I met Philip at The Grounds Up Coffee Shop in Wisconsin Rapids. He was sitting alone at a booth and I bravely approached him. Granted, we had arranged to meet there after talking for a month over a dating website. I had left a series of notes for my parents about where I had gone and who I was meeting, just in case. After our coffee chat, we explored what Wisconsin Rapids had to offer. We went to the park. We went to an Antique shop. We went to Wal-Mart. We went back to park because that's about what Rapids has to offer. Even though the date went well, I shook his hand at the end. But the man was persistent! That summer was booked solid as I juggled an unpaid internship, a part time job and summer online classes. Philip drove 50 minutes (one way) a couple times a week to visit as well as helped me move into my brand new apartment in Stevens Point. Now I was only a 30 minute drive away and we've stuck together ever since (apologies to my lovely room mate who didn't sign up to have this rando guy loitering around the apartment.)