His POV: A close friend of mine was talking to me about potential wedding line-ups in the future and indicated that I would be his best man. His girlfriend, my mutual friend, indicated more likely than not I would be paired to walk down the aisle with Kearsten. I asked her who Kearsten was and she showed me some pictures on her Instagram. I insisted that our mutual friend introduce us, which she later did via Facetime. Our mutual friend was going to be going out to dinner that night with Kearsten. During the Facetime Kearsten and I talked and she asked me some thought-provoking questions regarding life, relationships and my mindset on various topics and scenarios. I'm not going to lie, I was a bit nervous but very intrigued. She was very confident and beautiful so that didn't help. Y'all see her like come on. In that conversation I could tell she was very smart, transparent, genuine, passionate, observant and easy to talk to. She and our mutual friend had to go so I had to make my move. I asked her for her number and she asked me what my intentions were, which kind of took me by surprise because she was direct in letting me know she didn't have time for games. I told her I wanted to learn more about her and she agreed to give me her number. We stayed in touch and quickly I started to realize how big her heart is. I learned how caring she is to those she loves and how supportive she is to those in her life. She had already started giving me great advice and encouragement when I needed it during the early days of us meeting. We related a lot and had some shared life experiences. She understood me better than anyone I had met previously in such a short period of time. Our sense of humor was very refreshing because we always laughed at the same things and always had a good time on the phone. Two weeks after we started getting to know each other I flew to New York to meet her in person. The whole trip felt like we had known each other for years. We spent the next 3 months building a deeper friendship and then I asked her out and the rest is history. Her POV: My friend told me there was someone who wanted to meet me and gave me the background story of how my name came up. At the time I wasn't interested in meeting anyone because I was focusing my attention on other things in life. My friend asked if she could show him my Instagram and I said I didn't mind. She sent me pictures of him and gave me a summary of who he was as a person. I found him very attractive and he sounded like someone with a lot going for himself but I was hesitant because I didn't know him. Later she asked if I would be okay meeting him via Facetime. (Shout out to my friend because she was working overtime to get me on board with this idea! ) I agreed but made no promises of any fairytale endings. When I spoke with him on Facetime I was a bit guarded at first but he was charismatic and down-to-earth and that melted my fears away. I was questioning him because I wanted to try to see the inner person. I needed to see for myself if he was the person my friend said he was. I also needed to see if our goals & mindsets would align. I was impressed by his answers, although I could tell I was making him nervous. He was showing me nothing but green flags, which was making me nervous! I was drawn to his warmth and authenticity. His humility and accountability while opening up about life lessons was admirable and deeply aided in my respect for him. When he asked for my number I had butterflies about something new but still was cautious. I was truly impressed by his intentionality. Every conversation afterwards lead to me finding my best friend. Our friendship was full of deep conversations, new adventures, encouragement, love and individual growth. When he asked me out I cried the same night because I realized I had found my person. Our relationship has helped me fall deeper in love with life itself and myself & I'll spend forever just to share it all with him.