Welcome To Our Beginning

There are two kinds of love in the world: the kind you feel, and the kind you "think" you feel. It’s interesting how deeply we can fall in love with ideas, and how pervasive our preconceived notions of what’s “right” for us can be. The truth is that sometimes, the best relationships are not necessarily the one’s we choose for ourselves, but the ones that just arise out of nothing but a genuine connection. This unexpected connection was rather serendipitous in nature. Gaurav was in NYC dining at his favorite restaurant – Ippudo. Little did he know, that this ramen hotspot is where he would meet his future soul mate. However; we did not meet that night. In fact, Gaurav just left as I arrived, but a few hours later, Gaurav and I matched with one another on Dil Mil. Intrigued as I was after speaking with Gaurav, l was not sure if I was going to hear from him again as he was moving to the midwest the very next day. I vaguely remember passing by a tall beautiful girl who had caught my eye, however, because I was in a hurry to leave, she had disappeared within the crowded restaurant. Soon after leaving I matched with Sarika on Dil Mil. We spoke that evening and luck as it have it, the very same girl that had caught my attention that night was no other than Sarika herself. After connecting, weeks went by as we continued to talk and text. We quickly acknowledged that we shared a strong connection and owed it to ourselves to take a leap of faith and meet in person to test that chemistry face to face. What started off as a simple “Hello, how are you doing,” months later turned out to be “Will you marry me.” January 12th 2017 was the day both our lives’ changed for the better - and of course unexpectedly. Ippudo became not only the place where we had just crossed paths, but where we had our first date and eventually where I had recreated our first date and proposed.