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May 25, 2019
Elmhurst, IL

Sarah & Juan Pablo

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Juan Pablo

Soliz

&

Sarah Jane

Otmanski

May 25, 2019

Elmhurst, IL

How We Met

12.22.2017

Sarah and Juan Pablo had both gone out with their respective group of friends for a night of dancing and drinks, neither of them looking to meet anyone. Juan Pablo's friend Daniel pointed out Sarah and her friends, but Juan Pablo didn't feel like asking anyone to dance at the moment. A little while later, Juan Pablo and his friend were walking back from the bar to the dance floor, his friend shouted to him and JP turned around to hear what he had said. At that moment he bumped into Sarah accidentally, and decided to ask her to dance! There was an instant connection and they danced together the rest of the night until the place closed about 3 hours later, leaving their friends wondering where they had disappeared to. Before the night ended they exchanged phone numbers. About a week later, they met for a first official date and talked for a few hours non-stop (mostly JP!), and both felt like they had known each other since the beginning of time. The next day was New Year's Eve, and they decided to spend it together even though they had just met. Sarah met Juan Pablo's whole family that night, even cousins visiting from Bolivia! She had to quickly try to remember her Spanish classes from high school and college, and got along very well with the family. On January 7th they had another date ice skating at the Winter WonderFest in Chicago, and when Juan Pablo asked Sarah to be his girlfriend she happily accepted! A few months later Sarah and Juan Pablo's families finally met and instantly connected despite the language barrier, and everything just clicked that they were meant to be together.

The Proposal

11.10.2018

Juan Pablo took Sarah to a beautiful brunch at the 95th floor Signature Room in Chicago. Then they had a nice walk downtown enjoying the city, and reached the Bean at Millenium Park. Juan Pablo got down on one knee and asked Sarah to marry him. . . . And the rest is history!

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