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  • C: Hello! J: Hiii!

  • J: Well, we've just had quite a day.

  • J: Quite a day. C: An unexpected trip to the Apple shop.

  • I love the Apple shop, but we didn't really want to go the day before we fly

  • C: away for two months. J: No, no.

  • Yeah, if you haven't guessed, we are actually in Malaysia right now and clearly we pre-filmed this.

  • J: We didn't take the sofa. C: Aw, I was gonna say, we took our sofa and this picture and the exact wall colouring with us.

  • C: That's not even funny, just shut up.

  • J: "Yeah, still in Malaysia!"

  • C: Today, we were in the Apple store.

  • J: Yes, for a long time. It wasn't great.

  • But! Beth and Georgia were incredibly helpful. Thanks, guys.

  • C: Yep. Very well-trained Apple...techies.

  • Apparently - top tip for anyone who wants to work in an Apple shop - we were told by Beth,

  • that you have to either have lots of tattoos,

  • J: A beard C: a beard, or be a gay girl.

  • J: Lady-loving lady.

  • C: Yeah. When I got a job as a barista when I was younger,

  • J: Yes? C: which was in Starbucks at the end,

  • C: but I did apply to Cafe Nero initially, and Cafe Nero, the first question on their application form is:

  • "Do you have any piercings and if so, how many?"

  • I thought that was so random! And then I said, "Two, in each ear"

  • and then I took it in, and the girl behind the cafe bar

  • was covered in piercings, and I was like, "Oh, I'm not gonna get a job here."

  • C: And I didn't get a job there!

  • Anyway. That's--that's our point gone.

  • C: Why were we at the Apple shop?

  • J: Oh, my laptop died.

  • Yeah. The laptop that died, that you guys were so helpful with getting fixed,

  • died again.

  • J: And since we're leaving in less than 24 hours, we were like... C: It was a little bit of a panic

  • J: "Oh, my God, let's just buy a new one!"

  • J: So we had to go... C: Well it's the only option we had, so...

  • J: Yeah. I make it sound like there were options. There were no options. That was the only option.

  • C: After we'd kind of gone and interrogated the repairs people.

  • C: Yeah, don't go to Laptop Doctors. In Brighton.

  • C: Yeah, we've learnt just always take it to the Apple shop, even if it's gonna cost you a bit more.

  • it's probably a lot safer, because at the very least they'll give you a new laptop, if they can't fix it.

  • C: Panic over, we have now two working laptops

  • and we will be able to continue making videos.

  • J: Back to this video: one of the questions that we get asked an awful lot is what is our proposal story?

  • J: How did we get engaged? C: I know, I can't believe we haven't made a video on this already.

  • C: I was convinced we have got a video on this. J: I know, we thought we had

  • J: but apparently we haven't. C: OK.

  • J: But if you want to know how we sort of started dating, C: Shh, Tilly.

  • J: you can watch our first date, the hour.

  • C: And I probably did mention that I proposed to you after only four months of dating.

  • J: Yes! So, four months after we started dating,

  • J: it was my birthday! C: Mm-hm.

  • C: January the 25th, for those of you who don't know.

  • C: I don't know how you wouldn't know J: Exactly one month after Christmas Day.

  • C: 'cause she does go on about it quite a lot, but...

  • J: I just like my birthday! There's nothing wrong with that.

  • C: Yep. She likes her birthday so much, so I was like, "Hmm, she loves her birthday"

  • So, we - well, I - took her away to Rome

  • for her birthday.

  • C: And... J: Because I also love classical civilisations.

  • C: And Roman names, that's why she dated me. Because my name's like...

  • C: stems from--otherwise... J: No, yeah. I'll give you that.

  • C: But anyway. She just thought we were going away for her birthday - which we were -

  • but she didn't also know that tucked up my sleeve, I was planning to propose, as well

  • on her actual birthday.

  • So I think we flew out on the 23rd; her birthday's the 25th

  • so we had a couple of days to just sort of enjoy Rome

  • and then on her actual birthday, we went to--which I think was a Sunday?

  • So we went to the Vatican.

  • J: But the funny thing is, for the whole few days, and going through security,

  • you'd had my "birthday present" in your handbag.

