You might say we met over a broken heart that needed fixing-- terrible joke, I know! For those who don't know, Hassan is a cardiac surgeon and Melinda is a cardiac anesthesiologist and they first met in the operating room where they work together regularly, taking care of patients needing open heart surgery. We developed a respectful and collegial working relationship before we started dating, and that mutual respect continues in our relationship today. For our first date, Hassan cooked me dinner at his apartment. One catch-- he never told me it was a date! A few days later we were supposed to have dinner again, but instead spent the entire night together in the operating room doing an emergent case. It wasn't until Hassan called to reschedule our SECOND date, that I realized the first dinner had actually been a date! He admits to being a bit sneaky about the first date, but it seemed to work out for everyone in the end.