How it all began
“When he took me to Dyker Heights to see the Christmas lights, it was so apparent that this guy was after my heart...”
— Chrissy
“When she stole my eyeglass case at the Bonnie while I was in the restroom and laughed when I asked where they were, I knew this girl was someone I was attracted to.”
— Mikey
Chrissy and Mikey met through Hinge. On December 5th, 2018, they had their first date at “The Ditty”, in Astoria. The date went fantastically and both were very interested in seeing each other again. It wasn’t until the second date where they met, also in Astoria, at “The Bonnie” where they found a mutual love for traveling, burgers, and family. On that date, Chrissy hid Mikey’s eyeglass case from him and as they were leaving he asked where they were, she said “I don’t know,” with the cutest smirk on her face that drew Mikey in. As they walked out and Mikey escorted Chrissy to her car, they had their first kiss. Mikey knew at that point, this was someone special and someone he needed to explore further. Fast forward to numerous weekend getaways to places like Newport, RI., Boston, M.A., Mystic, C T., and a strong twenty months later, the next natural step was Mikey getting down on one knee. August 5th, 2020, during a year full of turmoil, the happy couple had an early dinner at where else, but “The Bonnie”. When they came back to Chrissy’s apartment, there was a gift bag of treats waiting for her in her backyard. After finding the bag filled with candy, hand sanitizer, and diet coke, there was a specially made album of photos of the couple throughout 2020. The last photo was an image of a diamond ring. Shortly after, Mikey took out the actual ring, got down on one knee, asked his love to be his wife. And the screaming joy of excitement from Chrissy was heard from blocks away, the answer was of course,“Yes!”
And the rest is history…
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