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Rachel Shackelford grew up in Hawai‘i, went to the University
of Hawai‘i at Manoa, and now works for the Hawai‘i Undersea
Research Lab. Raymon Orange grew up in New Zealand, got into the Point-of-Sale
business and moved to Honolulu to expand the company.
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Rachel
& Raymon were both regulars at the Wave Waikiki nightclub... except
he was always playing darts while she was always on the dancefloor,
so they went several years without crossing paths. One night, Raymon
broke from his routine and was upstairs when Rachel came in, ordered
her usual from Ivan, and began to look around. Random chance led them
to start talking... Raymon asked if Rachel was single, she said 'yes,'
he said 'are you accepting applications for suitors?' That was the best
line she had ever heard and the rest is history.
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When
Raymon first proposed the idea of marriage, Rachel thought he was joking
since he brought it up in a very nonchalant way and was thinking of
having the ceremony within a month of asking! After that, he always
joked that it was her turn since he had already asked once. As their
5 yr anniversary approached, Rachel decided that maybe he was right.
She went out and bought herself a ring, then presented it to Raymon
as they discussed their future while looking out toward the ocean from
the sunset bar of Dave & Busters.
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