It was Cincho de Mayo, and a beautiful NYC night. After weeks of witty banter online, Dean made his move and asked Rachel from Alabama on a date. Dean, always on time, had settled in at Dos Caminos bar in meat packing district. Surrounded by tequilla swinging, Friday night professionals purging their week, and Mexican patriots, Dean waited patiently for Rachel. After an hour of Dean sampling mojitos, unadvised to him, Rachel arrived with her girlfriends Regina and Rebecca. The foursome had a great first date!

A trip to Alabama is always eventful, but Easter 2019 would prove to be the most magical. Weeks earlier, Dean had called Magnolia, while on a business trip, from a quiet bar in Austin, Texas - and with sweaty palms, and a few bottles of liquid courage, asked for her blessing to marry Rachel. Magnolia cried and cheered with delight ... she couldn’t wait to welcome Dean to the family. Dean hatched his plan. Find a date, buy the ring and ask Rachel to be his wife. So some 695 days after their first date, during a family dinner at the Dockside Restaurant in Scottsboro, AL, Dean got on one knee and professed his love. With Rachel’s friends and family by their side, Rachel, surprised, overwhelmed, and completely ecstatic said YES to the man of her dreams!