Dec. 15, 2015. We matched on Coffee Meets Bagel. Jessie was taken by Abiye's good looks so, naturally, she messaged him first. We quickly established that we were both major foodies, and we planned our first date for Dec. 19 at Vincent Van Doughnuts (which is now our favorite doughnut spot). We split 4 doughnuts, and--despite Abiye implying that Jessie was less than perfect due to her inadequate knowledge of superhero movies--we went for a walk afterwards because neither of us was ready for the date to end. Eventually, it had to, and Abiye flew to Maryland that afternoon for Christmas break. Fast forward a few weeks to the morning after our second date... Jessie met up with her close friend and told her about this amazing man she had met. It turns out, this friend knew Abiye and had been wanting to set us up! I believe her exact words (after learning we had been on exactly 2 dates) were, "You two are 100% getting married. When can I start planning the engagement party?" She proceeded to ask this question regularly for the next 3 years until..... April 20, 2019. We were in St. Louis for the weekend. We were meeting some friends for drinks, but they were "running late," so to kill time we went for a walk in a nearby park. (Note: this was very near the spot where Abiye first told Jessie that he loved her almost 3 years earlier.) We found ourselves standing in a gazebo, when Abiye suddenly started playing a special song on his phone. Jessie started crying while Abiye got down on one knee and asked her to marry him! Jessie managed to croak, "Yes," and we had about 5 seconds to hug and kiss before we heard cheering in the distance. Jessie's younger sister, along with some of our close friends, jumped out from behind various trees near the gazebo. As if there weren't enough surprises for one day, Abiye had planned a surprise engagement party for us that night! The moral of this story is: Abiye is sweet, we both love doughnuts, and we can't wait to get married!