I first met Kevin through a mutual friend back in 2012 in high school. To be quite honest, I had already known about him since I facebook stalked him and thought he was super cute. I officially met him in person at CTCC's (formerly known as TKPC) revival and I was super nervous but he ended up grabbing my foot when we were sitting down since he sat in the row in front of me and I freaked out. Afterwards, I tried to talk to him but he thought I was too boring so he ended up ghosting me completely. Fast forward a year, we ended up talking again and I told him an inappropriate joke and that led to him being interested in me and asking me out to be his girlfriend (through a Spirited Away DVD)! That was short-lived however since we only dated for a few months and then we broke up which led to him not wanting to speak with me afterwards. We didn't speak again until college where we quickly became best friends since we shared a similar friend group. There were a lot of moments in college where the timing was wrong (he liked me but I didn't, I liked him but he didn't, etc.) until junior year it finally lined up! I started to have feelings for him and I tried to drop hints that I was interested (posting photos of us, asking to hang out, etc.) and finally during our second semester of junior year, he asked me to be his girlfriend the same way he asked me when we were in high school. Ever since then, it's been history and definitely a journey that I wouldn't trade for anything else since I've found my best friend for life!

Like Naomi, I definitely did some Facebook stalking too. I remember thinking she was totally out of my league but then found out, to my surprise, that she was also interested. Even though we met at CTCC, my clearest memory of her was the hand-drawn card she gave me for my 15th birthday (which I still have). That was when I knew she was wife material.

No, I didn’t ghost her….. I just let our conversations fade out the first time—though in my defense, it left space for us to reconnect a year later. This time, we got to know each other better and could be more genuine with each other. Sadly, though, that first round of dating was short-lived because SHE broke up with me. Something about me being 'too boring' or 'too corny.' She was my first girlfriend, so when she broke my heart, I was devastated. Naturally, I channeled all my teenage angst into hating her.

But before college, Naomi and I rebuilt our relationship as friends, quickly becoming best friends. For the next three years, we’d keep missing each other’s timing—I'd catch feelings when she saw me as a friend, and vice versa. But, as it turns out, God’s timing was perfect. I never thought we’d get another chance, but during junior year, Naomi started dropping a ton of hints that I, of course, was oblivious to. A friend had to give me a not-so-gentle nudge to help me realize that she had feelings for me. It made me realize that my feelings for her had always been there all along. So, I asked her out again the same way I did in high school in the form of a hand-drawn card.