Ive know Ngoc since 2014 when we worked together at the Diet Office at UnityPoint Health. Considering all the time ive known her, lougan:
Idk how you managed to get this woman to say yes to you.

Now, let me explain what i mean. Here, we have a woman. Gorgeous. Intelligent. I hear she has money, like gambles away $10k in bitcoin kinda has money.

Yet, there she was, trying every app and dating option to give her the one thing she longed for, a partner to share her life. Hell, she even considered dating a guy she had an online alliance with through a kingdom based fantasy phone game. The dating pot was seemingly not great.

Well, none of it worked out.

Fast foward several years, Ngoc practically in her 30s. And you finally show up on a list of interested guys. Thanks to a wonderful friend, who for absolutely altrusitic and godly pure reasons requested Ngoc’s phone to check her dating app, shared a few quips about her current prospective mates, then came across your profile. After adamantly dissing the other options and insisting on this one (palm up point at lougan), she reluctantly agreed. If i remember correctly, she thought you were out of her league.

The day after her date with Lougan, Ngoc requests an emergency meeting of The Council. She is estatic and NEEDS to report about her first date. At our meeting, i had never seen her light up or speak so fondly of someone she just met. You can tell there’s fireworks and magnetism. From a screenshot she shared, 12 hours post date they made plans to watch Thor at Flix Brewhouse and something about a recipe. Below the screenshot, she wrote, “::insert:: pleading eyed emoji- i think im in like”.

So, i return to my orginal statement, “i dont know how you managed to get this woman to say yes to you” because she could have said yes to any of those other prospective suitors. like, a lot of time has passed where she could have settled through the years. But, she trusted herself, didnt compromise, and she did not settle. Instead, she’s found someone who fills her with joy, trusts her completely, and admires her without measure.

If you will all raise a glass with me:
look at ngoc and lougan

Yes, now, yes, then, Yes, whenever. Lets focus on the “when” that is now and every moment you have with eachother. For that is when I have seen you the happiest, when you are both together.

To Ngoc and Lougan

Presented Aug 2, 2025