I met Aharon for the first time dressed up like ElastaGirl on halloween night. He just moved here so I invited him to go trick-or-treating with my community group. First impressions: I thought he was standoffish & didn't want to hang with me and my friends. He thought I was a stuck up brat. We were NOT vibing. Aharon started coming out to my community group & we somehow selvaged some sort of friendship. After a few weeks of frequent hangouts & after hours of conversation, we became good friends. Only he thought that we were more. One night we met up in Shockoe Bottom where he expressed romantic interest & asked me if I shared the same feelings. I IMMEDIATELY declined. How could he have thought we were on some, as he put it, "trajectory towards something more"? After a week of not speaking, we met at a restaurant to work things out. Aharon called me out on my foolishness in thinking I was uninterested. I was nervous he would break my heart. We worked for weeks to help bring me out of fears, doubts, and uncertainty about entering a relationship. In the end I felt at ease; we were good for each other. Before we met each other we had both been praying separately for the Lord to bring us a spouse. After Aharon's hard pursuit after me, I knew I wanted to do life with him. I have grown to love informative YouTube videos, discussions about US finance +A.I., & Kanye West. I’m still working on tolerating seafood. Aharon has grown to appreciate the complexities of health care & the workings of the human body. He is working on adopting my side passion for dancing and elaborating in detail when I ask him about his day/life. This relationship brought a lot of ugliness to the surface to be met with accountability, grace, & God's love. We are a bit nervous for the hardships set out for our life together, but we are more confident in God's providence over all things. We are so excited to not say goodnight anymore and enjoy early mornings with coffee together.