Love Stories date at the Allwood Theater to see The Naked Bomb. “His uncle had a jewelry store and we went to go “The movies are always a safe date,” laughed Dawn. check out rings,” she recalled. “I was holding on to a “We just hit it off right away, bonding over many things. diamond with tweezers and I squeezed it and it just goes We were both born on April 29. Same birthday, but difping and flies across the room.” ferent hospitals.” The actually presentation didn’t go down as smoothThough Kim and Jim ly as Emil had envisioned never clicked, the other in his head. “We were couple shared immediate engaged in the bathroom,” chemistry and continued laughed Dawn. Emil had to see each other through stuffed the ring at the botyear’s end before Dawn tom of a pair of Candies cut ties with Emil. shoes he bought for his “Everything was fine girlfriend. Unfortunately, until she broke up with Dawn had no interest in the me,” laughed Emil. It was shoes, and became upset simply at matter of practiwhen Emil kept attempting cality. As a child, Dawn to get her to try them on would spend summers in before finally finding the Connecticut with her prize at the bottom. Previous page the Ihle family, from left Melissa, Christina, grandparents. With so The wedding was held Dawn and Emil. Above, the couple in the CHS yearbook much distance between on Oct. 19, 1988—the them and no facebook or shared half birthday for cell phone to keep up on communication, she made the both Emil and Dawn—with the reception at The Fiesta on choice to break things off for the summer. 17. “We wanted surf and turf,” she explained, adding that “I called him as soon as I got back home!” added Emil may have spent more time eating than socializing. Dawn. This time, the relationship would last. The senThe Ihles now reside in the home that Emil grew up iors dated throughout the their final year at CHS, being in after his parents moved to Clifton from Palisades crowned Class Couple. They continued to see each Park in 1977. other in college, with Emil attending FDU and Dawn at They have two children who also happen to be the Capri Institute. Marching Mustang Alum: Melissa, a 2009 grad, and “He wanted to get serious before I did,” laughed Christina, who graduated in June 2011. “Our kids going Dawn, who now works at Valley National Bank. to CHS was a no brainer for us since we went there,” he When it finally came time to propose, it didn’t go explained. “I married my best friend,” explained Emil. smoothly for either party. “High school sweethearts can last.”
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