When Stacia Price and Greg Roberts first met on match.com in October of 2014, they had no idea that their long-awaited wedding would take place almost a decade later – solidifying a longstanding connection and transforming their lives forever. Both Stacia and Greg grew up in California (Stacia in Redlands and Greg in Woodland Hills), where they continue to live and work, but the couple’s love of travel means that the ten years they have spent together have found them exploring a multitude of countries and chasing adventure whenever possible.
In fact, their proposal took place abroad – on a multi-country trip to Oktoberfest in October of 2023. Many years prior, Stacia had told Greg that if he were to propose, she would want to be completely taken by surprise. Taking that to heart, Greg had initially planned a surprise proposal at the Neusch-wanstein castle in Bavaria, Germany, complete with a carefully placed bystander to record the moment and a perfect, fairytale lo-cation. Unfortunately, Stacia, who had just had emergency hip surgery a few weeks prior, was distracted and misunderstood Greg’s careful directions which were meant to lead her to the site of the proposal. By the time she finally met up with him, it was time for them to leave the castle, and Greg wasn’t able to follow through with his proposal plans.
Still wanting to propose, Greg had to rethink his plans and, two days before the trip’s end, he found the perfect opportunity. The couple was eating and laughing together at a quiet restaurant at the Julius hotel in Prague when Greg pulled out a ring, told Stacia that he had been planning to pro-pose all during the trip and couldn’t wait any longer to ask her to marry him.
Their wedding took place on July 3, 2024 at the Carlsbad windmill in Carlsbad, California. At the reception, a travel theme incorporating the couple’s many international adventures was shown at each table, which represented a different country, and through room decor and music.
After dinner, in lieu of typical wedding festivities, they hosted a game in which the couple answered questions about each other and their relationship. The activity was led by Stacia’s cousin, Christi. The guests, who were close family and friends, watched eagerly as Stacia and Greg sat in front of them in chairs that were back to back. Each was facing guests, but they could not see each other’s responses. Christi asked Stacia to remove her right shoe and hand it to Greg. She then asked Greg to remove his left shoe and to give it to Stacia. They were to raise either his or her shoe in answer to the questions.
Christi asked several questions such as, “Who is the better cook?” and each raised his or her own shoe to indicate who was. The guests were delighted to see how they both agreed on almost all of the answers.
The last question was, “Who is the most romantic of the pair?” Stacia raised her own shoe and Greg also raised her shoe.
Currently, Greg is a Corporate Director of Sales for Excel Hotel Group in San Diego, and Stacia works for a private dermatologist in Redlands. We wish the couple all the best in their future together, and hope that they can continue to travel the world and seek adventure wherever possible!
By Gigi Appelbaum-Schwartz
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