In 2026 Sheldon and Amy meet for the first time in Stockholm when they both win Nobel prizes. Part 11, Professor Cooper and Professor Fowler get married.

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Sheldon and Amy had a wedding with a difference. As their relationship had blossomed over cups of tea in the canteen at Caltech they decided, after getting married at Pasadena City Hall, to have the reception in the Caltech canteen. The university was glad to accommodate them, their Nobel Laureates had done a lot for Caltech. Some of the family wedding guests found if strange but their academic guests thought it was wonderfully quirky.

In honour of the Nobel Laureates they served Swedish food at the wedding reception, similar to what was served at Nobel banquet in Stockholm. Best man Leonard was master of ceremonies and after the food he started the speeches.

Hello everybody, both academics and normal people, welcome to Caltech on this special day. I am Professor Leonard Hofstadter, I have known Sheldon for a long time, as co-worker, former room mate and friend. Never did I think I would be attending Sheldon's wedding. Sheldon has been a good friend of my wife Penny and our maid of honour Bernardette for many years but before he won the Nobel he had never shown any interest in finding a lady friend on his own.

We Physicists are strange and are sometimes rather insular people to things outside our world of Physics. When Sheldon first introduced me to Amy she seemed vaguely familiar, but it took our biologist friend Bernardette to point out that we had two Nobel Prize winners in our midst. When Amy joined us at Caltech she would sometimes meet up, in this very room, with Sheldon. At first I thought it was just two friendly colleagues, with their common Nobel bond, having a cup of tea together.

Eventually, after Sheldon introduced Amy to our social circle, even this Physicist could see there was something more than friendship between my two brilliant friends, Sheldon had met his match in more ways than one. When Sheldon's beloved grandmother died last year they went out to Texas for the funeral but they came back engaged. And now today here we are at their wedding. Here's to Amy and Sheldon, the bride and groom.

Next to speak was Sheldon.

Hello everyone, welcome to Caltech, I am Professor Sheldon Cooper. In December 2026, when I was awarded the Nobel Prize, I thought it was the greatest day of my life and that my life would never be the same again. I was correct on the second point. In Stockholm I met fellow Nobel Prize winner Amy Farrah Fowler and I didn't make a good impression on her. I belittled her amazing brain work calling it "icky squishy stuff". Fortunately for me I got to meet her again after the Nobel Prize, when I found out she was coming to Caltech I was able to get to know her better. A friendship that started here over a cup of tea has progressed to the point that we are here today celebrating our wedding. I was wrong in Stockholm, today I got married to the beautiful and highly intelligent Amy, this is the greatest day of my life.

And finally Amy

I am Professor Amy Farrah Fowler, my husband agrees with my decision, I am not going to take Sheldon's surname as my own. I can love my husband as Professor Fowler just as much as I could as Professor Cooper. I know it is not traditional for the bride to speak at a wedding reception but I am sure you agree that this is not a traditional wedding! As my husband can tell you winning a Science Nobel Prize is a wonderful thing, the thing is that afterwards it can be very hard to return to doing the "icky squishy stuff" that got you the Nobel Prize in the first place. I am very grateful to Caltech in letting me come and work here and stay as an active scientist and to my husband for suggesting to Caltech that they employ me. Finally thank you to all my family and my old and new friends for coming here to Caltech to help celebrate greatest day in our lives. Enjoy the rest of the party!