{"id":78599,"date":"2023-01-25T09:53:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T14:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/?p=78599"},"modified":"2023-01-25T09:53:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T14:53:36","slug":"from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"From OkCupid to a sunrise mountain wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mateo and Cody first met online on OkCupid in 2014. &#8220;Cody messaged me because he liked the shirt I was wearing in my profile picture,&#8221; says Mateo. &#8220;I quickly responded with &#8216;thanks, but it&#8217;s my roommate&#8217;s shirt.&#8217; It was a tank top with cats all over it. We chatted for a few months and finally decided to meet the following summer. We&#8217;ve been together ever since!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-5.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"gold wedding rings for mountain wedding\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"gold wedding rings for mountain wedding\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78604\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-5.jpg\" alt=\"two gold men's wedding bands\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-5-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-5-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-5-585x390.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p><div class=\"adsanity-rotating-ads ad-aligncenter\" data-ids=\"81704,81705\" data-timer=\"10\" data-align=\"aligncenter\" data-max-width=\"0\">\n<div id=\"ad-81704\" class=\"ad-840x90 adsanity-840x90 aligncenter adsanity-aligncenter\"\n><div class=\"adsanity-inner\"><iframe scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/adsanity-ad\/81704\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Six years later, after a snowstorm derailed his original plan, Mateo proposed the Cody by waterfalls on the Potomac River. &#8220;I pretended to take a picture of Cody with the waterfalls in the background, but really I was filming his reaction,&#8221; says Mateo. &#8220;It was just the two of us in this park. It was such a special moment. I had hurt my knee a few days before hiking in Virginia and so I couldn&#8217;t get down on my knee, but he was completely surprised, which just made the moment even better. He quickly said yes. That night we were staying at an Airbnb in Durham, North Carolina. We celebrated with some champagne, calling our closest friends to tell them the news, and watching The Nutty Professor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-29.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-29\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-29\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78628\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-29.jpg 801w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-29-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-29-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-29-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-29-585x876.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/category\/engagement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more LGBTQ+ proposal stories.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-15.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"mountain wedding\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"mountain wedding\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78614\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-15.jpg\" alt=\"two men in love smiling and laughing in a mountain field\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-15.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-15-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-15-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-15-585x390.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-9.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"mountain wedding\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"mountain wedding\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78608\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-9.jpg\" alt=\"two men lean into either other on the top of a mountain\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-9.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-9-585x390.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For their mountain wedding in the fall of 2022, the Greenville, S.C.\u2013based grooms chose Bald Rock, a mountain overlook in South Carolina. It was just the two of them plus their photographer, D. Hayman Photography, who photographed them by the pool at Hotel Domestique and on the mountain.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-23.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-23\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-23\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78622\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-23.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-23-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-23-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-23-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/from-okcupid-to-a-sunrise-mountain-wedding-equally-wed-23-585x390.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These sweet lovers share even more about their relationship. 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