.......We met at work!! We probably have questionable work ethic but oh well! Couldn’t be happier where we are today. Our first date was at a restaurant by the beach (called Wharf, so many amazing memories in this place! Fun fact : I did not know it was a date at the time, thought Shank was an overly friendly coworker) We had a great time and we could not have asked for a better start to this beautiful story. However, I was leaving to the US shortly after for my grad school and we did not really define our relationship back then cause we didn’t really know if we would be in the same place. The three months before I left to the US were the most amazing months cause we spent most of it together! I am a proper foodie and throughout our relationship Shank has just watched me eat cause everytime he tries to keep up, he just gets really really sick!! We both have a thing for South Indian food cause we grew up in Chennai with some amazing South Indian food (I live in San Francisco now and if there’s anything I dream about while taking the painful twenty hour flights back home is all the dosas and vadas I am about to thulp in the following weeks) Ours was predominantly a long distance relationship for the last three years. People who really know us think we’re winging the concept of a long distance relationship cause we love travelling and end up meeting each other four or five times a year in different parts of the world!! We have travelled to Los Angeles, Sedona, Chicago, Maldives, San Francisco, Kodai, Singapore, New York, Bangalore and Kerala over the years! So here’s to the one person who will always be on my mind no matter the distance or the time. From questioning if a long distance relationship is worth it to actually deciding to marry each other, we have one hell of a story to tell and I couldn’t be more excited for everything ahead. So happy to be engaged to my best friend, travel buddy, netflix buddy and fellow alcoholic - Let’s do this!