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FEBRUARY 18, 2025
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER – SO ARE WEDDING TATTOOS
Riley Bodley, Trystan Riley put personal details into their wedding BY DENISE LANA DECORAH LEADER STAFF WRITER
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hen fresh-faced elementary school teacher Riley Bodley met Trystan Riley at Goodfella’s Bar in early 2021, she knew it was the beginning of something special. “I had a really good feeling, and when I found out his last name was Riley, I made a joke,” Riley said. “We began talking, and I said, ‘If we got married, I would be Riley Riley!’” Trystan asked her to dinner the very next day, and Riley was smitten from that day forward. The relationship between the two 23-year-olds blossomed over the next two years. In late 2022, Trystan visited Elliott Jewelers to find an extra special jewel for his special jewel. Riley explained Trystan didn’t want to propose in an over the top
way and, unbeknownst to her, he carried the ring in his pocket for several months whenever the two were together so he would be prepared to spontaneously pop the question, should the moment arise. And eventually, it did. “We were out driving around, one random night — nothing planned. My grandparents have these woods I just love. I spent a lot of time there as a kid, and it’s just a spot that is really special to me,” said Riley. “He was like, ‘Can we go to the woods?’ And I was like ‘sure,’ and he proposed to me there. We hope to build a house there someday.” That was in January of 2023, and
Bodley Riley wedding continued on B-5
Clockwise from top- The newly married couple stroll along bluffs at their wedding site in Dorchester; An intimate moment shared; Mr. and Mrs. Riley with their four-legged ringbearers, Boog and Dale; Husband and wife show off freshly-inked initials on one another’s fingers above their wedding rings.
PHOTOS BY KEELA JO PHOTO