I was away in Miami in September of 2016 and posted a story on snapchat. Gabe replied to it the next day and ever since then we became inseparable. We texted all the time, talked on the phone every night and even FaceTimed ever so often. We didn't actually meet until Christmas Eve so we solely relied on speaking on the phone for three months leading up to it. Let me tell you, the three months was definitely worth the wait! We went on a second date January 6, 2017 and it was a blast!

On January 7, 2017, Gabriel was with some friends at the infamous Living Room lounge on 86th Street. As this was a day after the second date he had with Eveleen, he knew it in his heart that he wanted to ask her to be his girlfriend. From there, he texted her around 9:00pm an entire paragraph of how he felt after the dates and that he wanted her to be his. She responded with a "YES" and the relationship has since blossomed!

It was a chilly night on March 24, 2018, we were all celebrating Eveleen's 21st birthday at Gourmand here in Staten Island. For the most part, everyone believed that this was a birthday celebration, but Gabriel, his parents, and Eveleen's parents knew it was the night he would propose to their daughter. At around 10:00pm, the restaurant workers brought a bouquet of flowers for the birthday girl at the front of the restaurant, while Gabriel stood up to greet her. Little did Eveleen know, her engagement ring was placed directly on top of the flowers and in a split second Gabriel took the box and went on one knee. Each individual present was surprised and even Eveleen's now brother-in-law Adam screamed "are you f****** serious." Everyone was in disbelief, but Eveleen graciously said yes to Gabriel's proposal and here we are today.