Some may but not everyone knows or could predict how Quenten and I met and started dating! Quenten and I have known of each other since high school. We had mutual friends and would always see each other at parties. From the first time I saw Quenten, I thought that he was so cute all the while for some reason he referred to me as “the overly tan girl with shaggy dog hair who didn’t talk.” So as you can probably imagine, our love story did not start then. Our senior year of college, Quenten and I were both back home for Christmas break. One of those nights, a group of us went out in New Haven for a mutual friend's birthday. When the girls and I showed up, Quenten told one of the guys, “oh great, the same girls as always are here,” in typical Quenten fashion. This night was different though. I caught his eye just as he had caught mine years ago. This night, while were in line to go into Bar, Quenten and his best friend Connor were complaining about there being a cover charge to get in. I turned around and said to them, “you guys are so cheap, I got it!" It was really an excuse to finally talk to Quenten. Once we got into the bar, Quenten bought me a red bull and vodka, handed it to me, grabbed my chin and said, “have a great night.” I was shook! Me, being the independent woman that I am, bought Quenten a drink in turn and he called me over. Quenten and I talked all night long and as you can imagine the rest is history.

On December 20th, 2019, Quenten had planned a weekend getaway to Waters Edge Resort & Spa in Connecticut to celebrate the completion of my masters degree, well at least that is what I thought was happening. When we walked into the room, there were chocolate covered strawberries and champagne waiting for us already in the room and the most perfect sunset. We popped champagne and ate a few strawberries before I headed to my 2 hour massage. After the most amazing massage, I headed to the front desk where the receptionist handed me a card, I opened it and it was a congratulations card (I'm a sucker for cards). I called Quenten because he was supposed to meet me after the massage and he said, "uhh, I have to take a shit, meet me in the room". When I went to open the door I quickly realized the door was bolted shut. Quenten came to the door and my heart was beating a mile a minute. "This is why I love you" by Major was playing and I walked into a room full of roses and candles (our first Valentine's Day Quenten decorated his dorm room with roses). There was a rose shaped heart on the bed with a card in the middle. I opened the car and it read "6 years ago you had the courage to come talk to me and 6 years later I am in front of you asking..." as Quenten got on one knee and asked me to marry him. I have never felt more loved in my entire life than in this moment. We called all of our families and friends, cried, laughed and then Quenten called the insurance company to make sure the ring was insured lol. Quenten then handed me wine glasses and paint (the first time he came to my parents house, we painted wine glasses and ate chocolate covered fruit) and said we were going to my parents the next day. Saturday, we went to my parents house and I walked into a surprise party with all of my family. On Sunday, we had brunch with Quenten's family and took pictures by the water. I couldn't have imagined a more thoughtful proposal and am so grateful to marry my best friend.