After nearly 8 years together, we are finally getting married!

In August 2017 my friend John invited me to a charity dinner at a local restaurant - Mott St. I sat at the big central communal table facing the door, and in walked John's friend Macy and a woman who I had never met before. She immediately caught my eye. Fazila was absolutely stunning in whatever casual jeans & t-shirt outfit she was wearing, and my first thought was that I hoped she was here with Macy and not just entering at the same time. Luckily for me, she was. Fazila sat down a few seats away and we chatted about Arnold Schwarzenneger and 80s action movies. I told her I was naming a playlist for an upcoming party after my favorite 80s action movie, "Predator." She told me how she watched it with her brothers when she was growing up. We talked a bit more, and then parted ways with a quick hug and an invite to the Labor Day weekend party. Stupid me failed to ask for Fazila's number, but luckily I found her on Facebook and sent her a DM. She ended up coming to our party; we hit it off. We went to the movies a few days later, followed by dinner at Table Donkey Stick the following Friday. The rest is history (with a few funny stories we'll save for later).