I met Angelo through my sister Antonella, at a bar in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. At the time neither of us were looking for love or even interested in dating. However, my sister insisted I at least have a conversation with him as she was convinced he was my type.
At a first glance, I was not attracted to him at all in fact I was turn off by how much attention he was receiving and giving back. He was the center of it all, completely at ease with the spotlight on him, and I immediately thought, Nope, not my type. It was a night that I was not in the mood to talk to anyone, let alone someone who thrived in that kind of energy.

About a week later, my sister convinced me to go out again, this time to a bar called the Wicked Monk. I wasnt really up for it, but to make her happy and get myself out of the house, I agreed. We were having drinks, music was playing and then, of course, Angelo showed up. He and my sister starting chatting, and I wasnt feeling the vibeof the place at all, so Im sure my face showed it. Then, I over hear Angelo say some ridiculous comment to my sister, one that I knew was meant to get back to me. I remember thinking, who does this guy think he is?!

The next day, I couldnt stop thinking about it. I wont repeat exactly what he said (if you know Angelo, youd understand why I wont repeat it), but it was enough to get me to send him a message on messenger. I had to call him out: Why would you say that to my sister? How dare you? His response was IT WASN’T ME!

Im still not sure why we kept texting after that, but I quickly realized how funny he was and how he could keep a smile on my face after a conversation.

Another week went by and I found myself back at the Wicked Monk, and once again, Angelo showed up, this time with his buddies and a few girls from the neighborhood. Yet somehow, we found ourselves talking again and sharing a drink, and for the first time, I really noticed him, his piercing blue eyes, his adorable smile and dare I say it his swag!

We exchanged numbers that night and from that moment on we couldnt stay away from each other. A few weeks later, we shared our first kiss at a place called trace. We were inseparable from there but yet still not official, but all I knew was I wanted him all for myself!

I remember one night, he looked at me and said, You’re going to fall hard for me, I couldn’t help but laugh at him! And say, Yeah right, you watch it will be you first!

Well turns out we both fell hard for each other!

It wasnt long before that we made it official I became his girlfriend and he became my boyfriend, and I was so in love. Angelo would drive to my house in Howard Beach everyday, and about six months later after he met my children Chiara and Gaia is when he started to sleep over. From there on in we were truly inseparable, through every high and every low point our love was undeniable, we both knew we couldn never live a life without one another.

Fast forward 11 years later, here we are with two beautiful, healthy children Angela, and Felice added to our family.

Our love story is still continuing to be written, and it will always be till death do us part!