Marcia and Aaron met while they were in school through a mutual friend. Despite their busy schedules – Marcia was studying law, and Aaron was studying engineering – their love of memes and silly humor meant they instantly became best friends. They stayed close, with no intention of dating, but grew to really like each other and decided to give dating a try.

Once they both were finished at their university, Aaron settled in Seattle after taking a job, and he persuaded Marcia to join him there. “We had gotten so close at this point that we were pretty much one and the same in different bodies and I decided I wanted this for the rest of my days. I thought I had it all planned out; since she didn’t like big surprises, I decided a small one with our closest friends and our dog, Tofu, would be perfect,” said Aaron

.For the proposal, Aaron chose a secluded area in the Washington arboretum, and told their friends to wait in hiding with cameras, where he would spring the plan. “Everything that could’ve slowed us down, did slow us down. She wanted to keep stop-ping to take pictures of the blooming flowers and have Tofu explore. All the while, my phone is vibrating out of my pocket with the secret chat room complaining, ‘omg it’s so hot’, ‘where are you?'” remembers Aaron.

They finally arrived at the location, and Aaron started his speech. His hands were fumbling in his pockets and Tofu began to bark, pull, and howl, adding unplanned chaos to the moment. She had sniffed out their friends and became frustrated that they were not saying “hi” to them. “Imagine the scene; me sweating profusely and on one knee trying to shout through my proposal speech (all of which I had forgotten in the chaos), Tofu barking and howling, her leash tugging at my body as I’m trying to open the ring case to pop the big question. Let’s say the magic moment had passed and all we could do was laugh at how absurd this scene was.” said Aaron.

Although it did not go exactly as planned, Marcia said “yes” while still laughing, and the friends that Tofu smelled a mile away popped out from behind bushes to join them in congratulations. “I picked up whatever dignity I had left and vowed to never forgive Tofu, the little devil.”