Daniel and Marlene met through a mutual friend in 2008 that initiated a trusted platonic friendship for nearly ten years prior to dating. Over the years they would chat about life and share laughs with other friends. Daniel would attend parties and would lend the hand of a true friend if Marlene called him to move furniture or mentor her boys about sports and school. Never did they see this coming that they would become unconditional best friends and lovers. They both realize the time was not right for them to become one until now. In 2017, Marlene reached out to Daniel to check in and see how he was doing and to see what life had brought thus far, they connected for dinner and some drinks with no insight that this would be the beginning of a love so true and so committed for the remainder of their lives.