Jeffrey and Lillian met at a high school speech and debate tournament in 2019. Though they lived in separate states, the two communicated every day via email, calls, or text and soon became best friends.

On Valentine's day of 2020, after one year of knowing Lillian, Jeffrey sent her a sonnet he had written telling her that he loved her. When Lillian received it, she was a little surprised. Though Lillian valued Jeffrey's friendship highly, she knew she wasn't ready for a serious relationship, and so she responded by telling him she would like to stay just friends for a while--at least until she turned twenty.

As the years went on, the friendship deepened, and Lillian even sent Jeffrey a sonnet of her own on Valentine's Day 2021. Despite being busy college students, they still found time to send lengthy emails and call each other for multiple hours, all the while maintaining that they were just best friends. Finally, Jeffrey suggested that he come up for a visit in October so that the two could celebrate their birthdays together.

On October 9, 2021, Jeffrey and Lillian officially started dating. When Lillian asked what had taken him so long to ask her to be his girlfriend, Jeffrey replied that he wanted to wait until she turned twenty, just like Lillian had asked him to do. After years of friendship and prayer, they are both excited to become best friends forever in May 2024!

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