Fatima and CJ met on the hit Netflix series Love is Blind. Unfortunately, they didn’t make the cut because the producers said their story didn’t have enough drama. SIKE we lied lol. Fatima and CJ met on the Plenty of Fish dating site in March 2016. After messaging for a few days Fatima took the leap and gave CJ her phone number (let him tell it, it was random). After a seven hour first phone call and a few marco polos later the couple knew they had to meet. After dating for a year CJ asked Fatima to be his girlfriend and of course she said yes lol. After dating for three years the couples relationship took a turn when CJ moved back home. This put a two hour distance between them and they had to decide if it was going to make or break them. While that doesn’t seem like a lot, at the time it was daunting due to them both working full time on two separate shifts, Fatima going to school full time and then boom COVID 19. They made it work though. From traveling every few months, sometimes every month to see one another, date nights via Google Meets and a routine for their end of the day conversations they put in the work and it was so worth it. After two years of long distance the rainbow finally showed when Fatima graduated and moved to Richmond. During the next few years the couple traveled, grew together, independently and professionally. FINALLY!!! After 7 looonnnggggg years (lol) but no seriously on December 20, 2023 CJ took Fatima to the Botanical Gardens to see the Christmas lights. After a wonderful night he took her to the large Christmas tree in the gazebo and popped the question and again of course she said yes :).