New York Daily News

Lauren Labozzetta & Brandon Yasgur

- Alison Bowen

Manhattan. Lauren and Brandon’s wedding was filled with people who have known them since they were teenagers.

The high school sweetheart­s met in grade school, near where they grew up in Armonk, N.Y. “He always had a little crush on me,” Lauren says. She eventually reciprocat­ed his feelings, and the two started dating in 2001.

They went to the same college, Indiana University in Bloomingto­n, where Brandon transferre­d his sophomore year so they could be together.

The pair also spent a semester abroad in Florence, studying Italian culture and the language.

“We basically did everything together,” says Lauren, 26, who works in sales for an interior design company.

Then they moved back to New York City, where they now live in Sutton Place.

Brandon, 26, a real estate property manager, proposed in December 2010 at Cosi in their hometown — the same sandwich shop where they’d had their first date.

“This is where it all began,” he told her before popping the question.

They were married on the weekend of their 10-year anniversar­y at the Pierre.

“We always wanted a Manhattan wedding,” Lauren says.

Another wish was to take photos in Central Park, where they sneaked in a few pictures by the skating rink.

The wedding was decorated in colors of pink, ivory and gold, and for their first dance, they swayed to “When You Say Nothing at All,” by Ronan Keating.

“It was special because our families have now known us since we were 16,” Lauren says. “It was really an amazing night and day.”

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