Real Gay Engagement in Washington DC : Christina and Meigh
10 Mar
Yay for DC’s Christina and Meigh engagement session! With DC gay marriage now legal, they are planning to get married this year :) Maggie Mudd Photography sent over this sweet session, so enjoy!
Christina and I met at a mutual friend’s Stitch n’ Bitch in the beginning of 2006, but we didn’t get together until I invited her to a house party that May. The fates conspired with a whirlwind of unsuitable suitors, artfully spilled drinks and bedroom intruders (seriously, there is no way we’re going to be able to tell our kids how we got together), but we sort of accidentally ended up a couple after that night. It was kind of a surprise to both of us, I think, since neither of us were out looking to find The One. We’d both had some less than stellar past relationships, so we probably took the most glacial, completely backward route to the altar possible, with lots of conversations that went something like, “Oh, I’m not looking for anything serious, I in no way am totally in love with you, wait, what?”
Once we (finally) figured out that this was going to be a forever-type situation, we went and looked at rings together with a breezy sort of, “oh, if *someone* were going to buy me some very nice jewelry, *this ring here* would be splendid” kind of feeling. So, telling everyone but each other (seriously, *all* our friends knew we were planning to propose to each other, but they’re very good secret keepers) we each separately went out and bought a ring.


















They love the ocean and the beach, and opted for a simple, outdoor ceremony with just their nearest and dearest there to witness it. They chose to literally “tie the knot” with silken cords as part of their ceremony. Afterwards, we hopped into pedicabs for a wild and joyous ride around town. Kim and Brandy toasted their marriage with champagne while the the crowds up and down Commercial Street cheered them on.













