If you ask Chloe: My dating life was never rainbows and butterflies, it was rocky, to say the least. So I became more focused on what I needed to do personally, to grow and become the best version of myself I knew I could be. So when my sister invited me to a get-together at her boyfriends (who is now her husband) friends house, after I had just worked a 12-hour shift in the height of retails holiday season, I knew what I needed to do... which was sleep, so I declined the offer. After a bit of convincing, she was able to change my mind and I made my way to this house... which was owned by Max. The group was getting ready for a night out for some live music. I didnt think anything would ever stem from this night. I mean, why would it? He was different than my usual “type”, I never land the nice guys - you know... the type that you would happily introduce to your parents? Up until this point in my life my selection of men have been extremely questionable... but Max was polite and offered me a drink. Anyways, shortly after meeting Carolyns new group of friends, I offered my personal *unpaid* Uber services to get some of them downtown, and that was the last I would see of most of them... or so I thought.
As time went on my desire of naturally meeting people in the real world started to decline, so like most single 20-ish year old adults, I downloaded Tinder... it was painful at first and then I saw a familiar face, it was Max. He was so warm, and inviting when I went to his house, so I figured I would give it a shot. All of a sudden it didnt feel as though I was having forced conversation with a stranger. Our first date was at Williams Cafe, and despite almost scaring him away with my honest depiction of my life (which also included my dating history) we hit it off. I wanted to spend every moment with him, I had this deep feeling that I knew he was my forever person - even if he did not know it yet. We did go our separate ways once for a short period of time, but that brief moment just helped us grow individually in ways that would benefit us later on, together; and we came back stronger than ever. From watching him play recreational dodgeball in the early days, and the daily good-morning texts, to moving in, and now to planning our future... I would choose him every time.




If you ask Max: Never in a million years did I ever expect to meet my future wife at one of my classic 17 Steel Street parties. My friends, and current girlfriend at the time and I were getting together for some early pre-drinks before going downtown for some live music. My good friend asked if his girlfriend could bring her sister along... I thought to myself why not? The more the merrier. After a couple of laughs and a few too many drinks we began to slowly make our way downtown. Everyone already made it into a cab and of course I got left behind - or so I thought. This very polite, younger looking girl who I had just met offered to take us downtown - free of charge! So Chloe ended up driving her sister (Carolyn), Alex, my girlfriend and I to our destination. To be honest I didnt think Id see much of her again as she didnt seem to be having a lot of fun (probably due to the fact that she worked a 12 hour retail shift and her social battery ran out of juice).
Fast forward a couple of months, I had been single for a little while and was ready to get back into the game, so I decided to give the old Tinder app a try. Sure enough, who do I come across...? Miss Chloe Bedford! I swiped right, right away, and boom it was a match.
Ill never forget our first date, truthfully I was frightened to death by her honesty and trust me when I say she left nothing out on the table. But after an hour and a half of some great conversations, I could tell this girl was real and true inside and out. I think it was that day I first heard the expression from her, honesty is the best policy and that she has nothing to hide. We spent the rest of the afternoon together eventually venturing over to the glow-in-the-dark mini putt. It was an afternoon full of laughs and smiles, and it made me feel really good to be around her. It was at that point I thought to myself, damn... she could actually be good potential girlfriend material.
Little did I know this potential girlfriend turned out to be my future wife. Words cannot describe how excited I am to start this next chapter of our lives, I am forever thankful and grateful that she came into my life when she did. Cheers to doing anything and everything together with my sparkle queen.