I first met Isabel in middle school through my group of friends. I didn't know her very well but we chatted every so often. We saw each other in the halls quite a lot and always waved or said hello. After a while, we didn't see much of each other until High School. In our sophomore year of high school Isabel and I met up again when we had the same geometry class, where I didn't have any friends to sit with. I noticed Isabel walk in and begged her to sit with me and she reluctantly did. We became platonic friends over time and even started to hang out outside of school until we started dating. We soon graduated high school and moved into our first place together.

I knew I wanted to propose to Izzi since we lived in our first place together, but I struggled to find the perfect place and the perfect ring. When we decided to ditch the roommates and live on our own I knew this was the perfect time. All I needed now was the ring. Isabel always jokingly sent me rings that she liked egging me on to propose. One ring she sent me stuck with me and I knew it was perfect, so I saved up some money ordered the ring, and just had to wait. I hatched a plan with my dad for the engagement where we would go to Colorado and stay in a cabin for a little vacation. I told Izzi we would be going to a fancy restaurant in the mountains with the group we were staying with. When we got closer to the day more and more people "decided" to not join us at the restaurant until it was just down to me and her. I had set up for a photographer to hide at the spot where I would propose, so I pulled Izzi to the side of the restaurant where I told her I wanted to take some pictures of her for her family. At first, she did NOT want to take pictures there since there were other people around, but I convinced her to do it anyway. Once she was finally in place and my nerves were at their highest I got down on one knee and made the best decision of my life.