Happy Valentine's Day, Sarah
A love letter from somewhere in New York City
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Dear Sarah,

Of all the millions of people in this city — the subway performers, the bodega cats, the guys aggressively handing out mixtapes in Times Square — somehow I found you.

"Love is basically just finding someone whose weird matches your weird. And Sarah, our weird is a perfect match."

That's either the most romantic thing ever said or a red flag. Either way, I'm going with it.

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Us, But Make It NYC

If our love was a borough, it'd be Manhattan — expensive, chaotic, and sometimes smells questionable… but you wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

You're the dollar slice at 2 AM that somehow hits better than a Michelin-star meal. You're the empty subway car that turns out to NOT be empty for a bad reason. You're the apartment with in-unit laundry — basically a miracle.

🎙️

Real Talk

I was gonna write you some Shakespeare-level love letter, but let's be honest — you'd see right through that.

"Being in love is wild, bro. You go from being a lone wolf to being a wolf that asks another wolf what they want for dinner every single night. And somehow that's better?"

It is better. Especially when the other wolf is you and the answer is always "I don't care, you pick" for 45 minutes until we end up getting Thai food. Every. Single. Time.

"Some people search their whole life for what we got. Others just get lucky. I think I got hit by lightning and somehow it felt good."
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Reasons I Love You

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  • You laugh at my jokes even when they're objectively terribletap
  • The way you navigate NYC like you literally own the citytap
  • You pretend to like my cooking and that's true lovetap
  • Your smile could light up the Brooklyn Bridgetap
  • You make even a crowded 6 train feel like a private cartap
  • The way you get unreasonably excited about good foodtap
  • You're my favorite person in a city of 8 million peopletap
  • Honestly? Everything. The whole entire Sarah package. All of it. 💜tap
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But Seriously

Sarah, underneath all the jokes and the Theo Von quotes and the NYC metaphors — the truth is pretty simple.

You make every single day better just by being in it. You make me want to be a better person, a better partner, a better human walking around this ridiculous, beautiful city.

I don't need a holiday to tell you I love you, but I'll take any excuse to remind you:

You are my favorite thing about New York. About anywhere, really.

Happy Valentine's Day, beautiful. Here's to us — chaotic, weird, and absolutely perfect.

Forever yours, Ryan 💜

MADE WITH ❤️ IN NYC • 2026