Abbie's Perspective:

Going into freshman year of college, I was eager to meet new people and experience as much as possible with my newfound freedom. I tried out for the cheerleading team, and quickly met some of the best friends I've ever had! Through these friends, I met others, one of them being Drew Reynolds. Drew was my first guy friend at Wofford, and he convinced me to apply for an abroad trip during Interim, Scuba diving in Little Cayman. I love scuba diving and some clear water, so of course, I was in. When January rolled around and Interim began, I sat in the back of the classroom next to my friend Blake, and behind this cutie blonde that I'd never seen before, Field Goodlett. Being the only freshman, I was uncomfortable making friends with the girls, so I stuck with Blake and Drew throughout the trip, and so did Field. As we gathered in front of Burwell at 5 a.m. the morning after Drew's 20th birthday to head to Little Cayman, I surely looked a mess. We had way too much fun; I was still feeling the effects of our outing the night before, and Drew was playing music out loud while climbing a nearby tree. After 3 plane rides and a short bus trip, we arrived at our Little Cayman dive resort. There, we sat as a group (me still being the only girl) as the boys entertained me with their conversations every single meal. One night after a few too many Tropical Iced Teas, Field offered to buy me a drink. We kept our distance from flirting (for the most part) but not because I did not try. As we were preparing to leave our little slice of paradise and head back to Wofford, our relationship stayed just friends. A couple of months later, Field asks me on a date. Wofford is small, and I had many background checks done on this boy before Blake Kirsch and Sydney Young basically bullied me into going to dinner with him. Field picked me up from my freshman dorm in his dad's Corvette (clearly not trying to shmooze me at all) and we headed to a very fancy dinner; one that ultimately sent me RUNNING in the other direction. How was I supposed to date this boy? He was too sweet, chivalrous, and paid for an expensive meal that I barely touched. That was it, I had to friendzone him. Once I politely told him I'd like to just be friends, we continued to be function dates for our Greek life events. After more bullying from Sydney and Blake, and countless hours trying to make up my mind, we began talking -- for our older guests, I do not really know what "talking" means either. We were dating. -- Exactly 2 years after asking me to be his girlfriend (and a ridiculous amount of help from our family and friends), Field got down on one knee in my most cherished place on this earth, Bonaire. I was shocked and thrilled and all the emotions in between! I am elated to be spending forever with this man, and I am so grateful for all the people who have supported us along the way! Here's to forever, Babe! #LifeIsGoodlett - Abbie

Field's Perspective:

January of my sophomore year, I went on the trip of a lifetime. Before leaving for little Cayman, I stuck with the friends that I was already close with and I barely knew this girl named Abbie. That all changed the morning we left for the trip. It was 5 am outside of Burwell and we were all tired. However, coming down the sidewalk was Abbie, and I could tell that she was feeling herself a little bit. I was thinking to myself “who the heck is this girl?”. Throughout the trip, I got to know Abbie better and I could tell that she was special, I just never knew how special she would turn out to be. So, we get back from the trip and I had my eyes set on one woman, Abigail Connelly. We stayed friends for a while because I wanted to get to know her better before pursuing anything more than friends (I also was very scared to ask her out). Then I finally got the nerve to ask her on our first date. I tried to go all out on this date, I even stole my dad’s corvette and spent countless hours cleaning it beforehand. So, I picked her up from her dorm and we went to Halls Chop House in Greenville. I had the time of my life. This girl was outgoing, gorgeous, extremely laid back, and just all-around a wonderful person. I thought the date went extremely well! After dinner, I drop her back off at her dorm and we meet up later at the fraternity house. A few drinks later, she decides to tell me that we need to “talk tomorrow”. I was like oh man this isn’t good. I barely slept that night and then the next day she tells me that she wants to be just friends but that she still wants me to be her date to all of her sorority functions. In my head, I was like “okay this girl is confusing as shit”. Time goes on and I let Abbie do her thing, but she always would flirt with me. I thought that I had the smallest chance to reel her back in, but I was not very confident. Throughout the semester I tried every chance I could to hang out with her. I would talk to Blake Kirsch and Drew Reynolds all the time asking them “What is Abbie doing? What is Abbie thinking? Can you ask her over to y'all's room so I can hang with her without it seeming like I want to hang out with her?”. Thank god for good friends because I was too scared of this woman to be super upfront with her anymore. I would text her and she would respond half of the time, I would snapchat her and she would never respond. Little did I know that she was just not good at responding to people. On the weekends when we would hang out at Kappa Sig she would once again flirt with me. I would go back and ask Blake or Drew the next day “dude what the heck do I do?”. Finally, something must have clicked in her head because we started hanging out more and she would flirt with me outside of the fraternity house. As time goes on, I start feeling like I have made some progress towards getting myself out of the friendzone, but man was it hard. Then summer rolls around and she has nose surgery, and I came down to her house to hang out with her and keep her company. I knew that we were more than friends by this point. So on June 6th, 2019 I asked her to be my girlfriend and I have never looked back since.

I knew very early on that I loved this girl. She was something so special and I could not believe how lucky I was to be able to date her. Throughout our time as boyfriend and girlfriend I grew fonder of her by the day. From the hunting trips, to our movie dates and everything in between, there was never a day that I questioned our relationship. One day in December, I was driving my truck down to her house and the thought hit me “holy crap if I am going to propose to this girl, I have to ask her father, like soon”. From that day on I had been trying to find the right time to get Mr. Kevin alone and ask him the question. Finally, after our trip down to Florida, we were at the hunt club and we went to look at the ponds. So, I asked Mr. Kevin and their lab Lucy the question and they both said yes!

After getting the fathers approval, I could finally start looking for the perfect ring. Luckily, Abigail had been sending me tons of wedding rings, so I knew exactly what to look for. If you know me then you know I can’t lie, like AT ALL. This was one of the hardest secrets ever to keep. Every day I would look at Abbie and just think “this girl has no clue what is about to happen”. There was lots of planning that went into the proposal. From asking Mr. Kevin for permission, to asking my parents about going to Bonaire and even transporting the ring to Bonaire. Finally, we made it to Bonaire and I was dying. That first day of scuba diving was most definitely the longest day of my entire life. I would continuously look at my dive watch and think to myself “crap it’s only been two minutes”. That evening we went to go take family pictures down on the dock and Abbie and I went first. My heart was racing, I was sweating, I couldn’t think straight, and everything was moving in slow motion. Meanwhile Mrs. Abigail was drinking a beer without a care in the world. We got down to the dock and it was time to pop the question. I had never been more excited and nervous all at the same time. I had to do it as soon as possible or else I might’ve had a heart attack on the spot. I looked her in the eye and then dropped down to one knee for what felt like the longest minute of my entire life. Then Abbie looked at me and finally said YES!!! Whew, what a relief! If I could go back and do it all over again, there isn’t a thing that I would change. Through thick and thin this girl has always been by my side. I love her more than anything and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with my best friend! Here’s to forever babe, I love you!

A&F