We first met while I (Amanda) was working at Planet Fitness between my first and second year of dental hygiene school. I worked at the front desk, and Ali came to the gym everyday, so we saw and talked to each other frequently. In the middle of July, Ali had mentioned he wanted to go out to dinner some time which I was more than happy to say yes to. A few weeks went by though, and we still saw each other, but no mention of this dinner. Did he think I wasn't serious when I said yes? I guess that was the case. Once August rolled around, I had put my 2 weeks in because I was going back to school. I very casually mentioned this to him and he asked again if I would like to go out with him some time, to which I replied "uh duh I said yes to this weeks ago". So we finally went out on sort of a late night date to get dessert (Ali's favorite meal) at Ram's Horn, which was the only place open. We hit it off right away over some french toast, and as they say, the rest is history. I never thought I would be appreciative to Planet Fitness, but from it came a beautiful friendship, relationship, and now marriage.

Though it was supposed to be a surprise, if you know me and/or Ali, we're terrible with keeping secrets (mostly with each other). We had gone to Florida the weekend before and I accidentally saw the picture of the ring. That was clue #1. Two days later, his sister invited me to a "surprise" party. I had suspicions, but still assumed it was actually a surprise party. That same day, after talking about the party with Ali, he couldn't hold it in anymore and told me he was going to propose to me that day and that it was an engagement party. I was obviously shocked that he would spill the beans before such a momentous event, and then anxious because I had to act surprised in front of everyone. All's well than ends well, though. Can't wait to marry this terrible secret-keeping goof!