Weddings can be really cheesy in a lot of ways. I think trying to put "your story" into words is one of those ways. Truth be told, there are no perfect stories or fairytale scenarios involved in our relationship. We met at church; we texted for too long before he asked me out; we went on an awkward first date and both tried to call the whole thing off on separate occasions; I knew I wanted to marry him before we ever had a chance to go on our second date, albeit months after our first (thanks, covid); we started dating shortly thereafter, still long distance, but were soon talking to each other on the phone for hours every day, and I was sending him pictures of engagement rings before the end of that month. He proposed during a walk in the woods on one of his weekend visits and I didn't even say yes right away, because I had already been telling him all I wanted to do was marry him for weeks beforehand. I can't remember my exact words, something along the lines of, "I've already said so." I suppose if there has to be something magical about a relationship for it to be viable, for us it must be the way we make each other feel when we're together, and perhaps the pain we feel at our far too often and lengthy partings. He makes me so happy, I sometimes find myself unrecognizable in pictures of myself taken when I'm with him. Allegedly, I make him very happy as well, so we really seem to have a good thing going.