We met one night at a bar in Carlsbad — totally unexpected and completely unplanned. I almost didn’t go out that night, and now I can’t imagine what life would look like if I didn’t, from the moment he walked up and started talking to me, I just knew something was different. It truly felt like love at first sight. What started as a simple conversation quickly turned into hours of talking and realizing we had so much in common. We were from the same area and even knew a lot of the same people — it felt like our worlds had been circling each other for years, just waiting for the right moment to collide. That night was the beginning of our forever.