It all began in 2014 at Saint Louis College. I was a wide-eyed freshman, while he was a fresh graduate who had just passed the board exam and started teaching as a college instructor at the same school. Little did we know that, even though we lived just a few kilometers apart, our paths would first cross inside the classroom. During the first semester, we barely noticed each other. We were strangers, never imagining what life had in store for us. But when the second semester came, fate decided to shake things up, he became my instructor for one of my subjects. 👀 Toward the end of 2014, I got an unexpected message from him. I thought it was about schoolwork, but it turned out to be something else. He started dropping little hints of interest. Imagine how awkward it felt in class the next day! 😂 The only person who knew back then was my best friend Rhea (now my maid of honor!). Back in class, we kept everything perfectly professional. But after school? Every night turned into long conversations, from simple chats to real and meaningful talks. Somewhere between the laughter, the teasing, and the overthinking… love quietly made its way in. 💘 By March 2015, he finally asked me out on our very first date: dinner and a movie.🍿It was the first time we talked openly, no school, no roles… just us. Not long after, he made a decision to resign from teaching and pursue a different path, one that would open doors for a better future for both of us. On March 21, 2015, we officially became a couple. 💞 From there, the real adventure began. For nearly a decade, our love was tested by distance. Between studies, jobs, board exams, the pandemic, and even moving countries, we spent years apart. There were airport goodbyes, frozen video calls, and missed celebrations, but we held on. Because even when miles keep us apart, our hearts always find their way back to each other. And now, more than ten years after that first unexpected message, after countless “I miss you”s and late-night conversations, we’re finally here. No more distance. No more waiting. Just the beginning of forever. 💍