Cole and I met at a get together with friends one night before we all went out in Starkville. After a while of socializing he asked me for my number and I gave it to him — only giving him my first name and not my last name (which made it hard for him to look me up later). We separated ways that night- because I wanted to go home to my dog instead of going out with the rest of them (typical), and I recieved a text from Cole asking me where I went. Without replying I went to bed and a couple of days later I received another text asking me to go out on a date. I politely declined and asked if we could postpone the date for a later time. He then proceeded to tell me that he was going out to Oklahoma for three months for an externship on a ranch and would like to take me out when he got back. While out in Oklahoma we exchanged a few texts but he gave up due to my lack of interest at the time. One night I had a dream about Rip from the show Yellowstone -my favorite show and it actually was Cole in my dream.. I woke up and said to myself that it HAD to be a sign. I texted Cole at 2:30am asking him if he was still interested in taking me out on a date when he got back to town. We planned to go out the night he got home. A month later, on a Sunday, he drove from Oklahoma to Texas (to pick up a horse) then back to Mississippi. Once home he broke a water line, fixed that, and immediately came to pick me up for our date (it was pretty late by this point). We got drinks at a local place in downtown Starkville and ended up staying until they closed. We immediately hit it off and actually moved up our official date, which was supposed to be the following Wednesday to the very next day, Monday. Our first official date was something out of a movie and was more than perfect. Ever since then we have been inseparable and after a lot of resilience and prayer I have found my lifetime love - my own cowboy 🤍