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Jen and Ben met in a pretty unconventional way. For some it’s odd, for others it’s atrocious, some it’s accepted, but for us it was perfect. Ben and Jen were on a popular online dating site you may know of as Tinder. Neither had anticipated finding the perfect match. Snapchats were exchanged and not much conversation ensued. Both seemingly forgot about the other. One one day in April of 2020, Jen had viewed a story that Ben had posted on Snapchat. It was of him and some friends having loads of fun riding 4-wheelers at an ATV park. Jen messaged Ben and stated that it looked to be a lot of fun and that she really wanted to go mud ride, but didn’t have a bike, and never had anyone to go with. Ben replied that they had plans to go again the following weekend, and that she should come. Jen agreed, not knowing that anything would come out of it other than potentially some new friends and a new experience. When the following weekend arrived, Jen got herself ready and drove from Kenner to Tower Trax. She was late of course and Ben had been anxiously waiting for her arrival. The line to get in was long, as they had a “bounty hole” event that weekend. A bounty hole is a deep, slippery mud hole that people with altered atvs try to get across without sinking or breaking their rides. Jen waited in line for roughly 45 minutes before making it inside the park, Ben had driven up on his 4-wheeler to guide her into the park and show her where to park and get her wristband so she could ride. Once a wristband was obtained, and Jen had parked, Ben climbed onto his 4-wheeler, and instructed Jen to climb on the back. She did, and he offered her a beer to which she obliged. They spent the day laughing and having fun and riding the trails. At the end of the day, Ben’s friend decided to try a trail that was covered in water. This ended with his friend sinking his atv, and Ben having to pull him out. At that point the decision was made to go home, all parties caked in mud. After that outing, Ben and Jen talked more frequently. It was discovered that Ben knew Jen’s cousin, and for several months the two spent a lot of time getting to know each other and hanging out. Ben was ready to officially start dating but Jen was hesitant to jump into anything too quickly. This changed July 25th 2020. Jen’s birthday was July 24. Ben had decided he wanted to plan something really special for her. They were very close at this point, Ben had met Jen’s dogs, Elton and Jynx, and even her horse Harley as well as her parents, Jen had been to Ben’s house and met most of his family and his cats Wilson and George. Ben decided to plan a whole day of fun for the two of them. First stop was the aquarium. They spent a few hours at the aquarium, both having an interest in fish and aquatic sea life. Ben then drove Jen to Biloxi, Mississippi where they spent the evening on the beach, at the casinos, and then dinner. On the beach, lunch was fed to seagulls where Jen was ecstatic to be interacting with animals. Ben was holding fries behind the windshield of the truck where the seagulls could not reach and honking the horn when they landed because he “did not want bird poop on his truck”. They walked along the beach and looked for interesting and pretty shells and rocks. By the time dusk rolled around, dolphins were in the shallows hunting for their dinner. Jen made a break for the waves in an effort to get close and see the dolphins. She stood in knee deep water with her phone out filming the dolphins breaking the surface as they got within feet of her. Ben stood closer to the beach and filmed her excitement at the dolphins because he was so happy to see her get so excited for the day he planned out, and things falling into place. After it started getting dark, the pair went to a restaurant inside the Hard Rock Casino where they had dinner. While sitting there discussing what a fun and amazing day they had, Ben asked Jen if they could make it official and if she would be his girlfriend. She obliged. They have been inseparable since.

Jennifer & Benjamin

Jennifer & Benjamin

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