It's true! We met 14 years ago at a rave in Downtown, San Diego (classy, I know). We kept in touch and discovered that we both lived in the North Park/Hillcrest area and went to school at La Jolla High and just hadn't crossed paths yet. We became good friends and spent a lot of time together doing things like throwing back craft beers at Windansea beach, watching movies, and hanging out at Presidio Park. We were both a little wild back in the day and couldn't have handled a serious relationship so we kept things light and easy. We both found that no matter where life brought us, we were always thinking about each other and we'd get excited butterflies every time we met up again. Our paths went separate ways around 2016 and we both went through our highs and lows, all the while, curiously wondering about where the other one was and what they were doing in their lives. After all these years apart, it was like a happy daydream to think about meeting up with Julian and reliving one of our childhood memories, but it seemed so impossible. I guess my dream wasn't so far-fetched because in 2023 we actually reconnected and couldn't stop talking. We literally didn't go a day without speaking and saw each other countless times over trips back and forth to Kauai (where he lived at the time). We both realized how much we had grown and how the timing was finally right for us to be together. Given this epiphany moment, I made Julian move his butt back to San Diego in September of 2023. We've been living together ever since and now we're getting married! -Chloe