Hello Josh and Dara,
Congratulations on your engagement!
I proposed to my (at the time fiancee to be) in 1967. She was underage, but I had called the restaurant ahead of time and indicated I wanted a bottle of champagne delivered to the table when I signaled the waiter. As soon as we were seated, the waiter brought the champagne...! I wasn't prepared, but figured I was forced into the moment...and proposed. She also said "Yes" and all of a sudden applause broke out from the tables around us.
We have now been married more than 55 years, so she also was definitely a "keeper"!
Loved your story and your passion for space. I am - even as I now approach my 80th - a total nut on cosmology...and enjoying life with my love of a lifetime.
Congrats again...and maybe 55 years or so from now, you'll remember this tribute!
All the best, RAO