Joe and I had been following each other on Instagram and Twitter since 2013. I accepted his request back then because his last name sounded familiar (little did I know, it would end up being my own last name). He survived my friend-list purges somehow and years later in 2018, Joe slid in my DM's telling me he loved my art and that it inspired him. There was something about his approach and the timing that made me so drawn to him. He was kind and although a bit creepy with his pitch of "I'd love to watch you paint sometime", I met up with him for an evening and had an amazing time. There was no better man for me and I knew that from that first time we met.