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the reverse proposal

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Alix Traeger
Aug 18, 2024
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Hi friends!!!

If you're following along, you may have seen that we were recently in Aotearoa (New Zealand). We were on a 10-day trip through the South Island, culminating in the most magical dinner under the star-filled night sky. Neither of us had been to Aotearoa and I took the opportunity to get Zoya back…WITH A RING. I proposed!

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One fun thing about being in a queer relationship, is we get to write the rules. We both got to propose and be proposed to, because we both wanted engagement rings! I will say, growing up, I never pictured myself proposing; there is a lot about my current life that I never actually pictured. But sometimes, hopefully most times, the reality is so much better than the imagined.

If you allow life to surprise you, it’s messy, unpredictable, and beautiful in ways you never saw coming.

New Zealand is known as the world's adventure capital…

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