Mayoor and Sajni go way back...back to their high school days when they were 14 years old! Around the start of their Freshman year, before iPhones and swiping right on Tinder and “sliding into peoples DM’s” on Instagram as the cool kids do nowadays, Mayoor and Sajni started chatting on AIM instant messenger. They didn’t go to the same high school (met through a friend), so the only way they could talk was on those old, 2006 looking chat boxes on their family computers. Oh, and with their flip phones after 9pm when T-Mobile had unlimited minutes. One night, Sajni was attending a party at the banquet hall of India House in Schaumburg. She was bored and texted Mayoor to see what he was up to. It just so happened that he was there at the same time! After a quick stop to check himself in the bathroom mirror, he walked out to the lobby of India House to meet her in person for the very first time. Some nervous laughter and awkward smiles later, they left but continued to keep in touch, with the occasional ride from their parents to see each other. Their budding romance continued off and on until they were both home for Thanksgiving during their 2nd year of college, when Mayoor finally had the nerve to ask Sajni out! She was sick that night, so he brought her tea and her favorite Trader Joe’s chocolate (milk chocolate with 30% hazelnuts), wore his fraternity hoodie that she thought made him look like a cool college boy, and she was smitten. Their first date was at Noodles and Company! Penne Rosa anyone? 7 years, 5 states, thousands of texts, phone calls, FaceTime dates, hundreds of airline miles collected from weekend visits both to each other and together abroad, and memories made with friends and family, Sajni and Mayoor are finally engaged!

Mayoor and I always talked about wanting to be in the same city when we got engaged. So after 5 years of being in a long-distance relationship, we finally made it happen in Atlanta, GA. We made trips to a couple jewelry stores so he could get an idea for a ring. Every time we went out to a fancy dinner or went on a trip, I always thought to myself "This is it! Finally!" That never happened. Fast forward to Winter 2017, when I was just about getting ready to lose it. I called my mom and Lydia thinking Mayoor was an idiot and that he hadn't even thought about getting engaged yet. I had no idea that he had been planning the proposal way before I even knew. So the week before he proposed, I had a solo trip to Rome planned out that eventually fell through. He used that as an excuse saying, "Hey, since you couldn't go to Rome, why don't we go on a mini trip to Montauk together to make up for it." I had a small idea that something was brewing, but I let it go because he kept asking me to look up hotel room rates, car rental rates, etc. I thought that if he was really proposing, he would probably have all this planned already! Fast forward to the day of, when we are driving all around the Hamptons and Sag Harbor, and I finally suggest us to go to the lighthouse in Montauk (coincidentally around the same time he asked the photographer to be there). At this point he's incredibly nervous: clammy hands, not talking, the works. We walked to the beach and Mayoor asked me if I would climb up the cliff. I was wearing booties with heels, but I went along anyway. We sat on a big rock on the cliff and a couple selfies later, he said "You're my best friend, Sajni" And I immediately began to BAWL. He gave me his speech, got on one knee and popped the question. We both are so incredibly excited for everyone to come celebrate our wedding weekend with us. Get pumped for a weekend of love, laughter, Mayoor’s dance moves, and about 5000 embarrassing pictures of us growing up together.