The talk of marriage came up on occasion, but neither took it seriously. They were committed for a lifetime but both having been married before agreed that it was a diluted possibility. Then something happened, and both lit up with the idea that they must, it’s imperative. Thomas made a video of many short clips from outings and vacations, added music and on a date night played it for Rafael with the last slide “Marry Me”! He didn’t say yes. He simply said, let’s talk about it. A couple days later, Rafael proposed in his own way explaining, I couldn’t say yes because I wanted to do it.