Going on Bumble was suggested by one of my best friends, I of course only wanted to scroll on there. Thinking no one could see me but I could see them I did what my friend told me to do swipe left.... I unfortunately do not have a sense of direction, so I was actually swiping right on every guy that popped up. Eventually, a super swipe appeared on my page which I was going to ignore but my friend told me I can talk to guys, it did not mean I had to go out with them. Accepting the super swipe after talking to multiple guys only, little did I know, was the beginning of the rest of my life and then some. We decided to meet up in person at the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak after talking on the phone for about a week. We were both nervous: Dennis because he wasn't sure if I were jailbait, if I would judge him based on his disability and his overall personality, or if I were crazy. Me because he seemed too good to be true, I worried he might try some kind of trick, or that he wouldn't truly accept me as I have been told I am eccentric. When we called each other after parking in two different areas, I stood around waiting to see if I could spot him. When I did, I was surprised. He looked exactly like I had seen in pictures, but I also used to watch the show Catfish and knew there were different ways people could pull off such traps. As the date went on, it was amazing how much he made me laugh and smile, he was a goofball, but also very smart, and a gentleman. It felt easy to talk to him as if I had known him for forever. From that moment on I actually looked forward to talking to him. Of course, I decided to keep my guard up because I figured the other shoe would drop, as they say, but it didn't and at this point I knew it never would.

I met Ciara online (shoutout to Bumble). I hadn't really had great experiences with online dating in the past, so I was not too optimistic. But then we started talking, and that changed everything. I'd like to say she had me at "hello". but in reality, that "hello" was a series of 5+ hour phone calls. We talked so much that I didn't think there'd be anything left to say once we met in person. Needless to say, I was wrong. So, here we are, our first date being at the Detroit Zoo, and I remember that we had a hard time finding each other because it was so crowded. When I first laid eyes on her I was literally at a loss for words. The way her eyes seemed to stare right through me. How the sunlight had seemed to luminate around her, how her hair blew perfectly in the wind as if she walked right out of a movie. I tried my hardest to play it cool. Surely, I must have looked silly. I was fully expecting for us to have an awkward time speaking in person. But we ended up talking like old friends. It was like we had already known one another for our whole lives. I decided then and there that she was the woman I was determined to spend the rest of my life with, about a year later I proposed and I've haven't looked back since.

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