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"More nuptial news from Boy Meets World alumni!\r\nRider Strong is engaged to girlfriend Alexandra Barreto, the actor&amp;apos;s rep confirms to Us Weekly. The 33-year-old star -- who played Shawn Hunter on the&amp;apos;90s teen sitcom -- proposed on Sunday, Dec. 23, and the couple shared a sweet, smoochy pic with Us.\r\n\r\nUPDATE: Strong proposed while Baretto&amp;apos;s parents were visiting for the holidays, and shared his romantic proposal story with Us. &amp;quot;I took her for a walk under the redwoods on the property where I grew up in Northern California,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It was pouring rain, but it didn&amp;apos;t look like it was going to stop anytime soon, so I just decided to go for it.&amp;quot;\r\nAnd Strong designed and created his future wife&amp;apos;s engagement ring himself. &amp;quot;I spent weeks making the ring in secret. I found an old-school jeweler who works out of his basement in Echo Park and asked him to teach me how to do a lost wax casting,&amp;quot; the explained to Us. &amp;quot;My brother and I write together at his loft in downtown L.A., so I was able to set up a workspace there. I carved the ring out of wax, and then cast it in white gold. I had my dad make a wooden ring box for me. My dad made my mom&amp;apos;s ring, so I was following in his footsteps.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nStrong met Barreto on the defunct TV series Pepper Dennis, and they also worked together on a Barack Obama presidential campaign video.\r\n\r\nThe sitcom star was back in the news recently with news of Girls Meets World -- an upcoming Boy Meets World spinoff series starring Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel,  which will focus on characters Cory and Topanga&amp;apos;s 13-year-old daughter, Riley.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;At this point, I have no official involvement in Girl Meets World,&amp;quot; Strong said recently. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s the next generation. And I, for one, can&amp;apos;t wait to see it evolve.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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