It’s a Match!

Finally, after divine intervention and the good ole’ internet, I found my match. On our first date, surprisingly, I found myself lost in the Oak Brook Center, and Reilly being patient enough came to find me. We shared a dinner and an evening walk around the mall. We were having a blast, the night was young, and we chatted on like two old friends! In the weeks to come, we shared many phone calls, great meals, and our best date ever, a hole in the wall sports bar packed with fans for the Bears game, turned worst date only because of the famous double donk....yes the epic date where the bears missed the playoffs on a missed field goal. Naturally I was like many others, devastated. It wasn’t that happy ending to the date where your team wins and everyone cheers and we embrace with our first hug and find ourselves staring at each other’s eyes and sharing our first spur of the moment kiss. Nope, the entire restaurant fell silent and then emptied rather quickly. It was from that moment on, however, that Reilly was in love. His love for football was now matched by my love for football. Bottom line is, the double donk that ended the Bears' shot at the playoffs started a wonderful bond between two strangers, turned best friends, turned lifelong loves. And well, the rest, the rest is really just beginning!!!