We met online, and messaged for a few weeks back and forth, which eventually led to phone calls/texts all throughout the day and late-night hour or more phone calls, which if you know me, is very unusual because I hate talking on the phone for a long time! Every time we talked, it felt like we had known each other for a long time already. We lived in different towns about an hour and a half away from each other. We finally decided to meet up for dinner about half way one night. We had a great time and ended up being one of the last ones at the restaurant. The place was getting ready to close for the night, so Corey (being the gentleman he is) walked me out to my car and we had our first kiss. I think after that first date, we both already could tell there might be something really special there that neither of us had ever expected to find. The very next night, Corey drove down to my side of town, and we went out to Baker's Street. Once again, everything felt very natural and easy. About a month and a half later, Corey told me he had fallen in love with me, and of course, I said it back. It all happened within about the course of maybe 2 months, which is fairly quick, but we both knew it was right without any doubts or hesitations, pretty much from the very first night we met. Pretty crazy now that I think back on it... The rest is history! I don't think either of us ever expected to get this lucky, but we sure are thankful the stars aligned in our favor. We are each others' best friends. It may be a little cheesy, but we tell each other all the time, "You're my best friend". We balance each other so well in good times and difficult times. We have experienced a lifetime of love and significant loss in our families already just in these almost 7 years we have been together. Our families meshed beautifully from the very beginning, like a dream. It's truly wonderful to be able to all get together for special events like birthdays, holidays, etc. and have everyone get along so well and have such a great time together. We are very excited to start our OFFICIAL lives together as husband and wife and hopefully start a family of our own very soon!