On a cold October night in 2013 after months of messaging back and forth, Alyssa and I decided to finally meet. I grabbed a few friends and we made our way to downtown Detroit. While waiting at the designated meet up point for over an hour, I began to think "maybe it's too good to be true" and my hope started to dwindle. Then I received a text from Alyssa to meet at a different location. I was apprehensive to say the least, but my friends convinced me to relocate. Once at the new destination, I walked in and looked around for the beautiful brunette with the stunning eyes and the knock your socks off smile. Across the bar I spotted her, and my palms immediately began to sweat. My stomach jumped and I took a deep breath in an attempt to build up the courage to finally meet face to face. I took my first step as she stood on the other side of the room. She was unaware of the nervous dude who was clumsily rehearsing his opening line. I then felt a hand grab my shoulder and someone said, "what are you doing?." I responded, "going to go say hi". My friend looked at me in disbelief and said, "no dude you got to play it cool, make her come to you." After remembering she already did stand me up at the first meet up point, I agreed. We planned to walk past Alyssa and for me to pretend I didn't notice her. As my friend and I approached her my heart pounded and I tried my best to ignore her, but her beauty was unavoidable. I kept telling myself "be cool, be cool" and made my way walking right past. Before I could say a word to my friend about our flawless execution a hand reached over my right shoulder and squeezed my face pursing my lips. A soft voice said...."Hey You!". From that moment on I knew that Alyssa and I were going to be inseparable. Fast forward to present day and I can’t be more excited to spend my life with her. - Anthony