{"id":15306,"date":"2015-04-17T06:15:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T10:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ulyssesphotography.com\/blog\/?p=15306"},"modified":"2016-03-04T11:39:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T16:39:55","slug":"kinjal-wedding-story-part-1-dating-proposal-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulyssesphotography.com\/blog\/kinjal-wedding-story-part-1-dating-proposal-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinjal’s Wedding Story – dating + proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"We first met Kinjal over 5 years ago, at an\u00a0amazing wedding<\/a> in which she was\u00a0a bridesmaid. When she contacted us about her own wedding, we were over-the-moon excited! Although Kinjal’s wedding day has now passed, she\u00a0wrote some beautiful words to convey and remember her feelings surrounding this special day. We’re going to publish them in 6 parts, so we hope you enjoy this mini-series. Brides, we know you’re going to get lots of great planning tips! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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DATING + THE PROPOSAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Kinjal_e056\"When I moved from Manhattan to New Jersey, I joined an online dating website. Anil and I met online… yes, it works! We took our time to get to know each other. Our relationship grew, slow and steady. We’d meet casually on the weekends for dinner or a movie. After a couple of months the dates became longer and more frequent. We’d find excuses to meet in the middle of the week. Dinner would be followed up by 3 hour long phone conversations. I knew I wanted to spend a lot more time with this caring, open-minded, fun-loving, hard-working, good-natured person. There wasn’t any one moment that made me think Anil is “the one.” But there is one moment that stands out. Right before Valentine’s Day, Anil and I were texting with one another. We were being silly (as we often are with one another… life is short!). I asked him to do one thing or another which he met with some reluctance. When I playfully asked “don’t you want to make me happy?” He simply wrote back “always.” Wearing his heart on his sleeve and being completely sincere,\u00a0I thought, this feels right.<\/div>\n
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\"Kinjal_e010\"\u00a0Although our relationship was slow and steady, it hit me like a ton of bricks that I wanted to marry this man. I knew Anil was ready too. The holidays came and went with no proposal. Valentine’s Day came with a very sweet gift and date, but, no proposal. The Friday after Valentine’s Day, I called Anil on my way home from work complaining that there was a ton of rush hour traffic and suggested that we should meet at the mall for happy hour. He insisted\u00a0that I come home and promised that he’d do all the driving for the rest of the weekend. After some cajoling, I agreed. When I walked in, the entire\u00a0apartment was glowing with\u00a0candlelight, the floor strewn with rose petals, Anil in a black suit. He had prepared a slideshow of photographs of our fun moments together and when I turned around at the end he was on one\u00a0knee with ring in hand. He asked me to marry him; of course, I said yes! We celebrated with blush champagne (which would become an inspiration for one of the signature cocktails at our reception). The proposal was followed up with a limo ride to New York City and a romantic dinner at the first class French restaurant, Per Se. I called my parents from the limo. They happily joined in my excitement, but, it turns out they knew the proposal was coming. Anil had driven to my parents\u2019 house while I was away on a girls trip in Miami to ask for their blessing to marry me.\u00a0 I was so touched. There was nothing too dramatic or over the top about Anil’s proposal.\u00a0 It was celebratory and\u00a0sweet and true to us.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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More of Kinjal + Anil’s wedding story:<\/p>\n