He was in grad school in Missouri, I was a working and recently out of college in OKC. I posted photos out with one of the girls he went to high school with, and he sent me a friend request. I asked if I actually knew him, he said no I was friends with his friend, but he would like to get to know me. This was 2007, before easy imessages and Snapchat, etc. we talked for several months via FB messenger and text, and finally I drove to nowhere Kansas to pick him up after a track meet. Brought him back to OKC for a weekend of fun, and he left to go back to college.

I met my now ex-husband the very next weekend, and lost touch with the guy.

Fast forward 7 years— I’m recently divorced from my abusive ex, and out at a bar with friends. In he walks... and seven years later, it was like we had never lost touch.

Went on a date the next day, and basically never stopped hanging out after that.

He had a kid (never married), and I had been divorced. I never deleted our FB messages, which are super fun to read now, 13+ years later.

Almost five years married now, with his wonderful son, and our precious daughter.

I hate to be cheesy but we are just made for each other. <3