Long before Jacob and I ever met, we’d heard about each other through a mutual friend. About a year before we crossed paths, that same friend told Jacob he thought I’d be a great match for him, and he told me the same about Jacob.

We finally met on December 14, 2023, at a Turnpike Troubadours and Ian Munsick concert. Jacob arrived with his college roommate and—you guessed it—the same mutual friend. As the concert went on, Jacob and his roommate gradually made their way over to where my sister and I were sitting. We knew of each other, but that was really it.

At one point, I was sitting on the far end by my sister when Jacob’s roommate leaned over and asked if I wanted to switch seats in an attempt to get me closer to Jacob. From that moment on, Jacob and I spent the rest of the concert talking, laughing, and singing. The conversation flowed and seemed so natural throughout the whole night, I had never felt that way before. He asked for my Snapchat before we left, and we talked every day after that for hours on end often ending conversations at two in the morning because there just wasn't a good place to stop. (Looking back, Jacob must have really loved me, because now I know exactly how much he loves his sleep too.) Exactly two weeks later, we went on our first official date, December 28, 2023!

Shortly after, I left for a school trip to Costa Rica for eleven days, and we FaceTimed almost every night. Jacob was so easy to talk to and he listened patiently while I blabbed about anything and everything.

He was someone I could see being with forever!

AND HERE WE ARE!

Some of my favorite days that I keep in my memory!

February 2, 2024: He asked me to be his girlfriend while we watched The Sound of Music.

February 3, 2024: First kiss while watching 007: No Time to Die.

March 1, 2024: He told me he loved me.

March 24, 2024: I told him I loved him, too.

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