Our Story
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How We Met
Christine and Ben first met in New York City at a Q&A following David Henry Hwang’s play Chinglish on Broadway, where Ben was in attendance and Christine was playing the role of Miss Zhao.
They began dating a few months later, bonding over a love of travel and adventure, and introducing each other to their exotic interests – such as “art” and “animals” for Ben or “current events” and “thin-crust pizza” for Christine.
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The Proposal
On a warm spring night in May 2015, Christine snuck out onto the roof of their building to set up a romantic circle of candles. Ben discovered Christine missing from the apartment with the fire-escape window wide open, so he called her in a panic. Fortunately, she answered her phone and asked him to join her in appreciating the full moon.
Once together on the roof, Christine waited for Ben’s heart to stop racing before she began describing all of his wonderful qualities and how much she loved him. Then, Christine took Ben’s hand, got down on bended knee, and asked, “Benjamin Darrow Creed, will you marry me?” Teary-eyed and his heart racing once again, Ben squeaked out a “Yes” and they were engaged, surrounded by the beautiful New York skyline, the N train faithfully rumbling by, and one surviving candle.
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Who We Are
Christine was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and studied at Duke University. She is an actress and engineering consultant.
Ben was born and raised in New York City and studied at Vassar College and NYU Madrid. He works at a nonprofit affordable-housing developer in West Hollywood and has dabbled in Spanish translation.
We’re so grateful to our families and friends for sharing in our lives and joy!
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Where We’ve Been
Ben made cool maps of all of the cool places we’ve been together, such as Tokyo, Taipei, Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Buenos Aires, and Walnut, CA!
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