Chandlers Story: Bailey & I worked together at Dons Seafood in Hammond from 2018-2021. Bailey & I were strictly coworkers for years - i wouldn’t even say friends. In 2019 on a random Thursday I went over to Baileys house with a mutual friend for just a moment and he gave me his jacket - a jacket I still wear often. In September 2019 after a late shift at work, Bailey took me for a drive. This was our first time hanging out. He took me to his childhood home, his best friends home, his hometown, and his high school football field. Bailey also took me to an alligator that is in his hometown and we named him “Liam”. Bailey and I spent hours driving around and learning about each other. It was that night that i knew he was someone I never wanted to lose. The kindest, romantic, loving, and patient man I’ve ever met. Baileys Story: I knew Chandler was god sent from the day I truly met her. Chandler and I worked together in Hammond but It took months for me to actually speak to her, she was and is such a beautiful woman and I was nervous to really talk to her other than work talk. One night I finally decided to extend myself to her and we hit it off instantly, talking for hours on the first night, driving around going place to place showing her all the places I was from. I opened up to her more than I had ever opened up to anyone. She was so easy to be vulnerable with and day by day and date after date I found myself being more vulnerable with her. The love I had for chandler increasingly grows everyday; there is no certain day I decided I loved her I just knew I did. I wanted to her happiness more than anything, I wanted to be the reason she smiled. I remember the first time I said “I love you” on that Farris wheel on a beach vacation in Alabama. I remember chandler being there for me emotionally day in and day out when I didn’t even realize I needed her to do that for me. She helped me grow into a better person everyday because I wanted to be the person she wants to marry. I remember the day we started talking about seriously moving into a home together and how nervously excited I was and then we started to build our home. From the beginning I knew chandler is who I wanted to be with and once we decided to live together I wanted to get engaged. So I bought a ring in January of 2022. although she had been telling me for months while building that she wished we were engaged before the house was finished, I wanted to do the proposal in front of all our friends and family. So I decided to hold onto the ring for 9 months while the house was being built so I could give her a dream proposal. And so the days leading to the proposal I was asked multiple times if I was nervous, and I answered with “not yet”. And the day came and I still wasn’t nervous, I was only nervous while actually proposing because I wanted everything to be perfect. I was never nervous about her response or the decision because I knew that chandler is the one I want to spend the rest of my life with and one day I want my kids to grow and be exactly the kind of person chandler is…. Caring, sweet, thoughtful, and kind; just to name a few. I’ve never been more certain about any decision in my life. Spending the rest of my life with chandler.