Like most modern couples we met online. Tony made a Harry Potter joke and I decided he was good people. Our first date was over sushi-we laughed alot and I tried not to be too weird. I told my mom afterwards that I had a really good feeling about the guy I'd just met. Summer turned to Fall and I fell in love with Tony's inteligence, wit, and his unbeliablly kind heart. Early in our relationship I needed to cancel a date due to a cold. Instead of getting annoyed by the cancelation, Tony brought me food and Mario Kart. After he left that night I told my mom that this was the man I was going to marry one day. Tony...took a little longer to convince but eventually he came over to my way of thinking. In the time we've been together we've faced a global pandemic, moving in together, negotiating the best way to load the dishwasher, putting together ikea furniture (and honestly, I don't know which tested our relationship more) and through it all our love for each other has only gotten deeper. I feel as if I know him better than I know myself and I am so unbelievably happy that I get to spend the rest of my life with such a wonderful person.

Close Enough. I didn't know about the phone call to her mom after that date. But my side is more than what she knows too. While I know that she'll say she lead the way every step. I knew she needed to, so I let her. She needed to be in control of the timing of every next step. I'm glad to be with her for every one thus far and for every one that will follow. The Dishwasher was the worst argument. Also, Covid was a blessing in disguise; when else can you get to spend 24 hours a day with another person? When else can you get to know every habit and quirk that a person has like this before you get married? Even moving in together in the pre-covid times wouldn't have put us in the same room together for as much time as we have spent over this pandemic. How to make sure you hear what the other person means more than what they say. How the weekends are for sleeping in and puppy cuddles. How the the three tests of a relationship, which are using snail speed internet, going grocery shopping together and putting together Ikea furniture, get passed. How household chores get split. How you make each other feel better when you get down. What the other person likes to snack on at the movies. What movies they like to watch. What their favorite place to eat out is. How to apologize. How to forgive. To learn what they are afraid of and reassure them that they don't need to be afraid. But most importantly how to let a person know that they are loved and when to ask just the right questions. Bobbie spence, WILL YOU MARRY ME?