We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone 
whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness and call it love — true love. Dr. Seuss
WHERE WE MET:
At UCLA FEMBApalooza. Naydia asked Christian to volunteer for a program she was coordinating
WHERE WE MET WHERE CHRISTIAN REMEMBERS:
At a UCLA happy hour
WHERE WE MET WHERE NAYDIA REMEMBERS:
Many weeks after the UCLA happy hour in Strategy class. Christian showed her an 800 lb potato
HOW HE FIRST ASKED HER OUT:
They were at a UCLA Umami Burger event. Naydia was feverishly questioning Christian’s favorite restaurants to determine whether he was truly deserving of his Yelp Elite status (he wasn’t). Christian then asked Naydia to eat ramen to prove his taste-bud-worthiness. Naydia thought he was harmless and that it meant grabbing lunch and doing homework. Who knew it was a trap? (everyone but Naydia)
{the story doesn’t end there around the hurdles Christian faced to get Naydia to go out, but you can ask us about that if you’re actually curious}
FIRST DATE
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beer, grilled cheese, boba, and a lot of Naydia interrogating Christian
COMMONALITY OVER NEXT FEW DATES:
Christian driving Naydia around to find a bathroom
CHRISTIAN [per naydia]
Christian is hardworking – not only with YourSash, Nutanix {a late stage startup}, and other ventures, but also with coming up with bad jokes and helping me track down and charge my phone! He is a kind human being – alongside my mama, he serves as a role model for how I should act and treat others…except when he rages at NorCal drivers. As long as he gets his coffee and some gym time (and if no gym time, then one of my leftover snacks from work), a day does not go by where we don’t laugh and smile together!
NAYDIA [per christian]
Naydia loves dogs. Growing up my parents did not want any dogs. After meeting Naydia, we helped foster 6+ dogs in less than 1 year. By we, I mean mainly me and her parents 🙂 Naydia is sweet. She’ll put her friends, and family first and always thinks of others before herself. The only exception to this is when she’s eating her favorite korean soup (galbitang), don’t get in her way, she will not share!. She is beyond caring and is one who doesn’t want to just donate money to a charity, but go and personally help make a difference. She’s one who pushes me to be better when i’m grumpy and truly someone I can grow old with 🙂
CHRISTIAN’S FAVE MEMORIES
One of our early dates ended at a ramen shop with Naydia and her close friends (Jenny and David) talking about weddings and getting married… this should have been a red flag!
Our trip to Napa. Christian’s brother-in-law Sean had pulled a favor and set them up with a huge guesthouse at a vineyard. Naydia was scared and instead of sleeping on the huge bed chose to sleep on the floor in a corner of the 4 bedroom house -_-
Her farts smell terrible, jk. Correction, they smell like roses.
NAYDIA’S FAVE MEMORIES
One night I rolled over onto Christian as if he were a body pillow. I proceeded to whine, in my sleep, that I was hungry and wanted milk and corned beef hash. Eventually I rolled off…so much so that I fell off the bed. You’re welcome, Christian, for the best sleep of your life.
When we first started hanging out, I could hear him doing his “doodie” in the bathroom, and I’d call him out on it (of course). He’d yell back “nothing.” I didn’t understand why. Then I realized.. I hear “nothing.”
There was another time where Christian was so romantic as he held my hand and we walked around…..until he put my hand behind his butt and farted on it. Long gone are the days of discretion.
PROPOSAL
Naydia had a dinner planned with friends (Connie and Ji). As they finished dinner, Connie was to coerce Naydia to her car with “homemade cookies.” The trick was that there were no cookies, but Naydia was to receive a crossword puzzle and Carl’s Jr. Chocolate Cake (one of her favorites). Keep in mind, it wasn’t difficult to lead Naydia to a car with cookies – Connie said cookies, Naydia said OK!
The crossword puzzle when solved read “Head to Pioneer Memorial Park” which was a few blocks away. However, Naydia couldn’t solve it and got really frustrated and wanted to go home. Afterall, who thinks “ghetto chicken place” is Pioneer Chicken? Everyone who knows Naydia’s chicken eating habits knows she loves Popeyes!
At the park, Christian was waiting with a variety of gifts for Naydia which included spicy beef noodle soup, flowers, an empty Carl’s Jr. box, and an empty ring box with a big rock from our trip to Cinque Terre, Italy. Naydia had the option to choose what she wanted, and she chose the food, but Christian made her take everything else (what was the point of that then?). Naydia ran away with the boxes but found out box 1 was empty and box 2 had a rock (literally) in it. #Lame. With flowers shoved in her face to hide her shyness, she went back. He asked. She said no-yes-no-yes but really meant yes.
