Alex Drummond and Mauricio Scott have been married for more than four years now, but the start of their love story goes all the way back to their college days at Texas A&M University.
During a recent Instagram Q&A, Alex was asked how she and Mauricio met, and she happily shared the details, along with a throwback photo from their early days. "In college through mutual friends!" she wrote. "We were friends for over a year before we dated."
The picture she posted was from 2016, when they were still "just friends." Alex explained that she took Mauricio to a date party for her sorority, and that night ended up being a turning point. "This was the night I kinda started to have a crush on him and I knew we would probably date at some point," she admitted.
The two can't actually pinpoint the exact moment they met, since they spent so much time in the same friend group freshman year. But whether or not they remember the handshake or hello that started it all, they do remember their first official date...and it's a super sweet one!
Mauricio went all out: He picked Alex up from the Tri Delt house (where all her friends were waiting to scope him out and even filming the moment he arrived). Then, he drove her to Brenham, Texas, a small town about 30 minutes from campus. They had dinner at a Mexican restaurant, grabbed dessert at a milkshake shop, and even went stargazing in a pasture before heading home.
From there, things moved out of the friend zone for good. Alex and Mauricio dated through the rest of college, got engaged in 2020, and tied the knot in a gorgeous Oklahoma wedding in May 2021 surrounded by family, friends, and plenty of flowers.
Looking back now, that date party in 2016 may have been the night Alex first realized Mauricio was "the one." As for Mauricio, he probably knew he'd scored when she invited him along in the first place!
