‘He Was in Front of Our Fireplace on One Knee and Said, ‘I Love You’

BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times WHITNEY AND MICHAEL NALLS Live: Fairfield Married: Aug. 19, 2019 Met: Feb. 10, 2016, at the 3000 Bar on the Southside. Whitney was out for a drink with some friends when she noticed Micheal and his friend occupying her favorite spot at the bar. Michael said he was trying to light his cigar when Whitney approached. “I used to sit there all the time with my line sisters so I was a little agitated and I can be a little rude,” she laughed. “I was just trying to get to the bar to get a drink and [I saw he was having trouble with the cigar] and I said, ‘You don’t even know what you’re doing, you haven’t even cut the cigar. Can I order a drink while you figure that out?’ Michael thought I was trying to flirt but I wasn’t,” Whitney said. “…that made me laugh and I asked her name, and we went into a conversation. She says she wasn’t trying to flirt but she gave me her number,” Michael recalled. A few days later, Michael called Whitney to wish her a happy Valentine’s Day and asked her...