LET THE COUTDOWN BEGIN!

It was July of 2013 and Phi Anh had just started a new job. It was her first trip to headquarters and she happened to spend the day sitting in the cube across from Tyler. Phi Anh noted that Tyler made very little attempt to communicate and spent most of the day with headphones in working. Later in their relationship conversations about that meeting focused on how quiet and generally uninterested Tyler appeared to be in Phi Anh. What was really at play here, was a total lack of ability/confidence by Tyler to initiate anything on first meeting. Six months passed, each of them working in separate offices, with virtually no communication between them. The next time they saw each other was at the company holiday party, a serious formal affair at the National Building Museum. Seeing what turned out to be a mutual friends Nancy and Kevin, Tyler came over to talk to a group of co-workers that happened to include Phi Anh. Being in a more relaxed environment with the help of liquid courage, Tyler spent a large part of the rest of his evening trying to get to know her and break down that “icy” exterior. She found out that he was single, and based on first meeting, assumed he wasn’t interested in her. Phi Anh spent the evening trying to figure out what kind of girls Tyler liked. Tyler’s lack of “game’ was such a handicap, several times Phi Anh even tried to introduce him to her date… her sister Uyen. Luckily, a few weeks later they had to work on a project together and began spending a lot of time at work talking. Tyler’s intentions were finally clear to Phi Anh and the first, of many dates, was planned. The best things in life are always worth the wait.

It was their second day in France, and their first day in the Loire Valley. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon when they arrived at the Chateau de Perreux. Tyler had planned the location for its gardens and they made their way down to the steam shortly after arriving. It was a setting straight out of a Monet painting. They sat down on a bench taking it all in. Tyler seized the opportunity, got down on one knee and asked Phi Anh to marry him. Phi Anh was in total shock, replying "Are you serious?" followed quickly with "Yes"! Tyler's hope is that this chateau will be a place they will return and enjoy on future anniversaries. #PhiAnhSayOui