I attended Relevant Life Church for about five years and was involved in serving in the youth group there, which is where I found a good group of friends. Brooklynn (bridesmaid) and Zane (groomsman) were part of the youth group, and soon became some of my good friends, so we would sit together in church.

I started to notice a cute singer on stage leading worship. I knew it was Zane’s cousin but didn’t know much about him. Eventually, the cute singer (Isaiah), started to join our group after church to talk to us. Immediately, I was intrigued as he started giving me a hard time right away. As the weeks continued, we kept talking to each other after church each Sunday.

In late December, there was a young adults group night at our church, which we both attended (separately). That night, Isaiah called me out for not adding him back on Snapchat. I told him I didn’t even know his full name, so I didn’t realize it was him. We then started to snapchat JUST AS FRIENDS for a couple months, just getting to know each other. Our whole friend group would attend church worship nights, go bowling, and serve in youth group together.

One night, our group had planned to go bowling and Isaiah asked me if I wanted to get dinner with him beforehand. I started to have feelings at this point but didn’t know if getting dinner was just something nice, Christian boys did as friends, so I didn’t want to get my hopes up. He paid for my meal, but I was still unsure what it meant. The next week, I asked him to get ice cream before a youth group meeting, still not knowing if we were just friends or if he was interested in me.

Eventually one night in February of 2023, I decided to tell Isaiah that I liked him before he mentioned anything about liking me (he was scared of what I would say). He told me he liked me back (WAHOO) and the rest is history… or still present as that was only a year ago and now, we are getting MARRIED!!!!

The night started off cool and cloudy and I decided to add this girl on Snapchat. Her name was Kylie. I waited for her to add me back, however it never happened. Finally, I went to a young adults night to hang out with a bunch of my friends for a great night playing board games, where this girl also happened to be. During this young adult night, I called her out about not adding me back on Snapchat. She acted like she had never seen ME add HER on Snapchat. So I then sweetly requested again that she add me on Snapchat, which she finally did.

After that night…everything changed. We began to casually start talking and learning more and more about each other. We would hang out in groups together and slowly got closer as friends. After being friends for a long time, I developed feelings for Kylie. I asked her to get dinner before a group outing. I was very nervous in preparation for the date; however, I was unsure if it was a real date or not. I thought of it as a date but wasn’t sure how she thought of it. The night ended up going well and we continued to talk, but I was still uncertain about what our relationship was.

Surprisingly, Kylie decided to go on another date with me and asked me to get ice cream. Again, that night went well, but I was very unsure about the status of our relationship. I was very reluctant to share my feelings with Kylie, so I just let her do the talking and she told me that she loved me (OK, not really, but she did say she liked me a lot). After a long discussion, we talked about how the future would look. We then continued to talk… but as more than friends.

After a month, we started dating. Then life was great. After only 6 months, I asked her to marry me. The End.