When 29-year-old Kinjal Patel matched with Herit Vachhani, a 30-year-old doctor, on Bumble, she had no idea it would lead to a sunset proposal in Mallorca and a dreamy Lake Como wedding. Raised between Long Island and New Jersey, Kinjal now works in real estate, while Herit—born in Rajkot, India—moved to Pennsylvania as a 10-year-old. Both come from immigrant families who built their lives from the ground up and shared a tireless work ethic that would shape everything from their relationship to the wedding they planned themselves.
They swiped right
Kinjal: I matched with Herit on Bumble in Philadelphia. I had widened my radius to 99 miles—he was exactly 98 miles away, in Philadelphia. He was studying for his boards at the time to become an attending physician, so we talked and FaceTimed for a month before meeting. He forgot about our first date, so, to make up for it, he planned two back-to-back dates—pizza and gelato in New Jersey and then a food tour of New York City that ended under the Rockefeller Christmas tree.
Herit: Our conversation just flowed from the start. No cheesy pick-up lines, no pretence. It felt like talking to a friend I had known forever. We were long-distance at first, as I was studying in Florida, meeting every few weeks until I took a job closer to home. A year later, I was already asking her what kind of ring she wanted.
The proposal of a lifetime
Kinjal: He proposed in Mallorca, Spain, during a family vacation. It was sunset at Can Simoneta, a beautiful cliffside hotel. He decorated a tree with photos from our year and a half together, fairy lights, and music. He even used the same blanket his parents got engaged on.
Herit: I wanted to make it perfect. I coordinated everything—the photographers, videographers, the hotel team, and even a helicopter ride over the island. I told the jeweller to say the ring was delayed so she wouldn’t suspect anything. There was a rainstorm that almost cancelled everything, but it cleared just in time for sunset. It turned out better than I had imagined.