We like to joke that we were fated to be together because before we even knew each other, we stood right next to each other in the 5th grade panoramic photo in Saxe Middle School. But when we actually met for the first time, in 7th grade, we were sitting next to each other in the auditorium seats waiting for our turn on the stage at chorus practice. Love at first sight might not have been the words, since neither of us were out yet, but when I looked at him, somehow I knew he would change my life.