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January 23, 2022
Roseville, CA

Lydia-Denise & Jessie Rafael

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Jessie Rafael

Gimon

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Lydia-Denise

Smerica

January 23, 2022

Roseville, CA

About us

December 2019

Jessie and Lydia have known each other since 2014. All those years they remained friends only. They realized how much love they had for each other in December of 2019. They told each other they loved each other and decided to make a long distance relationship work. Jessie wanted to visit Lydia's family in April of 2020 in Austria but because of the pandemic they were unable to meet up. Almost a year later he tried the second time and he made it all over to Europe only to be sent back home. Finally two months later they both met up in Dubai and that's where they got engaged.

The proposal

05.01.2021

On May 1st of 2021 Jessie planned a romantic dinner on top of the hotel in Dubai. As the night went on Jessie grew more worried that the ring in his pocket would grow legs and run away. He kept checking his pocket without Lydia noticing to make sure the ring was still there. At the end of the night Lydia suggested to take a picture, little did she know what was about to happen. Jessie gave the phone to record to the manager who was in on the whole surprise. Jessie went up to Lydia and instead of standing next to her, he got down on one knee and proposed.

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