How did you meet? Tell me your love story
We met in college at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. We were pursuing the same degree and had several classes together. Our friend group would play basketball every Wednesday and Friday after class. During one of the warm-up 2 on 2 games, Shawn was guarding me and as I drove towards the basket, I stepped on his foot and instantly fell to the ground having sprained my ankle. Shawn and my friends thought I had just tripped, but realized I was injured after I started crying and couldn’t get up. I sat on the sidelines as the rest of the gang finished up playing for the day. Shawn felt bad for causing the injury and drove me back to my apartment. He even carried me inside, smacking my elbow against the door as he tried to maneuver into the room. Since the semester wasn’t finished and I lived a mile and a half from campus, Shawn picked me up to drive me to class. He must have felt really bad or liked me. ;) We started hanging out more as friends and eventually started dating. (Although, he never formally asked me out.)
How long have you been together? And when did you know he/she was the one?
We have been together for 3 years and 2 months. I knew Shawn was the one after 5 months when we started to talk about our future together and he finally said, “I love you.” Shawn knew sometime during the winter of 2017.
How did the proposal go down?
We took a trip to Colorado for Memorial Day weekend and were hiking in the Rocky mountains when Shawn got down on one knee and asked me in Chinese if I could tie his shoe. I leaned over to tie his laces and he pulled out the ring box. I said yes and grabbed the ring before he had a chance to put it on my finger.
Are you writing your own vows?
We are writing our own vows, but we are not exchanging them during the ceremony. We are going to give each other the vows before the ceremony, right before the first look.
