Leslie Knope: So to conclude our Galentine's Day breakfast, it is time for the greatest story ever told.
Ann: What's the story?
Leslie Knope: It's the most romantic story ever. It makes The Notebook look like Saw V. Go, Mom, go.
Marlene Knope: It was 1968. I was 18 and our family went on a vacation to Bermuda. And on the first day, I went for a swim in the ocean. And I got caught in a very strong current. [Leslie gasps]
Ann: You've heard this story before, right?
Leslie Knope: Yes, but the drama.
Marlene Knope: The next thing I felt were two very powerful arms whisking me to safety. And he looked down at me and he said, "Are you okay?" And I looked up at him and I said, "I am now."
[later:]
Leslie Knope: So they sneak out to meet each other and walk on the beach. And two weeks later, he asked her to marry him and move to Illinois. But her parents thought she was too young, so she said no. And then they lost touch, and a few years later she met my dad.