Jin & Evaline Wedding

Our First Date

Our meet story is like most other modern couples—we turned to the vast void internet to find a date, and hopefully, love…

It all started when Jin completed graduate school. With extra time while job-hunting, he decided to venture into the world of online dating. He had very low expectations knowing that a new job might cause relocation as well as having had a handful of bad dating app experiences…

Ding! A match! The girl’s profile had minimal information and only a single photo, leaving Jin reasonably wary. Although the single photo was cute, Jin still thought, “she’s probably boring…and ten years older than her picture.” Surprisingly, their virtual conversation was fun and engaging. So after exchanging a few messages, Jin asked her out to Saturday brunch…

Evaline had moved back to San Francisco a few months ago to start a new job. With the prodding of her friends, she decided to enter the dating scene. Her criteria for “Mr. Right” was that the boy was fun, caring, responsible, and…normal. She must have experienced her share of strange dating encounters, because having their first message read “Hi Evaline, how has your day been?” was a breath of fresh air. It somehow worked, and a few conversations later, Evaline accepted the brunch invite…

It happened on a sunny mid-June Saturday. Jin recalled being neither nervous nor excited as he waited at their agreed-upon brunch site. Then Jin felt a soft tap on his shoulder. He turned around, and could not help but smile as Evaline turned out to be absolutely beautiful in his eyes. Even better, their conversation turned out to be both light and deep—they exchanged stories from childhood, discussed the minute pros and cons of living in San Francisco, shared funny bad date encounters, laughed over Jin’s ignorance of text acronyms, and much more. Several hours passed with ease…

Our Engagement

After their first date, Jin and Evaline quickly became inseparable. They went on many more dates, embarked on numerous adventures together, and exchanged daily conversation. They shared ups and downs, learning to care, forgive, and understand each other. Jin soon realized it was time make an eternal commitment to Evaline, and propose to her…

Two years prior, Jin and Evaline had stumbled upon a hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Petaluma. They fell in love with the warm hospitality, charming ambiance, and fantastic food. Jin knew this had to be the place where he proposed. So, after a meandering day in Petaluma walking through parks and local shops, Jin took Evaline to their special place for dinner. Evaline did not see it coming, but after dinner, she was stunned to see a ring accompany dessert. She said “yes”!