we're (almost) the chongs !!

June 2017: Caroline’s friends: “Carol, you like Kpop now? We’re going to introduce you to Marn because he likes Kpop too so yall can date and get married.” Caroline: *Rolls eyes* July 2017: Marn and Caroline are introduced by friends in a chill group setting. Caroline knows what her pals are trying to do, so she doesn't play along. A very brief and uneventful interaction. Fall 2017: Caroline finds herself intrigued by Marn for no apparent reason and decides to casually + strategically place herself in situations (aka carpooling to Phi Mu functions + dinners with mutual friends) where she knows quality interactions will take place. It works. January 2018: Caroline decides to uncharacteristically put herself out there and begin striking up random conversations with Marn, which was encouraged by friends who said, “It’s your last semester of school, so if it gets awkward you never have to see him again after graduation !!” It works. March 1, 2018: Caroline takes Marn to Phi Mu’s spring date party in an effort to establish a legit friendship. It works. March 21, 2018: After many quality hangs, Marn thinks he asks Caroline to officially date him. Caroline just thinks he’s making his intentions clear, so she doesn’t really catch on to what he’s implying. March 28, 2018: Marn asks Caroline to date him, take 2. This time she gets it. May 11, 2019: With the excuse of “let’s go take pictures,” Marn takes Caroline to Aldridge Gardens. They do end up taking pictures, which feature a nice new ring and two very relieved + happy humans. Woohoo !!