Doreen & Marlone’s Retro-Inspired Pre-Wedding Shoot is The Epitome of Cool and Creative

Stunning!

Yes, vintage glam never goes out of style. If you’re looking for elements to add to your engagement shoot, don’t hesitate to look to the past. Doreen, a fine artist and former Miss Nkumba Universit, and Marlone, a software engineer, did just that for their pre-wedding shoot, and we’re in love.

The couple got engaged on 25th July 2020. See their story here in case you missed it.

How they met

I met Doreen at YES library. I was immediately blown away; she was so kind, considerate, good-looking, and had a deep love for God. Our paths did not cross often but after some time, her little brother and I became friends. This sounded like a perfect idea! I thought it was a good opportunity for me to get to know her more and then sweep her off her feet, right? Well, things didn’t go as planned – she was young and uninterested in me.

One day I ran into her, she and her cousins were on their way back home from the library. My heart started pumping fast 😛. I said hi and walked them back home. I was nervous because I knew she didn’t like me at all. On our way, I got a chance and finally got the word out.

“Doreen you are beautiful I want to be your friend – no bad intentions, ” I said. After a moment of reflection, she said that she doesn’t make friends with strange men. Whoa, it was heartbreaking for me but I didn’t give up! I continued pursuing her. After some time, I stumbled upon her Facebook account, which I sent a message to in an instant. Guess what? She blocked me immediately. Kaboom! Bad idea again.

At this point, I felt so bad and didn’t know what to do next. But, I didn’t stop being good to her and saying hi whenever I got a chance to. I was convinced that she had a ‘badass’ man in her life because every little effort on my part turned futile. She wanted me to give up!

We met again when she had become Miss Nkumba university. This time it was even worse – she felt so sweet like she had never seen me before. I kept checking on her trying to declare my love for her but again she answered that she could only have me as friend, nothing more!

To cut this short, I won’t say what happened next but one lucky evening I received a message from one of her close friends that read “Doreen thinks you are a good person and she likes you.” How could that be? I couldn’t believe it. There was only one thing to do – go to the source.

The next day I asked Doreen if she could join me for lunch. She didn’t hesitate to say yes. After lunch ,we grabbed a drink at the beach which was an opportune time for me to shoot my shot again.

“So I have a question,” I said. “I remember the last time we talked you said you didn’t see a future between us. Has anything changed?” She paused, looked down, then smiled at me and said, “Yes.” When I asked her what had changed she said that once I ceased trying to impress her, she got the opportunity to know who I was. Still stunned, I asked her out on another date and things went on well.