The pair met in downtown Las Vegas at a well known Bar named "Commonwealth". Sasha was in her last year of medical school applying for Neurology residencies while Joe was a young CEO helping to lead a company into being the greatest in their field. Joe offered to buy Sasha a drink and she suspiciously accepted. With a glass of Merlot in front of her and a pour of Johnny Walker Black in front him, they opened up about their lives and dreams. They were both intrigued with each other while feeling immediate passion and magnetism which over time simply strengthened...From that day forward they knew neither would start a relationship unless it was clear they were soulmates. As they learned more about each other they fell deeper and deeper until considering themselves to be the luckiest humans in the Universe to have found each other throughout the complicated paths each of them took in life to bring them together.

Joe then planned an incredible proposal they would cherish for the rest of their lives. He conspired an elaborate trip for them and their families to Russia to watch the World Cup games while Sasha had no idea what was to come! He surprised her by getting down on one knee in front of a beautiful fountain in the middle of the park where Sasha used to play as a child...The park is named after a Russian poet, Vladimir Mayakovsky, who wrote the poem that Joe recited before he proposed: Outcome Neither miles nor quarrels can make love perish. Thought out and tested all through. Raising the sheet of verses, my cherished,-- I swear that my love is both, constant and true! 1922 Upon Sasha saying "yes!" to Joe's proposal, family members from all over Russia and USA appeared to the couple in the park for Sasha's second ultimate surprise! They then traveled all over her homeland with family to see historical sights and watch 4 World Cup games before returning home as an engaged couple...