In 2018 my sisters and a couple girlfriends created a group chat where we made a commitment to start actively dating. We had all entered our thirties, and a couple of us were now forty. We were educated, had good jobs/careers, but we were ALL single. The “Pact Chat” Begins: The rules were simple. Each week we were to report on whether we went on a date and if not $5 was to go into the pot. The person who goes on a date would get the pot of money. So being slightly competitive I decided to try-out online dating. The experience was...let's say interesting. Our group chats became me sharing messages and pics from unusual and outright strange suitors from the dating site. Needless to say our group chat was full of laughs and a strengthening of sisterhood. After a few months I came across a picture of a gentleman (Sha’ronn) that I thought was attractive. So I took a chance and hit the thumbs up button not really knowing how the rest would work. I really think he liked my picture first but he claims that I came up as a like on his end…I think we’ll never really know the truth lol. We connected pretty quickly especially after learning that we had really close mutual friends. We texted and talked daily. His best friend Javan, who is one of my good friends' fiance, actually told him to “buy a ring” when he told him we were talking. Our first date was on June 14, 2019.I could tell he was a good guy with genuine intentions. A friendship and honesty was the foundation of what would become love. So as they say, the rest is history. I'm becoming a Baker!