It was July 23rd, 2021. Victori was celebrating her 30th birthday. She went out with her best friend and her best friend’s cousin to dinner to start the celebrations and to catch up. She was asked if she was talking to anyone and she answered no. She had just got a new job and she was focused on that and herself. She was chillin y’all! Her best friend’s cousin looked at her and then looked at her best friend and said “ You should hook her up with Ryan!”. Victori’s best friend then looked at her smiling and then grabbed her phone. Victori then says “Ok, who is Ryan?”. Her best friend then says “Ryan is our cousin. He’s a really nice guy.” She then shows Victori a picture and Victori says “Oh he’s cute! I’ve seen him on my People You May Know on Facebook but I didn’t know that he was your cousin.” And the gag is Victori and her best friend had been friends for almost 10 years at that point and she had never seen him. Anyways, Victori sees her best friend sending a message to Ryan. She showed Victori what she sent just so Victori could know what was being said. It was something along the lines of “Hey cuz! I’m sitting here with my best friend and she thinks you’re cute.” She then gives a little more background and then sends him a picture of Victori. Once Ryan sees Victori’s picture he responds “Oh she’s adorable.” Her best friend then wraps up the conversation and gives Ryan Victori’s number and tells him to call or text her when he is free. A day goes by and Victori did not hear from Ryan but it was still Victori’s birthday weekend so she was focused on enjoying herself and the plans she made. The final day of her birthday plans came and Victori met up with her best friend again. She asked if Victori heard from Ryan yet and Victori answered no but that it was ok ( but in reality she was a little anxious in her head lol he had her number but she didn’t have his yet so she just had to wait and see what was gonna happen). Victori’s best friend expressed that he would probably reach out to her sometime later in the day. After finishing the birthday events for the day, Victori went back to her best friend’s place to just talk and chill. After a little while she noticed that she received a text message. She picked up her phone and opened the text and it read “How you doin young lady, my name is Ryan”. Victori looked up and said “He just texted me.” Her best friend and everyone else present was so excited. Victori and Ryan continued to exchange text messages which then lead to their first phone conversation later that night. They talked everyday and Ryan expressed that he wanted to meet up so they could you know see each other in person. Their first date was August 8th, 2021. Ryan was late y’all! lol and when he finally showed up it took him forever to get out the car lol. He was nervous and Victori understood why. He met her dad on the first date and that was a first for him. He finally gets out his car and comes inside. He shook her dad’s hand and then handed Victori beautiful red roses. They left and headed to Bar Louie where they continued talking and getting to know one another. From that point on their love formed and grew.