  • C: Mm-hm. J: But it was massive.

  • J: It was this big and really chunky, and I was like, "That's definitely a massive book."

  • C: Yeah, it was a massive book. J: Like, that's a really, really big book.

  • C: And I was like, "You can't carry this." J: And it was wrapped up.

  • C: Every time she offered to carry my bag, I was like, "No, no, no!" J: I was like, "Are you sure?"

  • C: "There's a really big present in there, you can't carry it." J: "Too heavy, too heavy. You can't carry it."

  • C: And she was like, "Oh, OK."

  • J: "OK, I don't know why you're carrying this massive book in your handbag."

  • C: So after going round the Vatican, carrying this massive book around;

  • Jessica constantly saying, "Are you OK? Are you sure you don't want me to carry that?"

  • Like, "Or I could open it at the hotel"

  • C: Like in the morning, she was like, "Let me just open my birthday present now!" J: [?]

  • C: And I was like no, no, I'm gonna give it to you later. J: No. Have to wait.

  • And I think I made a little joke about, like, how I was worried--

  • 'cause I said, "Oh, I really hope they don't open your present in security"

  • and she was like, "Why would they open the present?"

  • And I was like, "Oh, I don't know, but if they do, it'll be really embarrassing because...

  • because I did a--I bluffed it.

  • Pretending it was possibly a...copy of the Kama Sutra

  • or something similar.

  • I don't know, something that we're embarrassed about.

  • '100 Top Dildos You Should Buy' - I don't know.

  • C: Something like that. J: Don't make this video be demonetised!

  • J: So we went all around the Vatican, and on Sunday mornings,

  • J: on the last Sunday of the month, you get to go in for free.

  • J: So of course it was hugely busy. C: Oh, and in the morning - we've forgotten -

  • C: we went to the Colosseum in the morning. J: Oh, yeah, we did! We went to the Colosseum!

  • C: We shoved loads of stuff in this day. J: Which is one of my favourite places on Earth!

  • C: It was like a sunny, beautiful January day.

  • J: Aww. It was so nice.

  • C: Yeah, it was really, really lovely. J: Really warm, as well. It was about 16 degrees.

  • C: And then, you know, obviously I'd been carrying around this massive book,

  • and she was like, "I'm really tired"

  • "We've gotta go" - I was like, "No!!"

  • C: And she was like, "OK..."

  • Yeah, there's a building called Il Vittoriano, which we'd seen from the Colosseum,

  • which is a beautiful, beautiful building, but at the top it has a viewing platform

  • and we'd said earlier in the day, "Wouldn't it be amazing to go up there

  • at sunset

  • and just watch the sun set over Rome?"

  • "Oh, yes, yes" So we talked about it the whole way around the Vatican.

  • C: So I was like it's such a beautiful day, let's not take the chance that it might not be like this the rest of the week

  • and go up there tonight, during sunset.

  • And she was like, "Oh, OK. I don't know, I'm really tired."

  • J: And we had lunch--we had dinner booked somewhere, as well.

  • C: And I was like, "I'll give you your birthday present at the top" and she was like, "Oh!"

  • J: "OK then!" C: "OK!" Because she loves her birthday.

  • J: "I can find some energy!"

  • C: Yeah, so anyway, we went up to the top - you can kind of see where this is going -

  • C: and, um... J: You are making this so unromantic!

  • C: So then we got up to the top and it was really nice.

  • It was like that beautiful pink colouring on all the buildings.

  • You know, that kind of wintry sunset. Not that...

  • J: It's almost that cross between misty and yet you can see everything.

  • C: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

  • C: And then I kind of waited for more and more people to leave, because it was near closing time.

  • And I think we were like--I think there was one other couple up there.

  • J: We were tucked away in this little corner. C: We were tucked away in the corner.

  • C: We were just saying how amazing her birthday was and she was really happy

  • and I said, OK, I've got something that will probably, hopefully, make you even happier

  • and I got out her book

  • and I gave it to her and then suddenly she was like...

  • J: And it was so light and I was like, "Oooh, my goodness!"

  • and I opened it up and it was obviously one of those 'book boxes.'

