You hear about people finding true love on apps, but you don't think it could happen to you. I had given up on finding someone but my family and friends encouraged me to give love one more try. With some reservations, I signed up on Bumble. Bumble is set up so that women have to make first contact. You both have to swipe right, but I had to send the first message.

It isn't easy to come up with something to say to someone you know nothing about. You want to come up with something witty and clever so, that's what I went with. I said something along the lines of, "Hi Matt, thanks for the match. It's hard to come up with what to say so pretend I said something witty and clever." Thankfully, Matt thought that was very witty and clever!

We matched on November 20, 2021. I made him wait a realllyyy long time to meet for the first time. It was a whole 3 days later! We met officially on November 23, 2021 at Pappasito's. I was very late, like 45 minutes. I had gotten my haircut earlier and traffic was terrible. I told him we could reschedule if he didn't want to wait. He was very kind, and waited for me to get there. We ended up having a really great first date.

At the time, I was working two jobs so I didn't have a lot of free time. Matt would meet me after work for dinner or just to talk. We really got to know each other. We prioritized our friendship at first. We both knew enough that you need a solid foundation.

I knew I was ready to find someone so I just kept saying yes. I'm so glad I did. Matt is everything I never knew I wanted.

We've been together just over 3 years now. He asked my parents for permission and Matt proposed on November 9th, 2024 in Galveston.