
Melissa and Rick met through a mutual friend, Josh. Melissa’s friends organized a dinner and karaoke hangout and Josh invited Rick to come along. Melissa and Rick got to talking to each other during dinner and Melissa thought he was a nice and funny guy. At karaoke, Melissa noticed that although Rick didn’t know anyone else at the gathering, he was quite sociable with all of her friends. But it definitely was not love at first sight for Melissa. She thought Rick looked like a thug; wearing a Puma sweatshirt hoodie, a backwards cap, and shorts. Rick, on the other hand, had a little sparkle in his eyes because he felt that she was very caring towards her friends when she stayed back to make sure no one left anything in the karaoke room. Sure enough, one of her friends left his camera!!

Soon after that, Melissa and Rick communicated through emails and hung out at gatherings. During the Christmas season, Rick had the courage to ask Melissa out through an ingenious way. He bought her a pink Ipod and loaded it with songs; songs about how he feels about her, what he will promise her, and if they can become an official couple. Melissa felt touched at this notion and decided to give it a whirl! 3 years later, they got engaged!

The engagement was such a surprise. Everyone in Melissa’s family, and Rick’s mom and stepdad were all in on it! Melissa’s family decided to invite Rick’s mom and stepdad out for New Year’s Day dinner. Good times, good converstaion and blasting down memory lane. At the end of the meal, the waiter asked if the dessert menu was needed. Rick chimed in and said, “Sure!” Melissa looked at him with surprise thinking, “This is not normal?!” So the waiter came back with a Cheesecake Factory box and placed it in front of Melissa. As she opened the box, she saw the words, “Will you marry me?” written on a chocolate plaque!! When she looked back at Rick, he was already down on one knee with the ring! Of course, she said, “YES!”

Just want to say, Jim-I am still waiting on that pink iPod!!!
What a great story, really. And their wedding is right around the corner!




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Beautiful!