After chatting for several weeks online, we first met in person at Starbucks. We had only planned on a brief coffee, and instead got lost in conversation for three hours, only ending the night because of the time. After seeing each other a couple more times, we became inseparable.

On our five year anniversary, we decided to celebrate with a trip to Tahoe. On the last morning of our trip, while we were standing on the deck of our cabin and looking out at the forest, he began to profess his love. The next instant he was on one knee holding the ring and I was so shocked I couldn't move! Once I realized I was actually awake and it wasn't all a dream I said "YES!"