Rowen and Bianca Solomon sign their marriage license, marking the beginning of their journey together. (Supplied/Brahman Hills)

For centuries, aristocrats in ancient civilisations such as Rome, Greece, and China held elaborate weddings to display their wealth and status. Today, celebrity culture and media influence continue to make lavish weddings aspirational.

The rise of wedding planners, destination weddings, and reality TV has further fuelled this trend, often turning these celebrations into grand productions and making many couples feel pressure to go all out.

But one couple chose a different path, one that was intimate, deeply personal, and profoundly meaningful.

With just 24 guests in attendance, Rowen and Bianca Solomon proved that love isn’t about the number of guests in attendance but about the people who truly matter.

The love story of this remarkable couple began in kindergarten at just four years old. Years later, they reconnected while volunteering at church, and their bond was instant.

“We just clicked from the get-go,” Bianca recalls.

“It was always a comfortable, ‘this feels right’ environment when we were together.”  So right, in fact, that Rowen popped the question just a month into dating – at the tender age of…