"Will and I met in January, 2020. (Yup — just under the wire!) We met on the dating app Hinge and had a very quick but fun conversation before deciding we should meet up in person. From the minute I saw his profile, I knew he was someone that I was going to connect with and was very excited to meet him in person. I asked if he wanted to meet up that day, a Saturday, but he already had plans to get brunch with friends. I quickly told him I also had plans (embarrassing!), but we should meet up later that week. We met a few days later at a bar called Kindred in the East Village — and I saved his life. While having some cheese and crackers, Will called over the server and asked if the crackers had sunflower seeds, to which she responded that they do. He then told me that in about 15 minutes we'd know if he was ok — or if I'd have to rush him to a hospital to make sure he didn’t die from anaphylactic shock. Luckily, no severe allergic reaction happened, and we ended the date with a kiss on the sidewalk and a conversation about meeting up again soon. After only a few in-person dates, Covid hit. I was in Los Angeles with my family celebrating my parents' 40th wedding anniversary at Joshua Tree. Will was still in NYC. The city was about to shut down, but I decided to head back to the city. (Yes, I mainly wanted to go back so I could see him again.) I flew back on March 17, one of probably 30 people on the entire plane, dressed in a makeshift hazmat suit. The next day, NYC shut down. Will was hunkered down in his East Village apartment, while I was in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. After deciding it was ok to see each other, I did my first walk across the Brooklyn Bridge from Cobble Hill to the East Village — a two-hour journey through the empty streets of New York that I will never forget. That became a well known walk for both of us over the next few months, and the Brooklyn Bridge became the link that brought us together. (It was also where Will ended up planning the perfect proposal!) I basically moved into Will's apartment in May, 2020, and we quickly realized how much we genuinely enjoyed both working and living together — even in a tiny 400-square-foot space. I met Will's family for the first time in July of that year, and in a show of true love, drove a U-Haul from Michigan back to NYC filled with furniture to redecorate his East Village apartment. Will met my family in November over Thanksgiving, and discovered french fries are an integral part of a Giga thanksgiving. A few months later, Will officially moved into my apartment in Cobble Hill where we still live. We've had so many adventures together since then, with all of our friends and family — from trips upstate and Palm Springs to Mexico and Florida. We can't WAIT for all our future adventures together as husbands!" —Fareez

"Fareez and I met right before the pandemic shut down the city. At the time, he lived in Cobble Hill and I lived in the East Village, so we would pack up a bag and travel on foot all the way to the other person’s apartment. Like many others, this meant we basically moved in together right after we met. (That relationship accelerator went largely unacknowledged at the time.) As part of this journey, we would always walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. When it came time to propose, I wanted to do it at a landmark tied to the city and the bridge really felt like an icon of the time we fell in love. I told him that I wanted to take him on a romantic walk across the bridge to a special dinner on the other side, but then dropped down on one knee and proposed halfway across. A friend of mine, who really committed to the bit by dressing in full tourist garb, was hiding on the bridge and got a nice video of the moment. It’s always scary to do something big like that in a public setting but luckily everyone on the bridge cheered and gave us a little rom com clap. The only tip I would give someone considering a bridge proposal is that it is a very long walk to the top! I wish I had packed away a granola bar or two next to that ring!" —Will