Thanks to our brand new pro-gay vendor Prideful Engagements for sending us Robbie and Allen’s fun beach engagement. Right now, they are in #2 place for the Crate & Barrel wedding giveaway contest- so go on over and vote!
I (Allen) had been on gay dating sites for years, but never met anyone worth dating. Finally, when the day came for my membership to expire, I logged on that Monday morning to delete my profile and cancel the membership. I had one last “wink” in my inbox to look at, and it was Robbie. I looked at his profile and completely fell for him immediately. His photos brought out his amazing personality, and it was very obvious to me we would get along tremendously.
As for Robbie, the experience of us meeting was a little more stressful. Robbie had been struggling with his sexuality for some time. He had peeked at gay dating sites for a while, and came across my profile quite a few times, but wasn’t quite ready to take the leap and create his own profile. One weekend, after a horrible situation with the guy he had gone on a couple dates with, he drove from LA to San Diego where his best friends live so he could clear his mind and focus. Late that night he created his profile, found me, and nervously winked. Jump ahead 24 hours when I responded to him via email, talked on the phone, and met the next day. The rest is history. Had I cancelled my membership a day earlier, or Robbie winked me a day later, we would have never met!
We’re both complete romantics. So, for our 2nd anniversary, Robbie decided to take me on a surprise trip. He told me to get these certain dates off work and to leave the rest to him. He gave me NO clues as to where we were going, and even went as far as to pack all my clothes for me. He woke me up early in the morning, we got ready, got into his car, and started driving. He asked me to open the glove compartment where I found 6 envelopes labeled #1-#6. He had set up a map of locations of which I was only allowed to know where we were going next. Long story short (although you’ll see that NONE of my stories are short), we drove from LA up the California coast on HWY 1 along the amazing coastline. Big Sur for lunch, Moneterey Bay Aquarium in the afternoon, and ended just before sundown at the Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay. We checked into our beautiful room with a private lanai and firepit, lit a fire, grabbed a glass of wine, and sat outside watching the sunset. Robbie, with the movie “UP” as his inspiration presented me a “Our Adventure Book”….pages and pages of photos of our life together. The last page had a blank page for “future adventures”. He then said, “you have something else inside”. I walked into the room to find something I’d had my eye on for a year….a Luis Vuitton travel duffel bag! In my absolutely excitement, he told me there was one more thing. WHAT!….MORE??? He pulled out the luggage tag, and I opened it, completely shocked. Inside the tag was a card that read “The future starts now. Will you Marry me?” I jumped, screamed “OF COURSE!”, hugged him and cried! To this day, thinking back to that moment still brings me to tears. It was perfect!
Currently our plan is to get officially married in Boston the weekend of October 1. We will have only our very close family in Boston with us, then will have a fantastic event here in Los Angeles where we can share our love with ALL our friends and family.
Inspired me to vote! #done
OMG!!! Tears came to my eye…..We LOVE U ROBBIE n ALLEN!!!
Love you guys!!! These are great pictures! I’m rooting for you 100% in the contest and have gotten all my friends to vote for you as well! Here’s to team Robbie & Allen!!!
Thanks for voting everyone! Here’s a short link to share with friends: http://bit.ly/kgvote Voting ends April 30th so keep telling people to vote! We appreciate everyone’s help, Prideful Engagements awesome work, and So Youre Engayged for featuring us!
What hotties! Congratulations! These pictures put a huge smile on my face.
OMG. I am in LOVE with these photos! So adorable, and so much emotion.
Perfection.
Congrats!!
Hmm.. I responded, not sure where it went! Thanks again for featuring us! We love the write up and the photos by Prideful Engagements! Thank you to everyone who is commenting and please don’t forget to scroll up and vote! (or click our name and visit our website!)
Reading your story was so touching! You have my vote!
You have such an amazing story! You both are wonderful!
Great pictures and fun. Nice work!
Really great and wonderful pics…the love comes through!!
Absolutely LOVE the story and the photographs!
Congratulations and best wishes for a life filled with love and happiness!
Oh my goodness… WORLD’S CUTEST COUPLE AWARD!!!!!!!!
Love how playful and natural these pics are. Congrats to you both!
Best Wishes. You guys look good. Thanks for sharing.
//Thom
Windsor Ontario Canada
OMG! these images are ADORABLE! I totally voted and cannot wait to see more imagery from prideful engagements! :D
aww i love your story! you are a cute couple. congrats!!
soo cute.
I literally burst into tears because of happiness. I just can’t believe how lovely and cute they are, as well as their story, like a fairy tale, but a reality actually. As a gay guy this gave me so much hope that I can’t even express. I am extremely happy for this couple, and I’d honestly thank to them in person for this.
I have shared their story and photos on my tumblr blog http://comingoutjournal.tumblr.com/post/12479620648/real-gay-engagement-los-angeles-ca-robbie-and), too, which got unsurprisingly great number of notes and comments, all saying the same thing; how adorable they are, and how beautiful love is.
With my best wishes…
Congratulations you 2! I do not know you, but I have only my best wishes for you. My husband and I have been married for 5 years now (we got married in Boston and now live in Canada). It is truly a remarkable thing to call someone you love, your husband! I am 35 years, but I see couples like you as the bright future of the gay community. May you both have a lifetime of happiness, love and peace!
Wow. Thank you so much for this story. Beautiful. I’m crying right now.
First of all, Congratulations to you two wonderful guys…!!! :)
After reading your story, i almost cried… And the pictures are also so cute and amazing…
Cheers to both of you..!!!
Good luck.. :) :)