Ryan and I first met at Mounds High School. He transferred in during freshman year, and we dated for a couple of months back then—freshman love, right? Fast forward to junior year, and Ryan decided to slide back into my DMs on Instagram (literally). Everything kicked off again one night when we stayed up talking on FaceTime until sunrise. We were "just friends" at the time, but we talked for hours without running out of things to say. By the time we hung up, I knew I had feelings for him. Ryan kept texting me every day, complimenting me, being all smooth—it was hard not to catch feelings. I kept telling myself to be careful, but he just kept showing up. Our first official date was at Braum’s in Sapulpa, where we shared an ice cream cone—hey, we were high schoolers, that’s what we could afford! But honestly, it was perfect. It felt so easy, so comfortable, like everything was just right. We made it official on October 15th, 2019—the day I told him I loved him for the first time. His response? “Are you sure?” I confidently said yes, and then he said it back. And now, here we are—getting married! We couldn’t be more excited to start this next chapter together.