As fate would have it, Mimi & Fahed weren't high school sweethearts. It's rather a shame since they're both dorks with a penchant for nerdy things. She was in marching band. He likes video games. Could we make it anymore more obvious? It would be many long years before these 2 kooky lovebirds met at an arcade of all places. Fahed saw Mimi walk into the crowded store and his arab genes came out strong because he was staring hard. And Mimi's response would be, "why are you staring and smiling so much?" Thus would start their whirlwind romantical 1st date filled with attraction, awkward flirting, surprise flowers, Mimi beating Fahed soundly at Mario Kart, Fahed almost getting into a fight to defend Mimi's honor (who said chivalry's dead?), and continually finding excuses on a Monday night to stay longer till he walked her back to her car and as he was telling her he had an amazing time he hears the words, "are you ever going to ask for my number?" from his soon to be wife.

We're a year plus into the relationship, and our lovers have celebrated cosmological solar phenomena, Halloween couples costumes, surviving each other's families, and romantic picnics by the lake. Fahed knew early on that Mimi was the one. So he promised her a magical winter trip for her bday to NYC. They poured through guides and IG reels to fill their 4 day trip with as many activities as they could; Rated R Broadway shows, 100 year old speakeasies, Penthouse clubs in subarctic temperatures, Carrie Bradshaw's front steps eating Lox Bagels, and many more sights and sounds. Fahed had ordered a beautiful diamond ring that was supposed to have been delivered before he went to work; alas DHL lied and Mimi herself signed and received it instead. When asked what was in the box, his IQ 530,000 mental CPU quickly came up with the response, "ohh those are the thermals I bought for the cold." Even he was astounded that response was met with no suspicion. 4 days they explored NYC, and for 4 days Fahed was terrified walking all over the city with a diamond ring in his breast pocket. They stopped at the HP flagship store and were total weebs looking at every inch of the store. Mimi bought a Triwizard Jersey and joked that she should put Abdelaty on the back already. Finally on the 4th day, they traversed the bitter winds of New York, took vintage photos at Central Park, made direct eye contact with Ralph Lauren as Mimi repeatedly asked non-loudly, "is that Ralph Lauren?""Yes""Is that Ralph Lauren?""Yes", and ended with their trek to the Brooklyn Bridge to leave behind the Lock of Love they brought all the way from Texas. Fahed quietly worked it out with photographers at the bridge to film them, and as he handed Mimi the Lock to place he told her the combination was their anniversary date. She saw the numbers 12/03 written on it and the letters, WYMM? Mimi, surprised, turned around asking jokingly, "Why is my BDay written on here? What is WYMM? What You Mean Mimi?" and saw Fahed on one knee holding up the ring staring at her. He had planned out what he would say. They were sweet words of love, respect, admiration, and not wanting to look back on his life without her beside him witnessing it. Instead he got tongue tied, nervous trying to speak and all he could choke out exasperatedly, shocked at her cracking jokes at a situation like this, was, "no it's not What You Mean Mimi, it's WILL YOU MARRY ME?!?" Till this day one can witness both of them arguing that Fahed never said such at all.