We met at the gym! Super Romantic haha! Stephen was my third and final personal trainer. He was dating someone at the time and I was planning to quit my job, sell all my belongings, move to Florida, live in a beach shack, and walk dogs for the wealthy. One month of training with him turned into a year. We went from the what did you do over the weekend kind of conversation to being real friends who talked about real life things, work, travel, what we wanted out of life, goals, hopes, and dreams. Stephen became single and overnight was texoma’s most eligible bachelor. I didn’t move to Florida and Stephen actually set me up on several dates. One day we both ended up at a June pool party and we hugged for the first time ever. It was actually the first time we had ever had any physical contact at all. I didn’t let go of the hug and he didn’t let go of the hug. It was probably the longest and best hug of my whole life and we talked the rest of the pool party, much to the dismay of all the girls there! After the party, we went shopping for jeans for Stephen and that was the first time we hung out outside of the gym or a big group of friends. I wore sweat pants and instantly regretted it and I had butterflies in my stomach the whole time! It was so crazy because for over a year I hadn't ever cared what I looked like around him. Stephen texted me “good morning beautiful” everyday for a week straight after the pool party and the next Friday (July 1st, 2016) while he was trying to move into a downtown loft and I was trying to move into a building downtown to open a shop, we stopped unpacking boxes and he picked me up in his car and took me for MG’s burgers. For the first time, we didn’t know what to say to each other, so we just ate. When Stephen finished his burger he asked me to cancel the date I had on Saturday with another man and be his girl and I said yes! And THEN...FINALLY we kissed! And we have been eating burgers and dating and making out ever since! ;)