Believe it or not, we met on social media. I know, crazy right! Twitter to be exact. I knew he was feeling me because whenever I would say something about Fitz and Olivia (Scandal) he would reply “who me”. I guess he called himself flirting. January 2016, he hopped in my DMs and said “You are so pretty to me”. A few days later… he’s back in my DMs. This time he asked to take me out. Well more like told me he was taking me for breakfast. I immediately admired the fact that he wanted to see me in the daylight and didn’t ask to chill at his crib. So of course, I responded with my own demands. I told him I wanted seafood instead of breakfast. Needless to say, our first date was at Red Lobster. We sat in that restaurant for hours. Mainly because I talked a mile a minute. A few days later on face time I realized he was bald headed LOL!! My exact words were “Nigga is you bald”! Little did I know I’d be rubbing that bald head for the rest of my life! Fast forward to May 2016. After 4 months of dating I told him he was my boyfriend. He replied, “it’s about time cuz you been my girlfriend.” Over the course of the next 5 years, he became my Best friend, my spades partner, a father figure to my son, and my lover. On July 2, 2021, at his birthday party I threw for him, he asked me to be his partner for life. The most selfless act he’s ever done yielded the easiest YES I’ve ever said. THE RING FITZ!

So, we obviously wouldn't be here without me proposing, right? Right! But that was probably the most nervous I've ever been in my life; even though I knew she would say yes. In 2019, I went through some life changing stuff and she was there with me the entire time. I realized then that I was going to propose to this woman. I just didn't know when or how. I always had this dream of having Jagged Edge just randomly singing "Let's Get Married" at this random restaurant we'd be at and she'd see me on one knee. Far fetched, I know. So over the years of us being together, I'd always get little stuff out of her that would be important to her for the perfect proposal; ring type, carats, specific days she didn't want to share a proposal with, who she'd want to witness this moment, etc. She always said she wanted her family present, but I immediately said that wouldn't be possible. For the simple fact that she didn't want it to be cliche (on a holiday or birthday), and if I had all of her family together on a random day, that would give the whole surprise away. So fast forward to 2021, I know exactly when I'm going to propose and it'll be the least expected. MY BIRTHDAY!! She'd never see it coming. I had only told one person when I planned on doing this and she stated this was the most selfless thing ever. I didn't know what she had planned for my birthday , but I knew it would be something with a bunch of people. That was my moment. She put together a dinner for me at our home and invited my family and very close friends. I told her to invite a few of her family members too (because I knew she wanted them present, but I still didn't wanna give away the surprise). I got the ring earlier that day and the nervousness hadn't settled not one bit. I had practiced this whole speech I had prepared for this very moment. I was ready. Nervous, but still ready. One of my friends came up with this whole idea of him getting everyone's attention while I got down on one knee. Not gonna lie, either the speech he was giving was just that good or I was just that nervous. Because I was so caught up in him talking, that I forgot about me getting ready to propose. I was able to snap back though. Got down one knee and dropped the doggone ring..TWICE!!! Managed to get it back in my hand just in time for her to turn around and me forget that speech that I had prepared. But still in time to let me ask her to spend the rest of my life with her.