Bari: I first met Daniel at a friend's rooftop party in New York City in October 2017.

Daniel: It was a pretty wild party with a live band and Bari was naturally on the dance floor.

Bari: Daniel was sporting a bandana around his forehead and a royal blue Hawaiian short sleeve button down. Oy!

Daniel: I don't remember what Bari was wearing...

Bari: We only spoke briefly. A couple months later in February, I was surprised to come across Daniel's picture on the dating app, Bumble which I had just downloaded. I would have recognized that butt chin anywhere!

Daniel: I got a message out of the blue from Bari on the dating app saying that we had met at the rooftop party. I was insanely busy at work so I asked for her number and said we should get a drink once I "came up for air."

Bari: He was "under water." After a few weeks, I reached out to our mutual friend (who had originally introduced us at the rooftop party) and asked: Where is this guy? Why hasn't he texted me?

Daniel: I happened to get dinner with that mutual friend (who went to college with Bari and was dating my friend from college) the next week. She scolded me for not taking Bari out to drinks yet and told me how amazing and smart and beautiful she was. I promised I'd text Bari soon.

Bari: ...three weeks later...

Daniel: On March 16th, we had a huge party at my apartment for my friend's birthday with 60+ people. That morning, I closed the deal that had been keeping me so busy at work and was excited to celebrate with my friends.

Bari: I went to dinner with the WashU girls that same night and ended up at a party. When we got there, the front door opened and Daniel was standing there. Not only was he standing there, he lived there.

Daniel: I noticed that one of the girls was very cute, but had zero idea that this was the same girl I had matched with three weeks earlier. I offered to take their coats and get them drinks and went back to playing host.

Bari: I immediately dragged my friend to the bathroom. He didn't even know it was me! It was a fun party, but he never ended up realizing that it was me, so I eventually left.

Daniel: At the end of the night, my friend came up to me and said "dude...why didn't you talk to Bari?!" I said, "Who's Bari?"

Bari: :(

Daniel: I had been so "submerged" that I hadn't thought about dating in weeks and hadn't put two and two together. I realized Bari must be so upset and would probably never give me a chance to take her out. I blew it.

Bari: But I still liked him. So I texted him the next day to thank him for hosting and he apologized profusely for not saying hi and asked me to get drinks.

Daniel: Thank god she texted me. I suggested we get drinks the following week. But that Thursday, I asked if she wanted to move drinks earlier to that very night. She said, "Sure, as long as we can watch March Madness." The rest is history!

Two years to the day later, Daniel proposed to Bari at Belvedere Castle in Central Park!

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