We met at the beginning of our freshman year at UC Berkeley. Neither of us quite remember the exact moment we met. Clearly, it was not love at first sight... We were "just friends" for quite some time: when we spent half a day walking across campus to our favorite ice cream spot, when Kapil was somehow always free for lunch whenever Charisma asked him (did he ever go to class?), when Charisma ran into Kapil's arms upon seeing him after winter break, when we would walk down University Avenue and go to a different restaurant for dinner every week, and when we went stargazing at the astronomy tower late at night (how were these not dates?). We laughed and bickered, somehow becoming the "old married couple" of our group. Fast forward to March 2019 after almost 8 years of being more than "just friends". We were visiting Berkeley before both of us moved to New York together, and Kapil wanted to go up to the top of the Campanile Tower just to look out at the Bay. He thought it was his secret that he had a ring in his pocket and a photographer waiting at the top. Little did Kapil know that Charisma knew the proposal was coming because he had told her to look "cute" rather than his usual advice of "be comfortable". Even though Charisma knew the proposal was happening, she still cried during it anyway. Clearly, we are not "just friends" anymore. We are best friends, life partners, and so excited to finally upgrade from an "old married couple" to an actual married couple! ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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