Approach NYE of 2019, we were both probably fed up with the dating scene, had a few good runs with some dating apps. While visiting friends up in Bergen County, my phone detected my location and adjusted my matches on Bumble-which matches based on location. And there Ian popped up. I swiped right, which meant we could talk with each other, and the rest is history.

Things happen for a reason, and I firmly believe Ian and I were brought together purposefully. If I had not been up north, we would have never matched. We both wanted to take things incredibly slow as we knew kids would be involved, and we did our best to keep our dating separate from our children-until March 2020 when the world shut down.

We had to decide to either not see each other and see how long this pandemic was going to ride out, or hunker down together, kids and all-which is exactly what we did, less than 3 months into dating. Not exactly the path we were intending on, but the path we were put on!

Fast forward four and a half years, 85 miles of distance between us, many thoughts of will they, wont they, along with countless conversations like, theres got to be light at the end of the tunnel, we just cant see it yet, we will finally close the distance gap and begin building a life together at the end of this summer.

And finally tie the knot in June of 2025!

J&I

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