Meet the couples competing for TODAY’s wedding

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   >>> our

   special series "today's wedding: modern love ." this morning we'll reveal our finalists competing for the opportunity to get married live on our show.

   >> hundreds of videos and applications, we've narrowed it down to four couples. here are their stories. what i want you've got that might be hard to handle

   >>> we met at college training in 1989 , just graduated high school , introduced to each other. i thought he was cute.

   >> i just remember seeing her and i was sold.

   >> we department actually start dating until our junior year of college. it was at that time we became serious. you make my dreams come true

   >> we did have a breakup for about eight to ten months. he did move back to long island and it was at that time that i realized i couldn't be without him. ready, babe?

   >> ready.

   >> let's go.

   >> we're excited to wake up with each other every day. we want our lives together. every day is something new and interesting. magic, magic, magic

   >> it's something that you feel. there's something missing when you're not with me. when we're together people like to be around us. you're the one.

   >> thanks.

   >> not a guess. i know.

   >> you're doing great, babe. keep up the good work. whenever we go some place, it's a comfort that you get knowing that your best friend is next to you.

   >>> good morning, "today" show. i thought i would skype you so you could see how my fiancee and i communicate on a daily basis.

   >> hi, i'm melissa.

   >> i'm in the united states air force . we met in 2007 and i proposed to her when i returned from iraq in 2008 . we were at a choir performance our senior year of high school . i was new to the school.

   >> i was very shy in high school .

   >> she was the prettiest girl in the room. i had to get to know her. after several long months of begging and pleading she finally agreed to go out on a date. i see her as the most wonderful girl in the world. she'll still sit down and have a nice day on skype with me. is it hot there today?

   >> no, not as bad. oh, my gosh, you look so pretty. thank you. he would send me flowers from afghanistan and do all these special things for me. to make me still feel special.

   >> have a good night, sweetheart. miss you.

   >> he comes home from afghanistan in september.

   >> i'm getting married, icing on the cake . i love her with all my heart and she deserves the very best. i would love to surprise her with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

   >> i'm marcus allen . we actually met at a cvs.

   >> now i don't want to plan a wedding and he doesn't want to plan a wedding, so we need you to mrplan our wedding and the honeymoon.

   >> i went into cvs looking for directions and i call him my traveling superman because he comes out, i know where that is.

   >> i gave her a business card and said, you have to let me ta take you to lunch. she said, no, you call me.

   >> i invited him at church. you know what, we should go to lunch.

   >> about six months into it i knew that this would be the person i would want to marry.

   >> big old boy. every once in a while he'll look up, you don't want to date me.

   >> one of the quirky things i love is her laugh. her laugh is infectious. i think one of the big advantages that makes us work well as a couple is that i'm her number one fan and i think she is my number one fan.

   >> you see, you don't know?

   >> i know she's my number one fan. we make each other happy and we just can't lose let me know take a chance if you have no place to go

   >> we're trying to achieve the goal of our lives, have the wedding of our dreams.

   >> "today" show, we are your next couple. we've been together now for nearly four years. i came to mississippi on a scholarship.

   >> we both had to take anatomy class and were study partners. i would call him my best friend .

   >> she tried to teach me yoga. doesn't work. i tried to teach her soccer. doesn't work.

   >> i always thought i'd marry a catholic boy . i got the catholic part but not italian. it's been a huge blessing i got to meet him and the fact he's from another country, we learn so much and gain perspective. he always has a different way of looking at things. i have been to ireland twice.

   >> she fits in with my family like a glove. she's definitely the one. we have our eyes on the prize . love, love got to have something to keep us together love, love that's enough for me

   >> am i glad i don't have to make the choice. they are four terrific couples.

   >> we have zero to do with this. it's up to our viewers. they're such nice people. do they have any idea marriage wise, letting our viewers do all the selections.

   >> they do pretty well, our viewers.

   >> we have a good track record. vote for your favorite couple. head to our website todayshow.com. you can also text your choice to 622639. that is one for lauren and greg, two for melissa and jeremy, three for shakira and marcus or four for genevieve and david. you have until 1:00 p.m . eastern time tomorrow to cast your vote.

   >> you can vote on your facebook page. the biggest social network in the world. a lot of these were posted on facebook.

   >> to follow the wedding process you have to click like us. you have to like us. hopefully that's not too hard for you. your comments and votes and we'll reveal the winning couple live on wednesday.

   >> and then we start right off with the selections. it goes crazy. it's a very fast process this year.

   >> rings, cake, all of it.

   >> orientation at school, the drugstore, and that one couple, the one kid who thought he never had a chance. he kept trying and trying.

   >> that's that kid from afghanistan . you don't have a chance.

   >> we'll find out more about it. we're back in a moment.

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