Dre and I met on a summer day in 2009. He was sitting on the couch in my parent’s basement and was invited by a mutual friend at the time. I introduced myself and we started talking music. We didn’t think much of it at the time, seeing as how he and I were in a relationship with other people, but we thought it was cool that we were both people of color, who were fond of metal music. We hit it off as friends. Over time, Dre and I grew closer and even took the same writing class in 2010. He asked me to be his girlfriend and I was hesitant at first due to obvious complications, but eventually, I said yes! After Dre graduated high school, we went our separate ways. When I graduated high school and went to college, Dre was determined to get me back into his life. Each year he tried his best to woo me and I always turned him down. In 2017, Dre asked me to meet him at Docs Bar in Easton MD. I was hesitant again, but eventually, I agreed. When I showed up, he was wasted put found a way to confess his true feelings for me. I thought to myself “this man has been trying to get back with me for 5 years, maybe I should give him a chance”. I finally said yes to trying again and we took off from there. Dre wasted no time. In June of 2018 he asked me to be his wife. He promised to never let me go again and I believed him. Words cannot express how much I love this man and I am very grateful he never gave up.