Shira: I am so excited to spend the rest of my life with Andy! I have found in Andy a true life partner and best friend, someone who I can share my deepest fears and biggest dreams with. While I usually consider myself a fairly pessimistic person, Andy has brought out in me a sense of optimism and hope for the future. I can’t wait to start a life with Andy and build a “tiny world” in which we can be ourselves and explore our passions. I hope to continue podcasting, watching and discussing films, and having in-depth philosophical conversations with Andy, as well as continuing to host our “Anti-Small Talk Meetup” in Tampa or another location. I also hope to expand our “tiny world” by eventually having children through adoption or fostering.
Andy: I look at older couples differently now. When I see two people who have spent decades together, who seem to almost speak in a different dialect of English that only the two of them know, I feel a little warm and fuzzy in ways that I didn’t before. For the first time in my life, I feel that my gaze has been lifted from the day-to-day. In Shira, I have found somebody that I want to build a life with, somebody with whom I want to buy a house to fill with kids. Somebody with whom I want to undertake projects great and small.