We met online through a dating app, and when we matched he messaged me first with a GIF saying "YES!!". We talked for a while and got to know each other a bit before meeting. We found out that we both have a deep love for animals and we each have two dogs of our own. The late Khaleesi, Ghost, Ripley and Zora. We decided to make our first meeting at the Lake Baldwin Dog Park. I was nervous and I'm sure he was too, it's always strange meeting someone you haven't met yet. I remember walking into the park and I immediately saw him, sitting on a table looking at his phone. I walked to the other side of the park under a tree in front of the lake next to a bench and texted him telling him where I was. He finally made his way over and I was getting butterflies in my stomach, thinking he's so handsome, exotic and mysterious, I hope he likes me. We talked, smiled, laughed and had an amazing first date! Inseparable ever since.
We made it official October 14th, 2018. When he asked me to be his girlfriend, we were having a date night at CityWalk having drinks at Pat O Brien's. We were sitting at the bar and he finally had the talk with me about taking our relationship to the next level. I immediately blurted out "YOU WANT ME TO BE YOUR GIRLFRIEND?!" and he said "well, YEAH!" and there was nothing but smiles after that! We ended up buying annual passes to Disney World and Universal Studios and would go to the parks regularly. Our favorite event is Halloween Horror Nights! We went one night with some friends and after making our rounds, we decided to take a little break and sit down at a bench. We were both quiet, then he said to me "...you know I love you, right?" and it took me by surprise, I said "...wait, what?" and he said it again. I was smiling from ear to ear while trying not to cry when I told him, I love you too. So, now when we go to Universal we would smile when we would see our bench and think of that amazing loving memory we shared.
He bought the ring back in October/2019, I had NO idea. Both of our birthdays are in April, and he decided to have a joint birthday party celebrating the both of us. We were going to invite our family and our friends, but unfortunately, that's when the pandemic started and it ended up not happening. During that party is when he wanted to propose! So, he thought the next best day would be to ask me on my birthday. We were at home with one of my best friends visiting, and I did one of my FB Live shows. Towards the end of the show, he asked if we could bring out the cake to sing Happy Birthday, I said, "Of course!" He comes back inside with the cake and two of his friends show up behind him and they're all singing to me. I'm taken by surprise! They're all taking pictures and smiling, all of this is happening while still on my live show. He then asks if I want my present now, and of course I said "uh, YEAH!" When we usually give each other presents, big or small, we tell each other to close our eyes and hold out our hands so we could be surprised. Me, not knowing what was about to happen, held out my arms open wide thinking it was a physically big gift. Then I open my eyes and I saw him knelt down on the floor with the ring in his hand, completely shocked. He said, "You are the most amazing and sweetest person I've ever met, and you're my best friend. Will you marry me?" Everything was happening so fast and I was confused and taken by surprise, asking, "IS THIS FOR REAL?!" "Oh my God, ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" I was smiling and crying, I had so many emotions and screamed out "YES!!!". Everyone on my show that was watching was freaking out saying Congratulations! I look over to Brandyn, and he had my other two best friends on FaceTime, and that made me cry more. It was such a special moment that everyone got to share with us. It's recorded on FB for us to look back on, and it couldn't have been more perfect.