After preschool promise, Phoenix couple marries 20 years later

PHOENIX — With school comes much peer pressure, and not many students have the courage to declare in front of their class they had found their soulmate.

Luckily in preschool, kids are more forgiving.

According to Today, Matt Grodsky, 3, stood up in front of his Phoenix preschool class to announce he would marry his classmate, Laura Scheel, one day.

Fast forward to Dec. 30, 2016, that’s exactly what he did.

"Laura and I met in preschool. One of my very first memories is of being 3 years old and standing up in front of my pre-school class, declaring that I would marry her someday. As kids, Laura taught me how to ride the swings, draw rolling hills, and the 'right way' to properly eat string cheese. We have fond memories of playing hide-and-go-seek, chasing after each other on the playground, and mischievously staying up during nap time. I was enamored with Laura as a child, and I still am to this day. Eventually, we lost touch upon entering our Elementary School days and for the next seven years, our family's annual Christmas cards was the only way we ever saw each other's faces. It wasn't until High School that we reconnected by happenstance through a mutual friend. Within two weeks, we decided to be boyfriend and girlfriend. We continued to date through out all of High School, even though we went to different schools. We even stuck together long-distance while attending colleges in different states. We remained a resilient couple until May 23rd, 2015 when I decided to stay true to my preschool pledge and make Laura my wife. I proposed to her at the place it all began… our preschool classroom."

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They feel out of touch when they attended different elementary schools but got back together in high school. This time, going to different schools didn’t stop them.

Grodsky proposed after each of their junior years in college.

Eventually, Scheel said yes.

The two got engaged in front of their old preschool in 2015.

Love will find a way.

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