's seventeenth birthday, Lakie gave her a ring that she had picked out. She expected the ring for her birthday, but kneeling on one knee came as a shock.
"He was so nervous, thinking I might say no. Halfway through his proposal he dropped the ring by accident and swore because we were outside and there was no moon, no lights, and we didn't have cell phones. I was laughing and crying at the same time," Choroser said.
The couple just celebrated their five and a half year anniversary, but not without a few challenges.
Some sacrifice come with getting married young. Lakie and Choroser's family in Syracuse, but she has lived in Rochester the past four years. Lakie is the vice-president of his brother's construction and Carpentry Company.
"I go home nearly every weekend - which means minimal time for me to do homework on the weekend. This then forces me to do it during the week, which means I'm constantly doing work every weekday and I'm not relaxing - ever. On top of that, I am student teaching this semester," Choroser said.
Think this bride to be hasn't made time to plan her wedding, think again.
"I am an overachieving planning freak, and I've had nearly five years to plan this," Choroser said.
Choroser has her bridesmaid and flower girl dresses chosen, and has narrowed her own dress down to four options.
As for Lakie, his groomsmen's tuxes and ring bearer tux have been selected and the groom has his tux ready for the aisle.
"All spots in the bridal party have been assigned, and I have a tentative guest list. I have picked the church, the reception place, the flowers, the cake, and the centerpieces," Choroser said.
In the future, Choroser hopes to get hired as an English teacher in Syracuse and work part time in a tutoring center.
She hopes to have a family and purchase a house with Lakie within the next four or five years. The date for Choroser and Lakie is set for Oct. 10, 2010, which should be easy enough for the couple to remember.
Marie Choroser is a senior English education major whose been engaged since she was a teenager. She met her fiancé Bill Lakie in high school through taking a music theory class. Even though the two met in high school, they knew of each other from kindergarten because of the same bus route.
On Choroser's seventeenth birthday, Lakie gave her a ring that she had picked out. She expected the ring for her birthday, but kneeling on one knee came as a shock.
"He was so nervous, thinking I might say no. Halfway through his proposal he dropped the ring by accident and swore because we were outside and there was no moon, no lights, and we didn't have cell phones. I was laughing and crying at the same time," Choroser said.
The couple just celebrated their five and a half year anniversary, but not without a few challenges.
Some sacrifice come with getting married young. Lakie and Choroser's family in Syracuse, but she has lived in Rochester the past four years. Lakie is the vice-president of his brother's construction and Carpentry Company.
"I go home nearly every weekend - which means minimal time for me to do homework on the weekend. This then forces me to do it during the week, which means I'm constantly doing work every weekday and I'm not relaxing - ever. On top of that, I am student teaching this semester," Choroser said.
Think this bride to be hasn't made time to plan her wedding, think again.
"I am an overachieving planning freak, and I've had nearly five years to plan this," Choroser said.
Choroser has her bridesmaid and flower girl dresses chosen, and has narrowed her own dress down to four options.
As for Lakie, his groomsmen's tuxes and ring bearer tux have been selected and the groom has his tux ready for the aisle.
"All spots in the bridal party have been assigned, and I have a tentative guest list. I have picked the church, the reception place, the flowers, the cake, and the centerpieces," Choroser said.
In the future, Choroser hopes to get hired as an English teacher in Syracuse and work part time in a tutoring center.
She hopes to have a family and purchase a house with Lakie within the next four or five years. The date for Choroser and Lakie is set for Oct. 10, 2010, which should be easy enough for the couple to remember.
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