If You Ask John:

Our story begins in 2022 with the modern way of finding the love of your life…Tinder. Swipe left, swipe left, swipe left, SWIPE RIGHT. He was cute, had a great smile, beautiful blue eyes and was in the audience of The View. I was sold! At first, I was not sure if he was even interested since after weeks and weeks of messaging, no plans had been made to see each other in person. But then alas, a date had been made on August 19th at Angelos. The day of the date he had called me not too long before we were supposed to meet and hearing his voice for the first time gave me butterflies and smile like no other. On that date he had me get out of my comfort zone and try oysters…yes, oysters…on the first date! Part of me was excited that here I met someone that already has me trying something new and yet the other part of me was not wanting to put that thing near my mouth whatsoever. That date lasted for hours. Hours of talking, laughing, getting to know each other better and not wanting to turn away from his beautiful blue eyes. We ended the night sitting in his car with the radio on (Beyonce was playing to be exact), not wanting the night to end and something I had been waiting for since the first time I saw him that night…a kiss. The kiss that made me go weak in the knees and know that it was a kiss I wanted to have forever. Since this first date, my love for him grows more and more each day. We have experienced trying times with some heartache, lessons learned and loved ones moving on to the next world but have also experienced times of excitement, new adventures and the planning of our future together. Who would have thought that with a simple swipe right, I would have met the man that even though has taken over our home with more house plants than a person should have, the man that I want to explore the world with, build a life with and most importantly, grow old with.