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realweddings.ca 21 NAthANiel Misri wAs A lAwyer who didn't believe in love at first sight – until he met Tiffany Wong, that is. e two were introduced by mutual friends at a mixer for lawyers in Calgary, the city where Nathaniel was working and Tiffany was studying law. "It was pretty apparent to me that there was something about her," he says of their first meeting. After the mixer the pair continued their conversation at a bar and exchanged phone numbers before they parted company. Within a fortnight they were on their second date. "I thought she was smart, beautiful and thoughtful, and as I got to know her better I began to appreciate her quirky personality and her unpredictability," he says. e two had lots in common. Both came from mixed family backgrounds, with Tiffany, 27, a mix of English, Métis and Chinese, and Nathaniel, 34, joking that he's "half-Indian, half-mutt." "We both like wine, baseball, good food, cooking together, jazz and travel," he notes. When he received a job offer in Vancouver a year after meeting Tiffany, Nathaniel knew he Tiffany and Nathanial melded their cultures beautifully with style and nods to tradition. 170 family and friends gathered for a Hindu ceremony held at the Stanley Park Pavillion, with the weather cooperating just in time. couldn't leave Calgary without her knowing how he felt about her and where their relationship might go. So he planned a night away at Lake Louise's Post Hotel, where, after receiving permission from her family, he planned to ask for her hand in marriage. "I scripted up the proposal, planned with hotel staff to prepare our room with a lit fire and champagne, and had an engagement ring in my pocket," he recalls. He never got to deliver the full proposal speech, because during dinner Tiffany began reflecting on their relationship, verbalizing precisely what he'd intended to say. "I'd never met anyone else that I was this close with," Tiffany told him. e hotel restaurant was quiet that night and Nathaniel knew the moment had arrived. He whipped out the ring and asked a surprised, excited Tiffany to be his wife. Almost a year later, as the wedding day dawned, the weather was refusing to cooperate and Tiffany and Nathaniel both felt anxious, even though a contingency plan was in place should the morning rain continue. "We had a four-to-five hour gap of time bookended by crappy weather," Nathaniel recalls. "en, just in time, the clouds parted and the sun came out. It was a 'this-was-meant-to-happen' kind of moment and we were so elated." It was important to Nathaniel's parents that the couple have a Hindu ceremony, while Tiffany's vision leaned toward a traditional