Proposal Anniversary Vacation in Chicago!

Anthony Stabler Start Date: Aug 17, 2018 - End Date: Sep 15, 2018
  • Chicago, IL, United States of America

My Travel Story

by: Anthony Stabler Start Date: Aug 17, 2018 - End Date: Sep 15, 2018
Last year in August, I surprised my then girlfriend with a weekend trip to Chicago, where we first met and fell in love while pursuing our doctoral degrees in psychology within the same doctoral program. Unbeknownst to her, I had plans to propose that weekend, and on the first day of our trip, I took her to the park nearby our old apartment where we spent much our our time together in Chicago, got down on one knee, and the rest is history. She is the love of my life - I don't know what I would do without her. We are currently living together in Boston and finishing up our postdoctoral fellowships in psychology. Boston is one of the most expensive cities in the country, and since moving here in August 2017, we've barely been able to make ends meet with our fellowship salaries. We used to take lots of trips together and pursue a variety of different activities and interests, but due to our financial constraints, we have not taken a single vacation for ourselves the entire year we've been here. We both work over 50 hours per week and barely have enough time for each other. Last year after returning from our proposal trip in Chicago, we told each other we would make it an annual ritual to return to Chicago in late August and celebrate our love for each other, but sadly, our finances have not allowed us to do so this year. I am quite obviously asking for you all to donate money so that my fiancee and I can take a vacation, and while this is not even close to being a worthy cause to be donating money for considering all the problems in our world today, it would mean the world to us. We spend the great majority of our time putting forth our best efforts to help others in the world who are struggling with mental health issues, but we have not taking nearly as much care of our own well-being. Please help us afford this trip for just one weekend so that we can spend the much needed time devoting ourselves to each other and celebrating our life and love together. Thank you.
  • Chicago, IL, United States of America