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The bags of a Navy sailor flying home to visit family for New Years and a nurse practitioner student flying to visit friends for the holiday get pulled by TSA at the same time. She had chocolates, he had railroad spikes and C4 (headphones tangled around a paperback book). She spotted his cowboy boots, a unique sight in the city of Boston, and complimented them. “Hey, I like your boots!” “Thank ya, ma’am!” The southern accent combined with the flattering salutation made her swoon a bit. At the gate, she noticed the gentleman seated in the same area, too engrossed in his book to notice her eyeing him. Not that she wanted him to as she was strictly against delving into a relationship while in nursing school. She watched a handful of relationships among her friends crumble in the first semester of grad school and knew she did not want to deal with what one would require: too much time, money, effort, and feelings. That was pretty much her catch phrase. So again, to this day she still does not understand what made her strike up a conversation with him once boarding began. They chatted until the final boarding call, the gentleman declining to take advantage of his active duty perk of early boarding. They wished each other a safe flight and sat in their separate rows (because being seated together would have been a little too perfect). After the flight, she waited for the sailor to come off the plane. Her plan to ask him to lunch was thwarted by the time constraint of his layover. “Well, if you’re ever down in Boston, maybe we can meet up!” hoping he would realize contact information would need to be exchanged for that to happen. Luckily, he agreed that would be nice and (finally) asked her for her number. New Years Eve ended with him sending her a "Happy New Year" message, their first communication since the flight. Two weeks later, they go on their first date. 3 years later he pops the question. And now 5 years later, they promise each other forever.