MunaWinter2021 Digital Issue

Married at First Sight

MILES & KAREN TOOK A CHANCE ON LOVE. DETAILS ON THEIR FIRST YEAR OF MARRIAGE INSIDE.

Matthew proposed during a romantic trip to Dubai. He was nervous the whole time- worried that he would have to take out the engagement ring during the airport security check and agonizing over the perfect place to propose. He recalls, “I felt defeated. I was thinking about the anxiety I had traveling with the ring, how I hadn’t been enjoying Dubai so far because I was so fixated on where to propose as well as thinking about going through another day looking for the ‘perfect’ place to propose.” Instead, he decided to propose in their hotel room, dropping to one knee while saying, “Shanese, I love you. I’m the luckiest man in the world and this trip so far has been amazing. But I don’t want to