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RUBEN: Get to work, first thing I do is turn on my email,
and I discovered this one, I didn't know who it was from.
RACHEL: My coworker sent you that email by mistake.
RUBEN: And I was like, "Here's another R.P. Salazar.
Imagine that."
And so I forwarded it. I wrote a little message.
"Hi, Rachel. It seems as if this message came to me instead of you.
I'm in Waco, Texas, U.S.A. Have a great day.
P.S.: How is the weather there in Bangkok?"
RACHEL: I replied to you, "Weather in Bangkok is lovely. Gracias, Rachel."
RUBEN: So began a chain of emails.
RACHEL: The first couple of emails, you started describing yourself,
and that kind of encouraged me to be open about myself, too.
RUBEN: I was excited that, this person is halfway around the world.
It's kind of like sending a letter in a bottle.
I happened to hover my mouse over your name
on one of those emails and a picture of you popped up.
I was like, "Wow, she's really beautiful.
How can I make this picture bigger?" [ Chuckles ]
I would stay up late at night, which was your morning,
and we would chat for like four or five hours.
RACHEL: You had started to play an important role in my life,
even before I consciously realized it.
I knew that I was falling in love,
but there's still that tiny little bit of doubt that,
this might not work because we're 8,000 miles
away from each other.
But at some point, I finalized my plans to visit the U.S.
RUBEN: And you didn't tell anyone.
RACHEL: Because everyone would tell me,
"You're foolish to go halfway across the world
to meet some strange guy you have not met.
That would be crazy." RUBEN: And on my end,
every relative, every friend, coworker -- everyone knew.
RACHEL: We were together for eight days.
RUBEN: We were dancing one night
and you mentioned something to the effect that --
RACHEL: I said you were the sweetest guy I've ever met.
RUBEN: I knew right at that moment,
I need to say something or do something,
so that I don't lose her.
And so I got on my knee and asked you to marry me.
RACHEL: Deep in my heart, I knew it was coming,
and it was the right thing, and it was the best thing.
RUBEN: People didn't believe me when I told them I proposed to Rachel.
Some of them had second thoughts for me,
followed by five minutes of laughter. [ Both laughing ]
RACHEL: They now all tell us, "You're perfect for each other."
"You found the right match!"
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