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November 3, 2019
Brea, California

Anneleise & Julius

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Julius Thompson

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Anneleise Graf

November 3, 2019

Brea, California

Where It All Began

Off the Hinge

Anneleise and Jai first connected on Hinge, a dating app, and when Julius swiped across Anneleise's profile he was in for a life changing surprise. The first thing he noticed was how genuine Anneleise's spirit was by the pictures she posted up. The one at Trader Joe's, where she stood amongst the produce, smiling, while wearing a onesie and holding a pineapple spoke a thousand words to him. She was gorgeous and he could tell it instantly that she knew how to enjoy life's little moments. After this Jai took notice to Anneleise's love and involvement in music as a worship leader and professional musician. His first question for Anneleise? If you're driving on the highway with your friends, the sun is out and the windows are rolled down, what song are you guys blasting? When Anneleise got Jai's message she was excited to see it was a handsome, Jesus-loving, chocolate man who asked such creative and intentional questions. They quickly felt a strong connection, exchanged numbers, and Jai began to plan their first date. Which led to a second date. And a third. All in the first week. On a cold winters night about two weeks later, Jai drove Anneleise to the top of Topanga Canyon to look at the Christmas lights glittering across the valley; a perfectly romantic place to ask Anneleise to become his girlfriend. Though fully anticipating the question, and after already deleting her Hinge profile, Anneleise panicked in the moment and told Jai she needed more time. Truthfully, on that night she was overwhelmed to recognize that if she were to become his girlfriend it wouldn't be long before she would become his wife. Anneleise spent the entire next day anxiously processing her many feelings with her ever patient coworkers and friends. Quelling all anxiety with her confidence in the man she was quickly falling in love with, Anneleise took Jai back to the vista and gave Jai an opportunity to re-ask an important question. The rest, as they say, is history.

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