We're Getting Married!

Before we met, Kevin and I were your typical workaholics who experimented with online dating on and off. We were busy, and didn’t dedicate a ton of time to the process, but I think we both knew something was missing… eventually getting to the point where we sat back and thought, I’m done looking super hard for my person. If it happens, it happens. At the start of the pandemic, as you know everyone was being sent home, everything was shut down and there was nothing to do. I (Maryha) hadn't been on dating apps in over a year but figured it was the perfect time to try again. The pandemic period gave me a longer opportunity to talk to the guys I matched with and decide if I actually found interest in them and if we should meet up. Kevin tells me that he had online dating accounts, but never actively tried to talk to the women he matched with. I vividly remember coming across Kevin's profile one day and noticed a sweet picture of him and his dad. I stayed on his profile a long time and thought to myself, “There’s just something different about this one”. I thought he was so cute, looked so friendly, and I liked that he liked sports.   The next day he messaged me back and we continued to text all day every day for 5 weeks until we met and after 2 weeks we promoted our conversations to talking on the phone every night. When Texas opened back up on May 2, 2020 we had our first date and our second date May 3, 2020.

On May 5, 2020 Kevin asked me to be his girlfriend. A week after officially being an item I knew Kevin was the one for me. It definitely took Kevin longer to confirm that I was the one, but I knew he was serious about me because he made it clear we wouldn't be dating if he wasn't. Due to the pandemic and stay at home orders Kevin and I spent SO much time together through the entire summer and truly have spent so much time with each other to this day. I joke with people that our relationship was on double time, lol. We met each other’s friends and family, talked about our future together, our goals, aspirations, and vision for our future. Our favorite thing to do with each other is cook together and watch reality tv or sitcoms. I used to hate realty tv but I learned I was just watching it with the wrong person. We also love going to arcades, lol Kevin has caught me many stuffed animals on the claw machine, I think his new nickname should be claw machine master. Anyways, there is so much I can say but I will leave the rest a mystery. Fast forward to April 3, 2021, Kevin asked me to spend forever with him....So all I got to say is, "when you know, you know!”:)