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Lexington Ave & E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, USA on the 27th of December, 2016, at 7:00pm

By Arlene C

On this special day, my boyfriend asked me to be his girlfriend during his shift in midtown Manhattan.

My boyfriend and I met during mid-October 2016 in Billy Beez at the Palisades Mall. It was the 2nd birthday of a daughter of our mutual friend. He went with his daughter to the birthday party and I brought my little sister. This birthday party had 2 parts. Part one was cutting the cake at the house and part two had some fun at a kids place. That day nothing was really going so well for the simple fact that I was car-less because my parents had plans with the family car. Walking to the bus, I bumped into my aunt who was willing to drive us (my sister & I) to the house, where the cake was cut. After that, my friend and his family drove those who didn't have a car to the part two of the birthday.
As we arrive, there were already people there waiting for the birthday girl to have some fun. I spotted this handsome man with a little girl on his shoulder but I didn't think he was part of the birthday party group. The little girl looked at me and I waved and she smiled and tried to hide on his shoulder, they got closer to me and we kept doing the same back and forth and he asked her "you want to go with her?" With no hesitation she did. He was surprised because she doesn't do that with anyone. I asked him if that was his daughter and he said yes. Asked for her name and age then I asked if it was okay for me to take her to some slides and trampolines and he said yes it is okay.
So my sister, his daughter and I went to go have some fun. Once we were tired and done, we came back to the party group at the end of the day he asked me for my number and I gave it to him.

3 days later ("guy rule"), he messaged me. We clicked right away and spoke and messaged every day on the phone. We didn't see each other until a month and a half later due to the holidays, planning my parents 25th wedding anniversary party and our work schedule. We were losing a little bit of hope because we didn't see each other after that birthday party. So after the Thanksgiving holiday was over, we decided to see each other the following day and it was our first date. We went on 2 more dates the following month of December.
The 4th time we saw each wasn't planned. I had finished my OT at my job in Queens and he was on his way to drop off a patient at the Lennox Hill Hospital (he's an EMS). I asked him if I can see him since it was easy for me to get to him even if it is to see him for a few minutes and he agreed. We met at this corner and I took photos of us because he made me happy and I love taking photos. We spoke for a little bit. A few seconds later, he looked at me and asked me if he can ask me a question and I said go ahead.
He asked me: "Would you like to be my girlfriend?". And I said "YES!". So happily. Then after that, he got a call and had to go to save some lives. I was the happiest girl that day & still am today.

We love stars and I decided to give him the star chart on our 2nd year anniversary. He was speechless and it was a very memorable moment. I love him and his daughter so much, they are my little family. This photo was taken a few minutes before he asked me to be his girlfriend.