All good things come to those who wait. There’s no better saying that sums up our relationship. We met in 2010 at a New Years Eve party and the first time I saw her I thought immediately to myself that she was very attractive and I had to get to know her. I was able to convince her in the following weeks to go on a date with me and I have to tell you it couldn’t have gone worse. She seemed distracted and had very little to say so I thought that maybe she was having a bad day. I suggested another try at a date in an attempt to gain some traction with her but in our follow up date it was more of the same. We both agreed that we should cut our losses and end the outings. What followed after this conversation is a bit of a head scratcher but I think it makes for a more interesting story. For reasons that I can’t recall we actually started to resent each other. Every time I went to a party or gathering that she was attending our interactions became more and more hostile. We were at constant war with each other. Picture Peter Griffin and the chicken for those who watch Family Guy. This continued for six years. In 2015 I began having realizations that I actually still liked Thomasina but I had no idea on how to deal with those feelings or how to convey them. It took me the better part of 10 months to work up the nerve to attempt to try and have a conversation with her where we could have an adult conversation without any hostility. Once we finally talked we both had a realization that we had grown from being those people who couldn’t stand each other. Fast forward 3 years later and I'm asking her to marry me. The journey that we have taken thus far has made me realize that all good things come to those who wait and there is no obstacle that can tear us apart so long as we remain dedicated to each other.

See above LOL. Just kidding. Technically, we met in 2009 thanks to Ariel. She invited me to a New Years Eve party that a friend of hers was throwing (happened to be Kai). I agreed to go but needed a ride and Kai was nice enough to pick me up from my house. (I guess I should say something about not getting into cars with strangers, but it worked out for me in the end - Love you Boo!) We ended up having a great time and he asked me out on a date. A couple days later we went out to Kobe’s Japanese Steakhouse. We had an okay time, no fault of Kai’s as he was actually the perfect gentleman *snort*, but I just wasn’t in the right mind to date someone seriously. We ended up just trying to be friends, but we eventually turned into Martin and Pam (it was on sight) for the next couple of years. In 2015 Kai started messaging me randomly every couple of months. Sometimes the messages were sweet and others funny, but he made sure that I kept thinking about him. In 2016 he decided to host a bunch of friends in Ocean City and asked me if I wanted to go. I guess over the past couple of months he wore me down, because I actually said yes. While down there we had a great time and it sparked this beautiful relationship. I think our first time around the timing was just off and we weren’t the right people for each other then. But over time as we grew up into the people we are today, we slowly began to form into people that were perfect compliments for each other.