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Dustin and Vanessa first met while in High School. After they graduated, they went their separate ways with Vanessa attending nursing school and Dustin attending San Jose State. It was after becoming friends through Facebook that they decided to meet for drinks to catch up. After that fateful night in Los Gatos, they started dating and the rest was history.

How We Met

In September, 2015, Dustin and Vanessa decided to take a vacation to New York. Dustin had been before but Vanessa had not and this was one of the cities that she had wanted to visit. While planning their trip at home, Vanessa looked up at Dustin and said "you're not going to propose in New York... Are you?" To which Dustin replied "no", knowing that was the plan all along. In the time leading up to the trip, they began to browse rings and after some shopping, Vanessa had found HER ring. After this find, Vanessa became very curious and began asking Dustin "when are you going to propose?!" Knowing that Vanessa was now anxiously awaiting the BIG question, he knew that she had played right into his hands. New York had finally arrived and they were having a blast. Vanessa again asked when Dustin would propose and finally he answered, "I'm not going to do it here because you had asked before and said that you weren't sure that you wanted to be proposed to in New York." Disappointed, Vanessa said "ok" and they continued along their trip. For Dustin it was hook, line and sinker.On the day of their one year anniversary, they planned to visit the 9/11 memorial and then head to Brooklyn. This was the day! At the 9/11 memorial, Dustin panicked as he did not think that he would have to go through security and empty his pockets. His plan was in major jeopardy at this point. Luckily, he could not get the zipper to his side pocket open to pull out the ring and it did not set off the metal detector so the plan was still in play. After the memorial they walked across the Brooklyn Bridge and stopped to eat pizza as they were going to a late dinner. After eating, Dustin suggested taking some pictures as he had some very good friends recommend a good spot for photos. The view was perfect. The Downtown Manhattan Skyline and lit up Brooklyn Bridge served as their backdrop. They took some photos together and then Dustin asked Vanessa to pose alone. She looked at him like a weirdo and then reluctantly said yes. He then asked her to turn around and face the city. It was at this point he pulled the ring out and asked her the question.

Dustin & Vanessa

Dustin & Vanessa

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