The love story...

The year is 2013. Arman and Jandra are attending Hunter College in NYC. They don't know each other, but Arman definitely notices her multiple times. He hangs out with his friends on the skywalk bridge in between classes. They people watch, and he sees Jandra walk by on various occasions, catching his eye. He's intrigued but doesn't know how to approach or talk to her, especially since they don't have class together. It is now December 2013. Arman attends a Major Lazer concert at Pier 94 with his friend. While the party is bumping and he's walking through the packed crowd, he notices a familiar face. Lo and behold, it's the girl from Hunter. Arman and Jandra lock eyes and walk towards each other. "Hey, you go to Hunter!" says Arman to Jandra. "Yes, you too, right?" says Jandra. They finally formally meet. As some chit-chat happens, Jandra says, "Hey, take down my number in case we lose each other in the crowd." Arman was elated he didn't even have to ask for her number. They ended up staying with each other for the rest of the night. The concert was amazing, and they danced the night away.

Now it's 2014. Arman and Jandra text back and forth. He tries to make a move to take her out on a date to a special restaurant, but she leaves him on read. Or that's what he thought. On Arman's birthday, Feb 24th, he sees Jandra at Hunter after thinking she ignored his last text. She wishes him a happy birthday, and Arman brings up the text. She shows him on her phone that she responded but he didn't get it. Deep down, he is relieved; there is still hope. As time goes on, he sees Jandra in the halls between classes, but she's always in a rush to leave. Was she actually in a rush, or was she playing hard to get?

In March, they both attended the same dubstep concert unplanned. Arman went with his friend and Jandra with hers. They met up at the concert, and that's where they shared their first kiss. It was a glorious moment for Arman. He was on cloud 9.

As time went on, they’d attend more events and spend more time together. Friends would ask Arman why Jandra wasn't his girlfriend. But Jandra was going to study abroad in Costa Rica for the Summer, and a relationship was the last thing on her mind. Arman also thought that was going to be the end of their ’unofficial relationship’. Little did they both know that trip would change it all. Jandra would spend her time abroad in search of a hot commodity... Wi-Fi... just to spend countless hours texting and on FaceTime with Arman. Back then when abroad, having Wi-Fi was the only way to communicate. It was then that their relationship really flourished. The FaceTime calls lasted countless hours, sometimes until 3-4 AM. Distance indeed made the heart grow fonder.

6 weeks later, Jandra returned to NYC on August 10th. They had already planned to see each other the very next day on August 11, 2014. Arman finally took her on that date to that special place. During dinner, the waitress brought out dessert with a sparkler and a message on the plate that read, "Will you be my girlfriend?"

The rest was history.

On their 8-year anniversary in 2022, Arman took Jandra to the same place where he asked her to be his girlfriend and proposed to her. They went back to the same restaurant, and this time the dessert plate read, "Will you be my wife?" A truly full-circle moment.

God willing, on their 10-year anniversary, on August 11, 2024, they will finally become Husband and Wife.

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