We’re getting married!

We actually met through a mutual friend! Instagram messages turned into text messages and not too long after we had our first date. I met him at his house and we went to the St.Petersburg seafood festival. We stopped at a drink truck and I ordered a beer and my handsome fiance' ordered a sangria. It was backwards to the typical and super funny and cute. We ate tacos for dinner. Yes, tacos at a seafood festival. We talked for a bit, the usual "get to know you" questions. Something about him was so intriguing and comfortable. We had a lot in common. A true gentleman, so sweet and kind. I felt safe with him. He convinced me to go to The Avenue for some drinks. We made a bet, whoever won at Jenga has to buy the next round of drinks. He got tired of losing so we took our date to PJs on the beach. Lets just say that got interesting and was no far stretch from a typical night out with me. The end of the night started with Steak and Shake of course ended with a sleepy/drunken Uber ride home. The next morning I realized I left my jacket in his car (he swears I did this on purpose). I called him to get my jacket and he was excited I called, which was super cute. I got my jacket and we texted for the next few days. That following week was my birthday week and we set a dinner date to celebrate. He made me a candle lit dinner at his house. From that point on we hung out everyday. I found my person.

We have arrived to New York! We scheduled a photo shoot for his birthday (or so I thought). Pressed for time we hurried to the subway to head to Brooklyn where we were meeting the photographer. We went right below the Brooklyn Bridge and took some photos from there to the Dumbo Carousel. We went back by the water and under the bridge and got some photos of Rafal, Vincent and myself. The photographer tells us "This is fire!" Rafal repeats in back to him in question "this shot is fire?" and the photographer agrees back to him "yes this shot is fire!" Rafal looks at me and says "you know I love you right?!" Confused I responded "yes I love you too." He got down on one knee and said again "you know I love you right?! Will you marry me??" I was in shock, it took a good two minutes before I could get words to come out of my mouth. I just shook my head yes and he got up and put the ring on my finger. Of course I cried. We finished our photo shoot all through NY as an ENGAGED couple!