Our Story

(For those who have been asking for "the story" - here it is!)

1. Girl sees boy on Match and reads his profile and falls in love with the idea of him. Girl "winks" at boy (you can send "winks" on Match, in case you didn't know).

2. Boy sees wink from girl in his inbox and looks at her profile and thinks uh-oh and winks back immediately and then sends a short, appropriate e-mail to girl introducing himself and then saying "if you'd like to correspond, I'd really like to as well" or something along those lines.

3. Girl and boy correspond for three weeks and become pen pals. They write books to each other almost daily and ignore all other email traffic through Match. Boy tells girl about his work (in a white lab coat), his favorite things, his love of adventure and remodeling and trees, and it pretty much seals the deal. Girl tells boy about her dogs, her neighborhood, her family, and her stand-up paddle experience, and boy falls in love.

4. Boy starts getting pressure from co-workers about when he is going to meet face to face with girl, and so suggests to girl that they meet face to face.

5. Girl gets really nervous, but agrees to meet, despite being afraid of losing her pen pal! (what if he doesn't like me? I would really like to be his friend even if he doesn't want to date! What if he doesn't even want to be my friend any more after we meet? and on and on.)

6. Boy and girl meet, girl talks way too much, boy enjoys seeing girl get nervous, but asks to see her again anyway. Girl gives boy a bar of soap, knowing he collects nice ones.

7. Over the next ten days, boy and girl go on walks, see live music, play with dogs, and eat some food together and really fall in love.

8. Boy and girl have been inseparable since.

9. Boy and girl get engaged.

10. Boy and girl get married.

(When it is right, it really IS that simple!)