A friendship formed between the two. Both identify as bisexual. They became a couple in 2014 and are now engaged to be married. Jacquice and Olivia live together in Glenwood, Ill.
The couple loves to travel, and Jacquice knew entering 2022 that she wanted to propose to Olivia. So she put together a trip to Niagara Falls with matching outfits and planned to propose on New Year’s Eve, their anniversary. Olivia, however, contracted COVID-19 the week before the scheduled trip. So instead, the couple spent the holiday season quarantining in their home.
On New Year’s Eve, they decided to have a movie night. Afterwards, they talked for hours. Talking for hours is something they do on the regular.
Because her initial plans fell through, Jacquice said she was looking for the right moment to propose and that night she got a sign. During the commercial break, the trailer for the movie “Marry Me” circled back twice.
“I’m freaking out, like God, is this my sign? I guess this is my sign, right? I’m like f— it. I get up, go to the room, and I get the ring from where I’m hiding it. I put it in my pocket. I’m back there, kind of like just writing down my thoughts again, waiting for another sign, like [God] didn’t give me one. I come back out the room and, girl, the same commercial was on,” Jacquice recalled.
Jacquice added: “So I sit down [and] hide the ring in the couch. Then I’m like, I want to show you something.”
Jacquice cued up a special video with their favorite song paired with a slideshow highlighting memorable moments from their relationship, and they slow-danced with masks in their living room. After the video ended, Jacquice proposed. Olivia said yes.
(This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity).