I first heard about Paola before I actually met her. While working at the hospital I met her grandfather who enlightened me on all her amazing qualities. I remember him describing her as his “chaparrita” who was beautiful, smart, hardworking and just happened to be single. He even went as far as inviting me to a barbecue to watch a soccer game and meet Paola. When Paola arrived to take her grandfather home from the hospital let’s just say she wasn’t looking the freshest, but she still caught my eye after all the great things I had heard. Focusing on my job, I was too afraid to make much small talk with her. When they got in their car to go home, I had no idea what fate had in store for me. Being single myself, I decided to try online dating. One profile stuck out and I quickly began to message her. We had similar values and came from a similar background. The first messages back and forth took about a week to go through; I think both of us were playing hard to get. When I finally mustered the courage to ask her out I was relieved when she accepted. I still remember the outfit she wore on our first date and it still gives me butterflies just thinking about it. It wasn’t until about our third date that we both came to realize we had previously met 6 months prior in the hospital. I had lost her once before, but I wasn’t about to let her go again!
It all started at the hospital, I had to pick up my grandpa after his surgery. I remember getting there and seeing my grandpa talking to his translator about me, which made me very shy right away. I felt like my grandpa was trying to pimp me out to this poor guy. When I glanced at Gonzalo he had this shy smile too and it was just a bit awkward! To top it off my sister kept kicking my leg so that I would check him out. When we were finally leaving the hospital, I never thought that I would run into him again, let alone online! Mid summer, my best friend made me an account on a dating site because she thought I had been single for too long. One day I logged on and noticed I had a message from a Gonzalo17. I opened it and he asked me about my username rojiblanca and if I liked the team Chivas. While looking at his photos I felt like I had seen this guy before but couldn’t remember where. When I showed my sister, she freaked out and started saying how destiny brought us together or how creepy it would be if he stalked me 😂Anyway, from there on out we continued messaging for like 2 weeks before he actually asked for my number. Our first date was so perfect... I had this huge feeling in my stomach and I just knew this was it! I found my guy! After that first date..we became inseparable. My entire family loves him and I still consider my grandpa as the matchmaker, he kind of sort of picked him out for me!