congratulations goes to…

Mrs. and Mrs. Lakesha and Nikia Allen

Meeting your forever at an in-home screening for the Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana fight may sound unlikely, but that’s exactly what happened to Lakesha Allen and Nikia Hughley of Atlanta. The chance meeting turned into a committed five-year relationship, kicked off with a date at Café Intermezzo.

“When I decided to finally pop the question, I knew more than anything I wanted her to be my forever,” Allen says. “I had finally narrowed down when and how I wanted to propose and I knew I wanted it to be intimate and not cliché.” The proposal saw Allen decorate the couple’s home with a dozen roses for each year they had been together—each bouquet included a special note explaining her feelings. The feelings were clearly mutual; Hughley gave a tearful “yes!” after the pair danced to “Love Ballad” by L.T.D. Then the two set about planning their wedding for March 20, 2020.

Intimacy had always been important in the relationship, and that extended to the ceremony which included only an officiant and their mothers. While they had initially planned