While Facebook says we only became friends in May 2022, we actually first crossed paths at the famous Hogans many years ago in 2013. However, we reconnected over a long conversation at the VFW for the first time in years in mid January 2024.

It was a couple weeks later after the AFC Championship game that we bumped into each other again at the VFW again and had another long conversation. Tiffany was about to go pick up food at Hilltop and Harsh decided he was going to use this opportunity to ask her out. During the walk and at Hilltop Tiffany lamented about wanting a serious relationship and Harsh seized the opportunity with a great pick up line and asked her out.

Surprisingly she said yes and we exchanged numbers!

Over the next few days we texted back and forth everyday till the following Wednesday when we had our first date. Wanting to get out of the neighborhood, we went to the Mt Vernon Marketplace to attend a Meetup social event that seemed interesting. It turned out to be a meetup for Burning Man enthusiasts and very awkward and we left shortly after and laughed about it. Since that day, we pretty much hung out every single day after!

In the following months we had many firsts: Trips to Deep Creek, Canada, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Ocean City, Punta Cana, Bahamas, and many more; moved in together; became Facebook official in October 2024; got close with each others families; said "I love you"; got a dog.

In January 2025, Harsh realized that Tiffany was the one and bought an engagement ring. Harsh planned a surprise birthday party on February 1st for Tiffany as an excuse to get close friends and family together. Then came the real surprise: Harsh got down on one knee in

front of 30 plus close friends and family (in person and on Zoom) and popped the question. Tiffany was shocked and grabbed the ring without answering and put it on. Harsh asked "is that a yes?" to which Tiffany replied "yes!"

There you have it- Harsh and Tiffany were officially engaged on February 1st, 2025!

T&H