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COUPLES SHARE KEY INGREDIENTS TO LONG-LASTING RELATIONSHIPS
BY Ariana Brasman PHOTOGRAPHY BY Elise Engle
YOEL LAPSCHER AND GIRLFRIEND SAMANTHA STREITMAN HAVE BEEN DATING ALMOST THREE YEARS.
To celebrate their second year of dating, Ashley Reynolds and Chris Cerjan spent their anniversary in the same place where they shared their first kiss and had their first official date. Cerjan, a 22-yearold University of Florida student earning his master's in international business, took his longtime girlfriend to Savannah, Georgia, last March. After touring the town, they went to Tybee Island, where Cerjan wanted to give Reynolds a meaningful gift. He gave her a lavalier, which is a necklace engraved with his fraternity letters on it.
In Greek life, it’s considered a historic thing, Reynolds explained. The lavaliere represents that Cerjan is placing Reynolds above his fraternity. In other words, the lavaliere symbolizes that she is the most important thing in his life. According to Caitlin DeLuca, who wrote “Bringing Back Greek Traditions: Lavalier Edition,” a lavalier is a sign of a long-term commitment and can even be considered a pre-engagement occurrence. The necklace is a sign that the couple is so devoted to one another
that they will probably end up getting married. In Reynolds and Cerjan’s case, this turned out to be true. This March, after three years of dating, Cerjan proposed to Reynolds, and she said, “Yes!” Now as a graduating senior, her dream has come true. “My expectation was, 'I’m going to come to college and find my husband since my parents were high school sweethearts,'” Reynolds said.
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