# Their Love Story What began as a simple Fourth of July getaway in Chicago with her friend Kiya transformed into the most unexpected love story for Josephine. While celebrating Christian's mother's engagement, Josephine found herself there as Kiya's plus-one. Though they had heard about each other for years when in college with Kiya constantly insisting they'd be perfect together they had never actually met in person until that day. What Josephine thought was just two cousins catching up on the couch was actually Kiya showing off Josephine's Instagram profile. This led Christian to walk over to Josephine in the dining room, introduce himself, and lean in for what she thought would be a casual side hug. To her surprise, that hug came with an unexpected gesture, a nice butt grab followed by him asking, "You don't have a boyfriend, do you?" When she said no, he simply smiled, walked away, and took a swig of Jameson straight from the bottle. The rest was history. Love finds you in mysterious ways, and for them, it was love at first butt grab.

# Their First Date After months of texting and FaceTime calls, it was finally time for Josephine to take a leap of faith and meet in person. While their connection seemed incredible and almost too good to be true, there was one significant obstacle standing in their way: distance. Christian was in Denver, and Josephine was in Indiana—long distance at its finest. Working night shifts at the time, Josephine decided to be bold and hop on a two-hour flight to Denver to meet Christian in person after months of talking. Without telling anyone about the special someone she'd been connecting with, she flew across the country. Josephine told herself it would either be amazing or she'd end up on an episode of "60 Minutes." Needless to say, their first date—featuring ice cream, Illegal Pete's, and drinks—was so wonderful that Josephine found herself booking another flight a month later. Sometimes the greatest adventures begin with the bravest decisions, and this cross-country journey to meet Christian was the best leap of faith she had ever taken.

# The Proposal It was Christmas Day and time for the big surprise. Christian put the ring at the bottom of a Christmas present. He handed the gift to Josephine, ready on one knee next to her while she was sitting on the couch. Anticipating Josephine seeing the box, he was caught off guard when she said the bag was empty and tossed it to the trash pile. In fear and shock, Christian grabbed the bag and dug for the box, eventually pulling out the ring. In good ole Josephine fashion, she hadn't seen the box because it was hiding under all the festive tissue paper. After the long wait, Josephine was left speechless. After a few minutes, she finally said "YES!"