Meet the Quinn’s

First day of class, freshman year at Purdue University, sitting in Spanish class getting nervous my Spanish textbook hadn’t arrived in the mail yet. The professor is speaking completely in Spanish telling us we should go home immediately and start memorizing our vocab words. I raise my hand and ask what I’m supposed to do if my book isn’t here... well class ends 15 minutes later and one of the guys in the class waited for me outside and said I could use his Spanish book until mine arrived and he would use the online version. That guy was Thomas. Known as “Spanish book guy” to my mom for months, known as “beard guy” to my friends, and later I come to find out, I was “Spanish book girl” to Thomas and his roommate! The spot we first spoke was THE infamous bench outside of Stanley Coulter Hall, where we met daily before Spanish class, met weekly for picnics, met monthly in our spare time, and was the spot he got down on one knee. Eventually we will give a generous donation as Purdue Alumni to officially make that “our” bench, but until then... Thomas and I started dating October 12, 2014. 2 months later we went to the Purdue Christmas Show together. Afterwards he joked about proposing to me in the middle of the show during our senior year. We laughed and that was it. 4 years later, he did just that. As alumni to the greatest university in the world we went to the 85th Purdue Christmas Show on December 1, 2018. The show ended and we decided to walk to “our bench.” Thanks to all the people who kept the secret, all the well wishes from friends and future family, and to my mother for photographing the moment even though there was lighting and a tornado warning! I love you so much.