Mckeahan and I were both in eighth grade when we met. We knew we loved each other at first sight but we took it very slow and became best friends for the first year. We then started dating freshman year. It has been 8 years and will be over 9 of knowing each other by the time of our wedding. We have never spent more than a week apart in those 9 years and it has been the most beautiful relationship for both of us.