Cindy and Anthony met at a honky-tonk bar in Abilene, Texas while Cindy was in nursing school and Anthony was stationed there. What started as a simple conversation quickly turned into an instant connection. A few weeks later, he asked her on their first date and picked her up from her college house — though not before Cindy calmed her nerves with a quick FaceTime call and a vodka shot with her sister. That night, they shared Vietnamese food together, which has since become one of their favorite date-night traditions. From that very first date on, they were inseparable — and the rest is history.