During a White House tour organized by the Military Partners and Family Coalition, active-duty Marine captain Matthew Phelps made an historic first on Saturday when he dropped to his knees and popped the question to his boyfriend, Ben Schock, on the six-month anniversary of their first date.
Story here. More pictures here.
My stars, I have lived to see this day. All good wishes to the happy couple.


3 comments:
This is about as cheering an event as I can imagine.
Lovely story. I wish all the best to Matthew and Ben.
It's a wonderful thing.
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