Our love story began in June 2014 when we met through mutual friends at Providence Pride (Chelseas version is that I chased her...typical). We would run into one another on occasion at an LGBTQ night at Lola’s in Providence. That all changed on Decemeber 2nd, 2014 when a friend and I decided to get dinner at Lola’s. I walked into the bar, Chelsea was sitting there with a few of her friends and we decided to join them. After the night ended Chelsea sent me a sweet text; from that day forward we kept in contact daily. We spent about 8 or 9 months getting to know one another, mostly through long phone calls and text plus some dates here and there. On May 24th, 2015 we started dating. These last 7 years our love has grown, exceeding any expectations we had. Our love has brought us on many adventures together and we have created amazing memories already... but the one memory I will never forget is her propsoal. In June 2019 we went on a trip to Italy where some of my family still resides. The majority of our trip was spent on the island of Ischia visiting family. On the night of June 14th she told me that she found an awesome resturant to try. To my surprise we were greeted by a photographer an no resturant. I, pretty confused, asked what was happening? Chelsea said “I wanted to surprise you with a photo shoot around the historic parts of the island since it holds such significance to you”. Now, anyone who knows Chelsea knows this is not out of the ordinary for her; she constantly surprises me. Any who, we took a sunset boat ride around the Aragonese Castle. As I was distracted looking at the sunset Chelsea got down on her knee and asked me to spend forever with her. June 14th, 2019 a day I will never forget. Not because of the elaborate proposal but because it was the day I realized I am going to spend the rest of my life with my best friend.