The Engagement Story
It's been a while since I've sat down to write and share our life, and mostly it's my own fault. 2023 was an exhausting and exciting year in many ways. Starting off the year I moved to Singapore while Aary was in India, and let me tell you the long distance took a huge toll on our mental health. We were able to recover and head back to Los Angeles where life only got crazier. Modeling was at it's peak with me working more than I had ever before, and Aary was going through career changes. Celebrating two years together in July while our puppy Thea turned two in September, it was the happiest fall we had. Things were starting to look stable in our very unstable life.
In the fall of 2022, Aary began talking to my mother about marrying me, which to her was no surprise. They've always had a close bond and as much as Aary wanted to marry me, she wanted me to marry him. Conversations about what type of ring I wanted were not easy, because I am unfortunately not an easy person. I've always wanted something different with my engagement ring, so we had tried on some yellow diamonds, and sapphires with a diamond band, but nothing was standing out to me. Aary and I love two things when it comes to jewelry, gold, and emeralds. Quickly we discovered that I wanted a gold band to go with most of my jewelry, and incorporating emeralds would make it more unique than just a diamond and gold engagement ring. My maternal grandmother had passed away in July of 2016, and my mother kept her wedding ring. It was the most beautiful ring, a gold band with a center diamond surrounded by emeralds. Without hesitation, my mother offered Aary the ring to propose to me with. After seeing it, he knew it was not only exactly what I wanted, but the sentimental value that I wanted would be through the roof. The hard part of finding the perfect ring was over!
Next was deciding when, where, and how to propose. Now I am a very organized and specific person, I always know exactly what I want and very rarely do I enjoy a surprise. My requirements for the proposal were simple, it needed to be somewhere sentimental while being intimate and minimal. Aary is a very extravagant person, for example, he booked a private helicopter tour over LA to ask me to move there to live with him only 3 months into dating... We've had our fair share of luxurious vacations and dinners complimented with beautiful outfits and friends. I love anything sentimental and for big life events, things that are more intimate. I prefer to spend my birthday with my partner and family while doing something easy. Malibu has a beach that we would visit often while living in LA. When our first TikTok went viral, we were on a pizza date at that beach. Often our Sundays were spent there with our puppy having picnics, and we had also decided to do our anniversary photo shoot at that same beach. After almost two years of living in LA, the beach became a second home, the perfect place for a proposal!
Aary had decided that November of 2023 would be the right time. Did he have a reason for that? Nope, if you ask him he'll tell you it just felt right. One of my good friends is a photographer, so he enlisted him to hide on the beach and capture our proposal. The strategy was easy, create a fake birthday party for a friend and have the theme be bohemian. There was a white dress Aary had custom-made for me that I wore to the Taj Mahal, and I had told him it was the perfect engagement dress. I didn't think twice about wearing it as it was the only thing that fit the supposed dress code (Aary was quite smart there). After a few hours of getting ready, we were in the Uber black headed to Malibu. I didn't have a clue what was going to happen, so I was forcing Aary to take selfies with me while he has freaking out internally.
Me chilling while Aary is internally panicking
We walked onto the beach and I turned to the area where the houses where and realized there was no party. Confused I turned around to see Aary on his knee, with a beautiful engagement ring in his hand. The tears came as soon as he started his speech on how much he loved me, and that as long as he was alive he wanted to spend it with me. We both agree that we both blacked out during the whole interaction as it was so surreal. Borderline screaming I said yes, and quickly went to kiss him as it was easily the happiest day of my life. After a few moments of pure bliss, Aary pointed out that the random guy on the beach was in fact my friend capturing the whole thing. I was in shock at how perfect the ring was when I quickly realized it was my nana's ring, my tears wouldn't stop. It was my ideal proposal, sentimental while being intimate and minimal. Of course, we had a quick photoshoot to capture the joy of being engaged before the sunset disappeared into the waves.
We went and got some sushi afterward while basking in the excitement of being engaged to each other. Once home, we started the round of phone calls to my friends and family. My mother was my first call who almost cried as she was just so happy to see her daughter being loved and cared for by an amazing man. Next, it was the grandparents and siblings, who love Aary more than I could ask for. They all exclaimed that they were so happy to finally call him family as if they hadn't been doing it this whole time lol! Finally, it was the friends who sobbed with happiness. The girls who had seen me go through so many bad relationships were genuinely overjoyed when I met Aary. Each one of them had bonded with Aary and wanted nothing other than a happy ending for us.
I am truly the most blessed woman for having a partner who is so genuine, kind, and attentive. God has answered my prayers many times, but having me meet Aary was the best prayer that's been answered. No longer do I struggle with the idea of whether will someone ever love and care for me, or give me a family and a beautiful life. I have that within my life now, a beautiful life being loved so fiercely and purely. I won't lie, the excitement and stress of planning multiple weddings didn't take long to approach. However, I can't wait to officially become his wife and celebrate both of our cultures and religions. It's been three months since the engagement, and I think we've decided on the locations of the weddings, but other than that we have a lot of decision-making to do! We can't wait to share the process and changes that our life is taking, and we are so thankful for the people who support us.
Stay tuned for the crazy wedding adventures!!!
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