“John and I first started chatting on an app called Coffee Meets Bagel! The app asks you to finish three sentences: ‘I am __, I like __ and I appreciate __’ I wrote: I appreciate when someone is goofy, likes staying in and watches Parks and Rec as much as going out, and has a passion they are willing to share. John’s profile came up saying ‘I am goofy’, he was watching Parks and Rec, and he appreciates when a date has ‘a passion she is willing to share’.

I opened a chat, and now that was almost four years ago! Ends up we had already met once at a bar, but at the time I was dating someone else! We didn’t realize until a few months later.

How He Proposed

He proposed by taking me to Austin, where we got together with some of my closest friends and kayaked with our dog, Opal. At sunset, we hiked around Mount Bonnell, where he opened the ring box upside down and I kissed him before he could even pop the question!”