This Bay Area couple's BART proposal is adorable

Bay Area couple Amit Patel and Anuja Kc met on a BART train. A year and a half later, Patel surprised Kc with a romantic BART proposal. Bay Area couple Amit Patel and Anuja Kc met on a BART train. A year and a half later, Patel surprised Kc with a romantic BART proposal. Photo: Dasha Neith Photo: Dasha Neith Image 1 of / 15 Caption Close This Bay Area couple's BART proposal is adorable 1 / 15 Back to Gallery

Generally, when a stranger sits next to you on the BART and starts hitting on you, your first instinct is to tell them to get lost. And that's just how Anuja Kc reacted when she met her now-fiancee Amit Patel on BART.

"I got on at Civic Center and sat next to her. I thought she was cute so I tapped her on the shoulder and told her that," said Patel. "She more or less told me to get away."

However, the two were in for a long ride all the way to the end of the line, and Kc started to let her guard down. They chatted the whole 50-minute ride and ended up exchanging phone numbers.

Despite the fact they both worked in San Francisco and took BART often, the chance their schedules would align again was unlikely. But fate was on their side — a week later, Kc spotted Patel on BART again. She sent him a text, and they ended up meeting for drinks. As it turned out, they only lived 10 minutes away from each other, and gradually, they began dating and fell in love.

About a year and a half later, that brings us to the proposal.

"I was debating places to propose like Napa," said Patel. "But although there's not always a lot of positivity on BART, I thought proposing there would be a good idea, since we met on BART."

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Apparently, Kc had been dropping hints that she thought a BART proposal would be romantic. But Patel still caught her by surprise, as they were heading into San Francisco on a Saturday for a surprise she'd planned for him (a trip to the Museum of Ice Cream). Talk about stealing the spotlight: He proposed on the platform at Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre, their home BART station.

"Since it was a Saturday and we'd just missed a train, there weren't a lot of people around," said Patel. "But there were some people on the other side of the platform who laughed and cheered."

Unsurprisingly, the photos are adorable. Oh, and she said yes.

Madeline Wells is an SFGATE associate digital reporter. Email: madeline.wells@sfgate.com | Twitter: @madwells22