Ugh, online dating. I always felt ashamed trying out different online dating sites; I really wanted to meet someone how they did "back in the olden days". Something real and in person. I tried Tinder, Bumble, and Plenty of Fish. Nothing really worked... until I met Craig. Craig and I met on Tinder in 2018. We chatted for a while on the app, but decided to take it to the next level and go on a few dates. Things were going so well that within a week, we decided it was time for me to meet his parents... I got scared and broke it off less than a week into our relationship. It was moving WAY too fast for me at that point, and I thought Craig was just gonna be some other dude that I had flirted with for a while, and I expected him to fade from my memory. As y'all can guess... that didn't happen. I tried to reach out to him several times after we had initially broken up, but every time he was seeing someone else. Finally, I was able to convince him to go on a platonic lunch outing just to catch up (I swear my intentions were pure, my intent was not to break him and his girlfriend-at-the-time up). However, when we first saw each other, there was so much romantic tension, it was nearly palpable! It felt like a couple falling in love in a cheesy rom com. I know y'all know exactly what I'm talking about. Long story short, I convinced him to break up with his girlfriend and then we started dating, and now we're getting married. Horrible, I know, but please don't lecture me on how much of a homewrecker I am lol
I took a chance and I swiped right. The first time we met I definitely felt that Miranda and I had a connection. Both of us were pretty nervous for our first date but we hit it off well. We went out on a couple more dates and decided that we wanted to be a couple. We were going well for about a week. After I had wanted her to meet my parents she had decided that the timing was not right for us to be a couple. I was quite upset at the time, but I just couldn't get her out of my thoughts for a long time. About a year later we met up again. We went on a platonic date to just catch up and see how things were going in each other's lives. After that date we both felt a lot of romantic tension towards one another. About a couple weeks later after our platonic date, we decided to give our relationship another try. Since then, she and I have grown and learned a lot from each other. She's taught me to look at things differently and have a bit of freedom with my life. I couldn't thank her enough for what she's given me and I'm glad that I'll be able to spend the rest of my life with her.