  • And it had the sweetest little card--

  • Also, it had a peacock on.

  • Peacocks are my favourite animal.

  • And it had a little card on the front, and I opened up the card

  • and it said...

  • And I then--I just immediately knew what it was.

  • J: And I just... C: There was loads of tissue paper in there.

  • J: And I just burst into floods of tears

  • and got all shaky, and couldn't quite breathe.

  • J: I was so excited. C: And then you rummaged through all the tissue paper.

  • J: I didn't, I couldn't move. Do you remember?

  • J: I couldn't move, I was so like... C: Oh, I had to get it out for you.

  • C: And inside was a ring box. A really nice little leather ring box from this antique shop

  • and then you couldn't open--oh, you couldn't open it!

  • J: No, I couldn't! C: So then I had to do the traditional thing.

  • C: Well, I didn't get down on one knee, but I had to open it in front of her.

  • C: And then inside was her little... J: My lovely ring!

  • C: Her three opal... J: Insert close-up here.

  • J: Because my grandmother had an opal and diamonds in her engagement ring,

  • and she got married to my grandfather three weeks to the day they met.

  • So, you know, it took a while for us, really.

  • And they were together for sixty years until he died.

  • C: We joke that she didn't actually ever say yes

  • She just burst into tears and then hugged me, so...

  • J: Oh, no, you said, "I guess that's a 'yes,' then" C: [Sneezes]

  • C: Sorry.

  • C: Got me--it's making me sneeze. J: Oh, you're all right!

  • J: The excitement.

  • J: Yeah, I think you said, "I'll take that as a yes, then."

  • C: "I'll take that as a yes, then," and you just went [mimics Jessica crying]

  • J: And then we, yeah, hugged and kissed and took more photos.

  • C: We had the obligatory, you know...

  • J: Except we didn't actually post until the next day. We didn't tell anyone.

  • C: I was like let's not post it until we've actually told our family.

  • J: No, no. And I didn't want to.

  • J: I didn't want to tell anyone. C: Yeah, we kept it--it was our own--because also it was really nice;

  • we were in a foreign land and it's beautiful, and it's like you're in this little bubble that's a world just for you two

  • and it's like this little secret that you know, but...

  • It's not like a secret - it's weird, isn't it? Because you want everyone to know, but also

  • you just wanna share it on your own for a bit.

  • J: Yeah. C: Yeah.

  • J: That's the funny thing. I said this earlier.

  • With you, I don't feel ever like I'm sharing anything

  • with you; you're just me in a different body.

  • C: I know, you forget to tell me a lot of the stuff. You're like, "Come on, we're leaving!" I'm like...

  • J: Important stuff, yeah C: "Where are we going?" She's like, "To So-and-So's."

  • C: "I told you." J: "Ohh, I forgot you don't know because it's in MY head."

  • J: "Right."

  • C: Some people probably think it's quite, like, annoyingly sickening.

  • J: Oh, we're very mushy, I'm sure. C: Yeah.

  • C: What was it yesterday in London? And...

  • you were off to the YouTube Space and I was off for a dental study day

  • and I was like, "Oh, I won't see you for like eleven hours! But I'll meet you at the station to get the train home."

  • C: And she was like-- J: [?] It was for nine hours

  • C: Clara was like, "Oh, God, guys, you're meant to spend 24/7 with each other for the next two months."

  • C: We're like, "Yeah...?" J: "And?"

  • C: That's what makes it OK. J: Does it matter?

  • J: We follow each other from room to room, because why not?

  • C: I think people know that we like each other quite a lot.

  • C: So, it's fine. So, yeah, that's our proposal story.

  • J: Yes. C: I was pretty...I was kind of quite shocked by my own romanticism.

  • J: And then, yeah, we didn't tell anyone until we Skyped the next day.

  • J: They were all shocked, because she hadn't told anyone before she was going to propose.

  • C: Your brother's response was good.

  • C: He was like [unhappy grunt] "Claudia!" J: "Thanks, Claudia!"

  • C: "How am I gonna top that?"

  • J: Sorry. Sorry, Emily. C: My dad's response was hilarious.

