Lucky, In Love, and Thankful

Richard and I met online and instantly hit it off. We talked for about a week before we decided to meet. I had had a string of bad dates, and was gun shy about investing a lot of time into what might be another awkward date with no chemistry. Instead of dinner or drinks, I invited Richard to come and watch one of my soccer games, and he did! After the soccer game, we sat and talked in his truck for hours. We found we had a lot in common and saw things in very similar ways. I felt very comfortable with him, and felt like I could be myself. I regretted my decision to invite him to the game as our first meeting because I wanted to get closer to him in the truck, but I was all sweaty and stinky after my soccer game! Our first REAL date was on St. Patrick's Day of 2016. We went to Cellarman's with some friends and had a blast, laughing and talking. When it got loud, we all decided to go to Dorothy's Bumper Club. Richard walked me to my car as we had driven separately. He is always such a gentleman. I felt like we had great chemistry, but I had to know: I pushed him up against my car and said, "I need to see something real quick," and I kissed him. Needless to say, it was a great kiss, and we proceeded with the date, and have been together ever since! Our first date was on St. Patrick's Day, we got engaged on Valentine's Day 2018, and we will marry the day before Thanksgiving, so we are "Lucky, in Love, and Thankful!"