Ian and I grew up only a mile away and our paths crossed many times throughout our life. We started dating officially in October 2016, but we actually dated twice before that. The first time was my freshman year of college and Ian's sophomore year. I attended many parties at Ian’s house and thought he was the cool older guy. But our relationship at this time was very short lived. Our paths crossed yet again my senior year, when Ian was a recent college graduate. This time around things were more serious but still, timing didn't quite work. Ian was figuring out his life post college and I was enjoying my last year before moving to Seattle after graduation. In the summer of 2016, I had just moved back to Colorado and Ian was in a point of transition. We hadn’t spoken in three years, but we quickly found ourselves in the same group of friends and attending many of the same social functions. A few months later, Ian invited me to attend a CU football game with him, Go Buffs! He picked me up at 8 am, and we didn’t separate until the following day. We spent the whole day giving each other “goo goo eyes” and not so subtly flirting. After the game we texted non stop for an entire week, until finally, I so bravely asked Ian when he was going to take me on a date. Finally, timing worked out for us. From our first “official” date, we were inseparable and moved quite quickly. We moved in together after 6 months, traveled around Europe, bought a puppy and got engaged all in a year and half.