First of all, this is a 6 years long-distance relationship with 2 years bay area life story.

Many of you have known Wenxuan or Tianyi for a long time but few of you know the entire story. This is a good time to introduce our love story before the ceremony.

Our first acquaintance dates back to high school years. Wenxuan was one class year above Tianyi and to be honest, we were interacting more over social platform and was not talking face to face as much.

Fast forward to October of 2015, our love journey began...

On that special day and now very important day, with a distance of over 10,000km, we decided to start dating as boyfriend and girlfriend. Although the exact rational behind the decision is unknown (likely Cupid's arrow struck us), it was a courageous journey that we both embarked and committed to.

3074天并持续加载中

首先，这是一段长达6年的远距离恋爱，和2年的湾区生活经历。

你们中的许多人都认识文轩或天怡很长时间了，但很少有人知道我们的整个故事。借此机会，在婚礼之前介绍一下我们的爱情之旅。

我们的第一次相识可以追溯到高中时期。文轩比天怡大一届，老实说，我们更多地通过社交平台互动，而不是面对面交谈。

快进到2015年10月，我们的爱情之旅开始了...

在那个特殊的日子（现在变成我们一个非常重要的日子），尽管相隔超过10,000公里，我们决定开始恋爱，成为男女朋友。虽然我们当时做决定的原因不为人知（可能是丘比特之箭击中了我们），但这是一段我们都勇敢踏上并承诺的旅程。

After a two month wait after we got together, we finally met each other in Shanghai. Wenxuan took 2 hours subway crossing from Southwest to East of Shanghai arriving at Tianyi's university. It felt unreal but also glad. And yes, 2015 Facetime quality needed some improvement.

2015年圣诞我们终于见面啦

在我们在一起之后等待了两个月后，我们终于在上海见面了。文轩花了2个小时乘坐地铁从上海的西南部穿越到东部，抵达了天怡的大学。这感觉不真实，但也感到很高兴。没错，2015年的Facetime质量还需要一些改进。

In the year 2017, Tianyi went to Australia and started her master study in Sydney. Considering this is the very first time for Tianyi to study abroad, Wenxuan decided to accompany her and helped her to get accustomed to foreign school life. We visited Darling Harbor, Sydney Tower for sunset, Wildlife zoo for cute wallbies, koalas, and wombats, blue mountain for hiking. "We had a fabulous time." as Wenxuan said. But happy time always flies so fast, after one month Wenxuan had to leave Australia and back to US.

Honeymoon was like a dream but long-distance is the reality.

2017 土澳！

2017年，天怡前往澳大利亚，在悉尼开始了她的硕士学习。考虑到这是她第一次出国留学，文轩决定一起陪她去澳大利亚并帮助她适应外国学校生活。那段时间里，我们一起参观了达令港、悉尼塔（Sydney Tower）看日落、野生动物园看可爱的袋鼠、考拉和袋熊，还去了蓝山（Blue Mountain）远足。正如文轩所说，“我们度过了一段很美妙的时光。” 但快乐的时光总是飞逝而去，一个月后他不得不离开澳大利亚回到美国。

蜜月就像是一个梦，远距离才是现实。

During these 2 years period, life was all about calculating time zones, face timing, short quarrels and 13 hours flight to have a short catch up.

"Long distance relationship was hard but also meaningful. As soon as I was heading back to my life in Australia, I was always counting down the days till we could meet next time." Tianyi said.

Yes, that was true. We travelled so many places in California US, Hawaii, US, and Tasmania, AU. We planned our holidays so we could meet each other more and getting more into each other's life.

2018 - 2019 努力学习，努力见面

在这两年的时间里，生活全都围绕着计算时差、视频通话、短暂的争吵和为了短暂的相聚而进行的13小时飞行。

“远距离恋爱是困难的，但也是有意义的。每当我要回到澳大利亚生活时，我总是在倒数着下一次见面的日子。” 天怡说道。

是的，这是真的。我们去了美国的加利福尼亚、夏威夷，还有澳大利亚的塔斯马尼亚。我们计划了我们的假期，以便更频繁地见面，更深入地了解彼此的生活。

Everyone knows what happend in 2020: Nothing. Oh I mean: COVID virus was busy interrupting people's lives, but we are both stuck in different halves of the globe. We stopped our custom to visit each other or travel together, but since Facetime got better, (AU network still stucked at year 2000) we were calling each other when we had time, when we were off work. We know you are good at math so please help us figure out again, with time difference in mind, when did we have the time to call each other?

"I had few moments to doubt my initial decision." said Wenxuan. "She was like my AI girlfriend especially during the lock down period."

From Tianyi side, life was not bad since she lived with her relatives and covid was not that bad in Australia. But that was a turning point for us to discuss our plan of ending the long distance part of our relationship.

