Vicky and Anthony met on August 11, 2018 at the wedding of their friends Briana and Daniel in California, so they will never forget the Barkins' anniversary :) They were seated at the same table at the reception, and Anthony quickly captured Vicky's attention with his sense of humor and he noticed that she laughed a lot at his jokes. They actually did not spend any other time interacting at the wedding as they chatted and danced with their respective friend groups. At the after party, Vicky wanted to make sure she had a chance to speak with Anthony one-on-one, and fortunately got an assist from Brian Sameshima along with Anthony's other friends. They hit it off immediately and joked about Vicky visiting after a work trip in a few weeks. They exchanged phone numbers and went their separate ways, Vicky thinking that they would never see each other again. Anthony wasn't so sure... Vicky left the next day back to go back to DC where she lived, and after a few days, she didn't want to admit that she was a little disappointed not to hear from Anthony. But she actually wasn't getting texts from anyone due to some weird phone glitch. Those of you who know Vicky know that phones are not her friend lol. On Wednesday, all of the texts came flooding in, which included texts from Anthony. She sent a message apologizing for not responding due to her phone issues, which she thought sounded like a really lame excuse, but luckily he was unbothered. From that day on, they messaged each other every day, and Vicky became known for her novel length texts. Five weeks later at the end of September, she had a work conference in Arizona and decided to hop over to LA for a few days before heading home. While she was there, she and Anthony went on their first date to eat sushi and see some live music in Old Town Pasadena. At the last stop of the night, a stranger struck up a conversation to tell them that they had the look of love in their eyes. He knew before they did! The next day, Briana and Daniel hosted a football game watch (partially for Vicky and Anthony to hang out again), and that's where Vicky and Anthony had the relationship talk to become an official couple. Vicky and Anthony spent the next couple of years dating long distance living on opposite coasts. Travel was a central part to the relationship as they would visit each other and meet in different cities in between. They quickly learned they are great travel partners and have since visited many amazing international destinations. In 2020, this was all put on pause with the pandemic. After a few months, they decided it was finally time to close the distance and Vicky moved out to California. Two years later at dinner for their fourth anniversary, Anthony popped the question and the picture above was taken shortly after!