Eric and I met adventitiously in 2016. At the time, we were both going through our own personal trials and dating was the furthest thing from what either of us wanted at the time. This quickly changed. I tried to talk myself out of the feelings I had began to have, almost immediately. I was so overwhelmed by the amount of feelings that I had so quickly, that I had tried to talk myself out of them by doing little things to test him and perhaps push him away. Disclaimer: that wasn’t a success. Instead, it just helped confirm how much he was willing to bend and break to be apart of my life. I even told him ‘thank you’ the first time he told me he loved me and the man didn’t run, haha. We dated living an hour away from each other for the first 7 months that we dated. I would spend every evening before bed talking with him on the phone, and was even guilty of falling asleep a time or two. Living so far apart helped build a very solid foundation of trust for us, as well as making our time together that much more exciting. In May of 2017, Eric moved in with me and I’ve been lucky enough to have him in my physical presence every day since. In him, I have found the love of my life and my best friend, we are so excited to start this journey together.