Be it your best friend, your dog, cat, boyfriend, girlfriend, wife, husband, and all that exists in between. How did you meet them?
Be it your best friend, your dog, cat, boyfriend, girlfriend, wife, husband, and all that exists in between. How did you meet them?
I took a bus for 3 hours to visit a friend, they drove 9 hours to visit the same friend. I thought it was unfair for them to drive back on their own so I offered to share the drive.
I still don’t know why they accepted. I also didn’t have a plan to get home from their house. I guess it didn’t matter because we’re married now.
Did you ever make it back?
I stayed a week to get the cheapest flights available.
Upon returning, I realised I’d made a mistake. The last week had been the happiest week of my life, and I didn’t want to leave them.
Just after returning home, my state closed all borders to incoming travelers. If I were to go back, it would be a one way trip.
I found a hire car, packed all my belongings in it, said goodbye to my family, and started the long drive to move in.
6 months later, I was trying to decide if I wanted to get married or not. I tried to compare the two options as extremes: living with them every day for the rest of my life with no breaks, or never speaking to them again. I couldn’t find the slightest issue with the former, and the latter terrified me.
I proposed. They were very surprised. After several minutes of me confirming that this was not a joke, they got excited and said yes.
Neither of us wanted a big wedding. With family scattered over 1000km, Covid restrictions provided a good excuse. We got married with just the celebrant and 2 witnesses.
My mother correctly understood the scale of the wedding when preparing the wedding cake, and made us a 2-tiered wedding muffin.