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Hi, it’s Kirsten! I wanted to take some time to write out our story, how we met, and why we chose to say yes to a future together!&nbsp; How We MetDrew and I grew up going to the same church. We performed in children’s choir shows as well as played rec soccer, mostly against each other. We went through most of middle school and high school not really talking to each other, though we got to know each other a little bit more when we were around 15/16 playing in a U18 soccer league together. That was when little Kirsten had a crush on him, haha. But we didn’t start truly becoming friends until we both were in the college ministry. I was co-leading our community group with Ben (one of Drew’s Groomsman) when Drew and I started talking more. We first started talking casually as friends on GroupMe, and then after a while, Drew asked for my number (which made me suspicious that he was interested in more than just a friendship). He asked me out, and we went on a couple dates in August of 2020. However, the timing was not meant to be. I told him that I wasn’t ready to be in a relationship, and that I would like to just stay friends. He took it well, even though I knew he was disappointed. Our friendship suffered after that, and it was hard to go back to normal after dangling a potential of more.&nbsp; How We Got Together We were both leading at a student even at the church in March 2021, and we started catching up, becoming friendly again. We started talking again, and while he was on a family vacation to Hawaii, I started to wonder if I was just missing my friend, or if I was desiring a real relationship with him. I started flirting with him, not in a subtle way at all. However, my attempts were not obvious to him, instead they were just confusing! So, one day in May, he asked me to meet up at the park, he wanted to talk about things. I was convinced he was going to tell me he had moved on, and wasn’t interested anymore. Meanwhile, he was just confused, and thought I was extra friendly to everyone, and wanted to make sure he wasn’t reading into anything, because there was “no way” I liked him as more than a friend. Safe to say we were both surprised when he asked me if I “had feelings for him?” and I said “Yes!” We went on an impromptu date that night, and kept going on dates until June 17th, 2021, when he asked me to be his girlfriend, and I said “Yes!”. That would be my second easiest “yes” of my life. The easiest “yes” came a few years later, July 5th, 2024.&nbsp;

Kirsten & Drew

Kirsten & Drew

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