We met back at UCI around 2010, while sitting at the Student Center. We think it was most likely while hanging out with mutual friends from SPOP or BBoys Anonymous! From there, we crushed on each other a bit while chatting over AIM. From Mai-Thi's perspective, it eventually fizzled out because Arthur got famous while on America's Best Dance Crew with Instant Noodles. We remained good friends since then, and five years later, ran into each other at Commissary (a local bar in Costa Mesa). We dated for about four months and it didn't work out at the time. Again, stayed good friends and eventually re-connected more intentionally about three years later in November 2019. Arthur had the courage to share with Mai-Thi that he caught feelings again and the rest is history!!! Cuz, if you know Mai-Thi, she basically always thought Arthur was the best, even if he couldn't be hers at the time... but now he is :) We truly believe the universe was leaving us signs the whole way through, giving us the space to grow as individuals and eventually reconnect as life-long partners. We got engaged in February 2021 and are so excited to finally celebrate our love with everyone!!!