You know that married couple that has been with each other so long they finish each other’s… sentences? Well, that is exactly what Mike Hollis and David Lee will be after their wedding this month. The St. Petersburg couple has been together for seven and half years. They feel like they’re already united as one even before they say “I do”.
“We don’t yell at each other, we don’t call each other names,” Hollis says. “We agreed not to do that when we met.”
Mike, who works for Humana Healthcare, and David, who works for St. Petersburg College, met at one of David’s Christian concerts.
“He shows up and we didn’t know it, but we were both sort of seeing the same guy,” David says. “So he shows up with this guy that I also invited.”
Mike and David got drinks after David’s band finshed playing. From that point, their friendship started to grow. And while Mike was new to town and just looking for friends, it didn’t stay like that for long.
“David knew everybody in town, and I knew nobody,” Mike laughs. “All I was looking for was some friends. But he pursued me.”
Seven and half years later, they say they couldn’t be happier.
“Besides being extremely good looking, his ability to make people feel comfortable and make them feel valued is one of his best gifts,” David says. “And everyone you meet will say how nice he is.”
Both Mike and David have deeply rooted faith, and they plan to marry at their church to acknowledge the importance of their spirituality.
“I grew up a Pentecostal preacher’s son in Oklahoma,” David says. “I figured out growing up that there’s a big difference between religion and spirituality, and while I still hold the values that I was taught, I believe that it’s a spiritual thing and not just a set of rules to live by.”
The wedding, which will be held at King of Peace MCC, will feature spiritual songs and a tropical theme. The reception will also be at the church.
“It’s going to be pretty traditional, except we are going to walk down the aisle holding hands together and we’re going to have people doing a few different things,” Mike says.
In October, they are going on a cruise for their honeymoon to the Dominican Republic and then Turks and Caicos. They’ve never been on a cruise, so they are excited. They have invited family and friends to join tham.
David recounted the story of how he proposed to Mike, saying he would never forget that day:
“It came about in the spur of the moment,” David says. “We were sitting here on our lanai having lunch with a friend of ours. I just decided that it was time for us to get married, so I went out to the yard, picked out a bamboo leaf, made a ring out of it and came back in. They’re looking at me like ‘what are you doing?’ I got on one knee and proposed to him, and he said ‘Yes.’”
And in their fashion, Mike finished David’s sentence with: “I still have that ring, and I’ll have that forever.”
YEARS TOGETHER
7.5 years
ENGAGEMENT DATE
December 11, 2014
WEDDING DATE
June 20, 2015
WEDDING VENUE
King of Peace MCC, St. Petersburg, FL
WEDDING PLANNER
They are planning their wedding.
WEDDING CATERER
Mindy Conlin
WEDDING THEME/COLORS
Tropical themed, with tropical colors.
INTERESTING FACT
In their seven and half years together, they’ve never had a fight.
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