We met at work during August of 2020. Dorian was the assistant manager at the gas station I had started working at. I'll admit, on my end it was an instant crush, even if our first meeting wasn't as elegant as one may hope (I dropped a whole thing of cigarettes and said I was quitting as soon as he walked in).

Regardless of the many awkward encounters that followed that moment, we became close friends and I was honestly a little worried that's all we'd ever be. Between him saying he doesn't date and probably never will, and him seemingly against work relationships I didn't think I had a chance. I'm very glad I was wrong.

Some time went by and we officially started dating around Christmas of 2020 and he immediately met my family. I met his a few months later. We moved into our first apartment in April 2021, and he was moving up in his career while I looked for jobs I would like and would pay the bills.

He proposed to me April 11th, 2022 in front of our friends and family. I genuinely didn't see this coming despite the fact that a bunch of people from out of state was showing up for this supposed game night.

Here we are a couple of years later getting ready to celebrate being married with even more of our friends and family.

We Eloped! Reception celebrating our union

Reception