We met about 10 years ago. I was living in Hollister with my girlfriends, Raina and Dusty. He was a friend of theirs from high school who would come down to visit sometimes from San Francisco. I was always in a relationship and didn't have any interest at the time. I just saw him as this broke guy who came over and drank all our beer. Little did I know he was earning a degree at San Francisco State University. Many years down the road, I was earning my degree at the same school and we reconnected at Raina's moving away party in Monterey. A few months later, I updated my Facebook status to single after a breakup and he asked me out for coffee. I just saw it as a friendly invite to cheer me up. He had other intentions. He wanted to be with me since the beginning, 10 years ago. He went out of town that weekend for a friend's wedding, but we text and talked throughout. On the drive home he kept me on the phone until 3 am when I had class the next morning! We decided to have dinner and the rest is history. In August 2016, we moved in together and in June 2017 we got engaged.