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It all began in April 2014, at The Monty Bar near Downtown LA. I was dancing to the music 💃, feeling the vibe 🎶, when I spotted him—Jose—standing near the booths. Without hesitation, I asked him to dance. And he did. That was our first spark ✨. A few weeks later, I sent him a friendly message on Facebook Chat 💌. We exchanged a handful of messages, but life moved on. From May 2014 to November 2015, we kept running into each other at gatherings hosted by our mutual friends, Stephanie and Pedro 👫. We never spoke much, but we always smiled at each other—those knowing, curious glances 👀 across the room. Then came December 2015, and the moment everything changed. We both ended up at Stephanie and Pedro’s Ugly Sweater Christmas Party 🎄. Standing in the kitchen, I flirted 😏with him and dared him to swallow the worm at the bottom of the mezcal bottle. To my delight, he did. That night, we shared our first kiss 💋 (and maybe a few more). Soon after, we went on our first date—and then another, and another ❤️. And the rest, as they say, is history. Or rather… herstory. 💁‍♀️ 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤

I wanted to find the perfect way to propose to the beautiful girl who had stolen my heart ❤️. In October 2019, we had booked a trip to go on a seven-day cruise 🚢 from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 🇲🇽 — and to me, the middle of the ocean felt like the perfect place to ask her to be mine forever 💞. One evening, as we walked along the deck 🌙 and looked out over the water 🌊, I got down on one knee and asked her to be my queen 👑. With her beautiful smile 😊 looking down at me, she said — YES! 💫 💍 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