The way we met seems to be one of James's favorite stories to tell (possibly because he's still bitter about it ;) haha) We technically met on a lackluster Bumble date that didn't go anywhere. At the time neither one of us was really in the best place for a relationship, so we weren't very open to one another. Fate seems to be rather persistent though (I guess it has to be when you are as stubborn as we are) We re-met almost exactly a year later in a productivity class held by our broker Keller Williams. Luckily this class was an eight week course because we needed all eight weeks to figure this thing out! I didn't recognize James at first but I did notice him right away and for some reason there was something so familiar about him that I was intrigued by, we also kept catching each other's eye for the first few weeks of the course and I couldn't understand why. One day we happened to be in the elevator at the same time, so I introduced myself, very politely, and James responded, "I think we've met before." I said, "No, I don't believe we have." He very kindly smiled and said, "you must just look familiar." Later that day I was going through my phone contacts and passed him name. It then hit me where I knew him from and I felt so embarrassed! I texted him and apologized, opening the lines of communication again. He's never let go of the fact that I forgot about him, I'll never live it down haha. We then became friends on Facebook and over the next few weeks I became very intrigued by what I learned about him. When I posted about seeing a movie in the park, in true James fashion, he commented saying he had been wanting to go to one of these, so I suggested we go as friends. It of course, still took us about another month after our "non movie date" to begin dating, but the rest is history! We've been inseparable and not a day has gone by that we haven't spoken since.