We both attended Suitland High School in the class of 2008 where we'd known each other as acquaintances. During graduation rehearsal Mike bumped into Tayyibah and knocked over her iced tea. Mike graciously helped her clean it up, with Tayyibah stating that he'd "owe her" another one. Fast forward to their junior year in college, Tayyibah at Temple University and Mike at Norfolk State. Mike responded to a post Tayyibah made on Twitter and she jokingly responded "Don't you owe me an iced tea?". Mike then responded with a message asking her to dinner and they've been inseparable since.
We'd taken a weekend vacation to Vegas for some down time. One night we got dressed up to go out to a nice dinner. After having a fulfilling meal, we headed up an all glass elevator to relax for post dinner drinks. Tayyibah turned around to record the gorgeous view of the Vegas skyline. When she turned around Mike was on his knee...