It was March 2020, St Patrick's Day Eve. I was scrolling through Match.com and came across Trevor's profile. He was charismatic and handsome, but truthfully, it was the handlebar mustache. I swiped, and instantly was notified that Trevor matched with me! Which meant that he liked my profile first, and I thought that it was divine intervention. Trevor started up a conversation about one of my profile blurbs; it said I would never go white water rafting again, and Trev curiously asked why. We texted all day and I knew from the caliber of the conversation, that this was the man I would end up with. I texted my best friend, Lexi, and told her I was going to marry this guy. Over the next three months, Trev and I talked on and off... a little off after he told me he just wanted to be friends... He eventually came to his senses and agreed to go on a first date. I packed the car with white claws and snacks and met him at the beach. We sat in the trunk of my SUV and watched the storm roll in over the water. After that, we spent almost every weekend together. Less than one year into our relationship, I told Trev I got my dream job in South Carolina. His response was, "Lets start looking at apartments", zero hesitation! My dream job, my dream man... what more could a girl ask for?! ... A ring! ;) I found out he had already bought the ring while we were applying for pre-approval in the house-hunting process. And I patiently waited for THREE MONTHS. What's three months compared to a lifetime with my soulmate, right? FINALLY Trev took me out on a sunset sailboat cruise. He set up a scheme with our friends Justin and Nicki. They texted in a group chat saying they won a sunset cruise and asked us to join them! Immediately after excitedly agreeing to go, my true-crime-obsessed brain started reeling with endless possible catastrophes we could find ourselves in. But Trev reassured me that we would be fine, and at the very least it is guaranteed to be an adventure! The night of the cruise we all boarded the sailboat and set off into the harbor. Just before sunset Trev managed to get me up to the front of the boat and shakily got to one knee. He asked me to marry him, to which I responded, "I thought you just wanted to be friends..." He rolled his eyes and replied "Give me your finger before I fall off the boat!" and that sealed the deal! I cannot wait to marry this man. He brings joy and love into my life, and a healthy dose of laughter too. While I feel like I've known Trev my whole life, this is just the beginning... which means the best is yet to come! I know my future with him will be full of stories like these and I'm looking forward to our next saga as husband and wife.

So I'm enjoying the start of my Covid career doing absolutely nothing and getting ready for a St. Patricks day party when I got a Match notification on my phone. I had this really good strategy where I'd swipe yes to everyone. I didn't even look at pictures; some were guys, some girls and some probably scam bots. When I got a match I would then go and look into the profiles and decide if I was interested and send a message. All of a sudden I get a notification and see Cassidys profile and I start looking further into it and decide that she seems great I should message her. So I message her and say "Hey, why won't you go white water rafting again?" , that one question sparked a three month conversation that turned into us meeting on Belle Isle, me getting in her car and being driven to a very secluded area. Turns out her plan was not to kill me but to relax in the back of her car watching the storm roll in while enjoying each others company, just a perfect relaxing first date. After that it became an every weekend thing. I'd drive to Detroit or she would come up to Clarkston and we would spend the weekend together going to Rocky Mountain Fudge It Factory, or introducing her to my friends she was down for it all and three months after meeting her in person I knew she was the one. Shortly after that she said "hey so I got a job offer in South Carolina do you want to come with me?" and there was no other response than "we should probably find a place to live". Since we've been down here all of the things that I was looking for in a partner have become true, I went from being miserable in my career to being the police, drinking 5+ nights a week to a healthy once a month max and leading an overall healthier and happier life while always being pushed to be the best version of me that I can be. It only took her asking for a ring for three years for me to get one and then I held onto it for 8 months trying to figure out how to ask. I then took her out on a sailboat and asked her to marry me......she took a while to respond because she was overcome with absolute joy and I said "put the ring on I'm going to fall into the water".