  • C: We face-timed him. We were like, "Dad, we've got something really big to tell you:

  • We're engaged!"

  • C: And he went...

  • C: And I was like, "Oh, no, this is not good, Jessica." J: "Oh, he really disapproves."

  • J: "Oh, my God." C: Because he was the one I was most nervous about telling.

  • C: And then he went, "Sorry, I couldn't hear what you said there."

  • C: "Say it again?" And I was like, "Oh! Er..."

  • C: "We're engaged?"

  • C: "And he was like oh, right, yes, very good!" J: "That's good! Very nice."

  • C: "You can get married now, it's legal."

  • C: I was like, "Yeah, well, that's why we're engaged!"

  • J: We in fact met the same year that gay marriage became legal in the UK.

  • C: Yeah. J: (Late.)

  • C: Yeah, we're really lucky in that way. It never even was a--it was never a consideration.

  • We never had to worry about not being able to get married.

  • J: No.

  • C: Um...and it was so natural. It was just like, "That's what I wanna do."

  • And it was like naturally the right thing to do for me...and for you

  • and luckily it was a choice that we could make.

  • J: You're the best thing that ever happened to me.

  • C: I know, you tell me very often. It's very nice to hear.

  • J: So there you go, there's our proposal story.

  • J: It was--I don't know if that was very exciting to you. I hope that was.

  • C: Share your proposal stories, or... J: Yes!!

  • J: Share your proposal stories! C: OK!

  • J: Oh, wait, let's start that again with the intention. C: No, no, that was great!

  • C: I love hearing people's proposal stories.

  • J: Aww, yes.

  • C: And often, what you-- J: Or just how you met! I love that, too.

  • C: I love Walter's really subtle, like...walking behind us. J: Thanks, Walt. Thanks.

  • C: He wants something, I think.

  • C: But also I love hearing what you think would be the most perfect way to be proposed to

  • before it happens.

  • Might not actually turn out to be the most perfect way, because however it happens for you, if you say yes,

  • C: it will be the perfect way, because it's with each other. J: Because it's your story.

  • C: Yeah! J: And your story, no matter what it is, is perfect.

  • J: Oh, my--everyone watching this right now, please, please comment down below with your proposal stories

  • because that is just gonna--I'm gonna come back to this video when I feel a bit sad and read them.

  • C: I saw on a TV programme or read about it or heard from--

  • it was not someone I directly know, but there was a really cute proposal story.

  • Basically, this couple - she loved Kinder Eggs.

  • So her boyfriend basically got a Kinder Egg, took it apart really carefully,

  • put a ring in it - an engagement ring -

  • put it all back together; wrapped it all up perfectly so she never knew;

  • came home from the shops one day and was just like, "Oh, I got you a Kinder Egg!"

  • Like, you know--like made it [look] as if it was just like that small thing that he always does for her

  • and she was already like, "Aww, I love that you love--that you know me so well and that I love them."

  • And obviously then she opened it expecting to find her little Kinder toy

  • and it was an engagement ring - and I thought that was really sweet, because obviously that is perfect for them.

  • But I knew you wanted a big gesture.

  • J: But I didn't want it in front of people or anything. C: No.

  • C: And I wouldn't feel comfortable doing it in front of lots of people, either.

  • J: No, I wouldn't expect you to.

  • C: I wouldn't have done that traditional restaurant thing.

  • J: If you liked this video, then subscribe to the channel

  • J: for more videos. C: Ah, yes.

  • J: And especially since right now we're in Malaysia. C: Yes, I was gonna say...

  • C: This Sunday coming, we will show you what we've been up to in Malaysia

  • this week - so, right now, we're in Malaysia, but (because it's Chinese New Year when we go out there)

  • so tune in on Sunday, when we will upload our video of what we've been up to so far

  • and a little bit of our getting to Malaysia;

  • probably us recovering from jet lag, and so forth.

  • J: Yeah! And you can expect Sunday weekly vlogs

  • every week for the next two months!

  • J: Yay!

  • J: And little fun videos interspersed during the week. C: Yep.

  • J: Two or three, depending on how much we can do.

  • J: Bye, guys! Love you!

  • C: Bye.

C: Hello! J: Hiii!

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