Dallas and I met in college in 2014 at a house party hosted by my cross-country teammates. We hit it off immediately, but I definitely wanted to stay friends, and I felt like we would be great friends during our time in college. That lasted about a week, and after hanging out a few times, we both realized how we felt about each other. We survived a long distance relationship, law school and grad school, job changes, a pandemic, and buying our first house, and are ready to complete the next big step in our relationship. Our plan was to elope in Japan, but the pandemic has made that near-impossible. For now, we just want to be married, and we will celebrate with friends and family in Texas. We still hope to travel to Japan in 2022 and have our dream wedding ceremony, but above all else we want to be married and continue our lives together.