We met on a website where I (Joanna) was sharing my art. Matthew was one of my first supporters, and within a year we developed a close friendship. Our affection for each other grew, but being so young and having not met in person, we understood we were in no position to date. We wanted to arrange a time to meet in-person, and luckily my brother lived in the same city as Matt at that time. Once Matt first met my brother, we officially met IRL on July 27, 2014, and say each other a few times after. The following year, I graduated high school and he graduated college. During that time, we had remained friends, but so had our feelings for each other, so since we had finished school and were both adults, we felt dating was finally appropriate, and made it official on New Years Day of 2016. Over the past 8, almost 9 years, we've met each others' families, been on vacations, visited museums and zoos, and much more while discussing our dream to spend our life together. I've known since New Years Day of 2016 that he was the one I wanted to marry, maybe even earlier,