Like many great love stories, ours started at a pub.

A few years before we started dating, Dave was a customer at Rusty's while Sarah was working as a server. She would occasionally bring him a beer and thought he seemed pretty cute and nice, but was far too shy to say much more than, "Can I get you another one?"

As it turns out, Dave thought Sarah was pretty cute too, but he wasn't saying anything either.

Naturally, neither of us did anything about it.

Fast forward a few years. Sarah had returned from travelling through Southeast Asia, and Dave had become a regular at Rusty's, making friends with the staff and other regulars along the way. One night after her shift, Sarah sat down for a drink with Dave and another server. Thanks to a few mutual friends who were clearly tired of waiting for us to figure things out ourselves, we finally started spending time together.

Over the next few months, we became friends through trivia nights, music bingo, and hanging out with the regular crowd.

Eventually, Dave asked Sarah out.

She said no.

So he asked again.

Still no.

Then he asked a third time.

Also no.

In Sarah's defence, Dave was at Rusty's often enough that she was genuinely concerned he might be a bit too much of a regular. It wasn't until months later that she realized he wasn't there for the beer nearly as much as he was there for the people.

Eventually, Sarah realized she was ready to say yes. Rather than waiting for Dave to ask a fourth time, she made the first move and kissed him herself.

And the rest is history.

Since then, we've shared countless adventures, road trips, vacations, home projects, and renovations. We continue to make each other laugh, drive each other crazy, and debate just about anything and everything, sometimes all at the same time. Along the way, we've built a pretty great life together.

We've had a lot of adventures since that first drink at Rusty's, and we're looking forward to many more. Thank you for being part of our story. We can't wait to celebrate with all of you.