2020年真的存在吗？

每个人都知道2020年发生了什么事情：什么都没有。

哦，我的意思是：COVID病毒忙着干扰人们的生活，而我们两个被困在地球的不同半球。我们停止了互相访问或一起旅行的习惯，但自从Facetime变得更好以后（然而澳大利亚的网络仍停留在2000年代），只要我们有任何时间，比如一下班后就会打电话给对方。我们知道你们擅长数学，所以请帮助我们再计算一下，考虑到时差，我们什么时候有时间打电话给对方？

“我曾经有一些瞬间怀疑在一起是不是个正确的决定。”文轩说道。“在封锁期间，她就像我的AI女友一样。”

而从天怡的角度来看，由于她与阿姨一家一起生活，生活并不那么糟糕，并且澳大利亚的COVID状况也不那么严重。

但这是我们讨论结束我们异地恋计划的一个转折点。

We were more closely together for the first time in our journey. She got admitted to SCU for second Masters degree in BA and on the day of her 26st birthday, she flew across the entire Pacific Ocean to arrive in San Jose with full sized checked baggages. (Of course there were 2 other XXL AU Post parcels arriving ahead of her)

Tianyi was not very happy with "Bay Area country style life" at first. "Nothing is within walkable distance. And where is my local Boba milktea store?" screamed Tianyi. But Tianyi quickly and diligently learned how to drive in the US, CA, Bay Area to be exact and adjusted to local driving style quickly. "Wenxuan told me +15mph is acceptable on the road and do whatever you want when there is no police."

Tianyi missed Australia and family and friends back in Shanghai, but as time went by, she embraced the different but promising lifestyle here. Wenxuan was by her side as she was finishing up her studies and transitioning to landing a job after graduation.

2021 我们结束异地恋啦

我们第一次更亲近地在一起了。天怡被SCU录取并攻读第二个硕士学位。在天怡26岁生日那天，她飞越整个太平洋来到了圣荷西，带着满满的托运行李箱（当然，在这之前还有两个特特特大号的澳大利亚邮政包裹已被空运过来）。

一开始，天怡对于“湾区的乡村风格生活”并不是很开心。“没有地方可以步行到达。我的珍珠奶茶店在哪里？” 她大声喊道。但同时，她也迅速地学会了在美国加州，确切说是在湾区开车，并迅速适应了当地的驾驶风格。“文轩告诉我，路上超速15英里是可以接受的，在没有警察的时候可以随心所欲。”

天怡依旧想念澳大利亚和上海的家人和朋友，但随着时间的推移，她开始融入这里不同的生活方式。文轩也一直在她身边，陪伴她完成学业，并在毕业后过渡到找工作的一段艰难时光。

We will say, 2022 is another big year for us.

We are officially Tom and Jerry family: two chinchillas and one Tuxedo cat. Sadly prior to them, our first beloved chinchilla, Tangyuan passed away in mid 2022 and she did emotionally supported us through our toughest times. She has been and will always be our one of our family members. There have been too much stories and fun behind our pet family, we were busy taking care of our "children" as first time parents since 2022.

BTW, it was our tuxedo cat: Oreo's idea to adopt us as his parents, which we still do not fully understand why but obviously a great decision for all of us.

So we are now (un)officially named: Tom&Jerrys family.

2022年 我们正式成为猫和老鼠家庭

可以说，2022年对我们来说又是重要的一年。

我们正式成为了汤姆和杰瑞家庭：两只龙猫和一只奶牛猫。不幸的是，在它们之前，我们的第一只心爱的龙猫，汤圆，在2022年中旬去世了，她在我们最困难的时刻给我们提供了很多的情绪支持。她将永远是我们家庭的一员。我们作为宠物家庭背后有太多故事和乐趣，自从2022年以来，我们就像初次当父母一样忙着照顾我们的“孩子们”。

顺便说一下，是我们的奶牛猫奥利奥决定收养我们作为他的父母，至今我们仍然不完全理解为什么，但显然这对我们所有人来说都是一个伟大的决定。

所以我们现在（非）正式地被称为：汤姆和杰瑞一家。

2023 他向我求婚啦！

On a *totally* unexpected day: official graduation ceremony, Wenxuan proposed to Tianyi, without her knowledge of it prior. It was all joy and cheers after she said yes to the proposal, we knew we were heading towards our next milestone in life.

在完全不知情的情况下，在她的正式的毕业典礼上，他终于向她求婚啦。在答应的那一刻，我们都知道我们正朝着生命中的下一个重要时刻迈进。

结语

"I am still hating I-880 traffic, hard water, and dry weather here, but with Wenxuan together, these challenges can be overcounted and I am ready to write our next chapter." -- Tianyi

"I will always be in the driver's seat whenever she needs help, guidance or just don't want to drive from time to time. And fully support her in the driver's seat when she wants to explore on her own, even on a race track. We are steering our love vehicle to a promising future." -- Wenxuan

"我仍然讨厌I-880的交通，这边的硬水和干燥的天气，但和他在一起，这些挑战都可以被克服，我已经做好准备进入我们的下一篇章了。" —天怡

"每当她需要帮助、指导，或者只是偶尔不想开车的时候，我都会一直坐在驾驶座上。并且在她想独自探索，甚至驾车下赛道时，我会全力支持她坐在驾驶座上。我们正在驾驶着我们的爱情之车驶向充满希望的未来。" —文轩