To All the Boys I Loved BeforeIRL: Woman Gave Out 5 Love Letters, 1 Recipient Became Her Husband (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Meg Sunga; Lamar Waterman and Meg Sunga.Photo:Courtesy of Meg Sunga; Nathalie Gaines ofEpiphany Image Photography

Courtesy of Meg Sunga; Nathalie Gaines ofEpiphany Image Photography

A couple had a meet-cute thatJenny Hanwould approve of.

Shortly after rom-comTo All the Boys I Loved Beforereleased on Netflix in August 2018, Meg Sunga headed toCamp No Counselors, an adult summer camp where she was working as a “non-counselor.” For a “Netflix and Chill” costume party over Labor Day weekend, she dressed up asTATBILB’s protagonist,Lara Jean Song Covey(Lana Condor), but never expected the character to kickstart her own love story.

InTATBILB, Lara Jean writes secret love letters to her past crushes but never sends them. One day, her letters are mysteriously mailed out, including toher future love interestPeter Kavinsky(Noah Centineo). In honor of the movie, which is based off of Han’s novel, Sunga decided to create five fake love letters and give them to five campers.

Meg Sunga.Courtesy of Meg Sunga

Courtesy of Meg Sunga

“I chose mostly at random but also wanted to give letters to people I thought were fun and having a good time,” Sunga tells PEOPLE.

The first-time camper “had no idea” that one of her letter recipients, Lamar Waterman, wouldbecome her husbandsix years later.

Meg Sunga at the camp costume party.Courtesy of Meg Sunga

Sunga handed Waterman a purple envelope with his name on it. Inside was a banana-shaped card from Target that read, “You’re SWEET!” on one side, and a message to Waterman on the other.

“I don’t know if I wrote the same thing on all the cards but on Lamar’s (which he still has) it said, ‘My camp crush. XO, Meg,’ " Sunga says.

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Meg Sunga and Lamar Waterman.Nathalie Gaines ofEpiphany Image Photography

Nathalie Gaines ofEpiphany Image Photography

A week after camp, Sunga and Waterman went on their first date on Sept. 8, 2018, at Universal Studios. The following month on Oct. 18, 2018, the pair officially became girlfriend and boyfriend. Four years later, Waterman popped the question on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2022.

Sunga, now 35, and Waterman, now 40, married on Aug. 30, 2024, atThe Black Barnin Orlando, Florida. Of course, they includedTATBILBdetails in their big day.

“A letter (postcard) from me to Lamar was displayed on our gift table. A month or so after our first date, I went to work at another camp weekend. Lamar and I had only been dating a few weeks but I already knew there was something different about him and our relationship,” Sunga explains. “Every camp has custom postcards … This time I wrote Lamar a real letter sharing how much I appreciated him, how grateful I was to have met him, and how excited I was to see where this relationship was going. "

Meg Sunga and Lamar Waterman’s wedding decorations.Meg Sunga’s letter to Lamar Waterman on display at their wedding.Meg Sunga and Lamar Waterman’s wedding decorations.PHOTO:Nathalie Gaines ofEpiphany Image PhotographyMeg Sunga’s letter to Lamar Waterman on display at their wedding.PHOTO:Nathalie Gaines ofEpiphany Image Photography

Meg Sunga and Lamar Waterman’s wedding decorations.Meg Sunga’s letter to Lamar Waterman on display at their wedding.

Meg Sunga and Lamar Waterman’s wedding decorations.

Meg Sunga’s letter to Lamar Waterman on display at their wedding.

Meg Sunga and Lamar Waterman’s wedding decorations.PHOTO:Nathalie Gaines ofEpiphany Image PhotographyMeg Sunga’s letter to Lamar Waterman on display at their wedding.PHOTO:Nathalie Gaines ofEpiphany Image Photography

“You could tell I was trying to keep it cool but I really was just so giddy,” she continues. “He got to read it a year later on our one year anniversary.”

Groomsman Andrew Lock, Waterman’s best friend, was another one of the fake letter recipients from summer camp.

Sunga felt a connection to theTATBILBmovies and book series “almost instantly” because she enjoyed its romance and high school nostalgia. She also personally connected with Lara Jean because her mother died too and she is Asian American.

Lamar Waterman and Meg Sunga.Nathalie Gaines ofEpiphany Image Photography

“I really loved that the heroine was an Asian American girl like me. Growing up in the ’90s/early 2000s as an Asian American girl in Kansas, not only was I one of the few Asian girls in my school but there wasn’t a lot of pop culture representation with an Asian female main character,” Sunga says. “There was something about watching Lara Jean get Peter Kavinsky in the end that felt healing for me.”

source: people.com