Jacob

The short story is that Melody and I met on a dating website. But that's not unusual nowadays. The version of the story I love to tell is far more interesting.

Melody and I matched a few days before the end of 2022. Which is interesting for me because I was all but done with the online dating scene. And, had I not matched with her, I would have given up on online dating all together. But there was something noticeably different about her, even through just our text conversations. The two of us had a lot of commonality, which made those initial "getting to know you" texts very natural and fun.

Now I need to give additional background for context because this is where the story gets good. I have this friend David, whom I've known and been close to for many years now. Towards the second half of 2022, David reconnected with and started dating Alisha, a girl he knew from high school. I knew of Alisha, but I had never met her and I didn't know much about her.

The day before New Year's Eve (after Melody and I had been texting for a couple days), Melody made a comment about one of my profile pictures, one with David and I together. She told me that she knew David from high school. What were the odds of that? I knew I was going to see David at a New Year's Eve Party and I was excited to ask David about her, knowing David to be an excellent judge of character. But as excited as I was to ask him about her, I decided to try and play it cool by waiting for a good moment to bring her up. Of course that was towards the end of the night.

I remember the conversation going something like this:

"Hey, I'm talking to someone you went to high school with.....can I get your opinion on her?"

David's response was "Woah! My high school was very small. Who is it?"

I said, "Her name is Melody."

David paused. " You mean Alisha's twin sister???" Needless to say, we both needed a moment after that to collect our thoughts.

We went on our first day in January. And I am absolutely thrilled to say it was the last time I had to go on a first date. Our relationship hasn't always been perfect. But it's always been the best. That because she's not just the love of my life, she's also my best friend.