Dean and I have known each other for over a decade technically. He is Brandon's best friend and I am Kate's. After I got divorced, I wasn't looking for anything serious and just wanted to have a casual dating relationship. I reached out to Dean via messenger and we started talking. Our first real date was on April 20, 2019. We realized pretty quickly how well we fit with each other and everything about us felt easy and almost meant to be. I had a lot of apprehensions though. He was a long-time bachelor and had a ton of freedom. I was a single mom to four kids and we all had left an abusive home and starting over. I didn't think that anyone would want that. But he did. He loved me exactly how I was and am and he fell in love with my kids too. They become his and we all became a family. Neither of us were looking for love, but it found us.