My girlfriend Christina sent me a picture from her "People you may know on Facebook." I friended Tomo and started following him. I messaged him before realizing he had a girlfriend, and luckily he didn't respond and I moved on. One year later, I found myself as a patient in his clinic sending someone there as a referral because of the great job they did with me. Through Facebook messenger we started chatting and he asked me for drinks! This was a Wednesday, asked for drinks on Thursday, which I almost said no to! Many of you know me and know I don't like to go out during the week. I am glad I said yes and now we will be saying "I do!" After our 3rd date, I called my girlfriend Christina to tell her I met the most amazing man. She said, "Wait, what is his name?" To which I replied, "Tomo!" And that is when she told me it is the same guy she sent me a year ago that I had forgotten about!
We went to visit Tomo's hometown, Willowick, OH. He said he knew some really cool places to hike, and knew how much I missed hiking from up north, so we went to a castle with a hiking trail and hiked the trail. After that hike he said he knew a cool waterfall so we left and went on the search for Buttermilk Falls. In the car, I said, "For a second there I thought you were going to get down on one knee because it was so romantic!" I had ZERO idea it was actually coming and was totally joking. As we are wading through the stream and rocks at Buttermilk Falls, Tomo jumped down a rock step into the water and asks me to take a picture of him from above. I look down at my phone to pull the camera up and as I look up, he is holding the ring!!! "Will you marry me?" I was in shock and just stared at him until he said, "Well?" I shouted, "YES! OH MY GOD YES!!!"