Maria & Miguel

We met the way a lot of Manila couples do — stuck in the same EDSA traffic, arguing about whose ride was closer. Miguel was on his way to a football game in BGC, Maria was late for a fitting in Makati. When he asked for her number she gave him her work email instead, because she was sure he would never use it.

He used it. Three coffee dates later — a record shop in Makati, then a hole-in-the-wall in Poblacion — we were planning weekend trips to Batangas and learning each other’s families by first name.

Five years and one very persistent labrador later, Miguel proposed at the end of a ridge hike in Tagaytay, right as the fog rolled in and completely ruined the view. We are so happy you will be there when we finally do this properly.