Most people who claim that their spouse is their best friend are full of sh... are most likely exaggerating. Amanda and Raul had the advantage of being thick as thieves for over a year and half before one of them, it doesn't matter which, thought to make a move on him. In what seemed like ten minutes later, Amanda had a condo and Raul had a puppy ( Raul won that exchange). They learned that a love of travel and sandwiches could be the bedrock of a shared lifetime of adventure. They both feel unbelievably lucky to have found each other, especially because it was at a time when neither was looking for it.