We started talking on the internet in January of 2016 and became really close friends by talking to each other every day. I decided to take a vacation and go to Thailand to meet her in person. She picked me up from the Vientiane, Laos airport on April 9th, 2016 and helped me cross the border into Thailand to her hometown of Nongkhai. She stayed with me in our hotel room for the length of my stay in Thailand. I met her entire family and we all frequently had dinner together and talked. Somruethai and I quickly fell in love with each other the more time we spent together. We both realized that we wouldn’t be able to without each other. From Nongkhai, we both traveled to Hua Hin on April 18 and stayed together at the Hyatt. I proposed to her on April 17 on the beach and she accepted my proposal. Since I have come home to Reno, Nevada, we talk multiple times a day and video call each other quite often. She is my best friend and fiancé(e) and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with her. She is the love of my life.