I should probably tell you how we met…

I wrote this for our wedding website, and thought I might as well migrate it over.

It all started with a rooster on the top of a fridge. There is this legend that if you (an unwed female) put a rooster on top of your fridge, you will find your partner.

T’was was another night in July 2011 of sitting on the futon drinking a glass of red wine, when Sarah’s roommate (longtime childhood friend) was out on a date with some dude (now husband), and Sarah decided to peruse around on the interwebs to see what eligible bachelors had on their profiles. She checked all the sites, creating fake profiles (not the catfishing sort), and went on the free site, PlentyofFish.com. As she thought she was looking in the Portland area, some how she came across a young man from Anaheim, who seemed to have similar interests as her.

Thinking there was no way she would get a reply, and with no actual photo or info about herself, she sent a (smartass) message to him. Anthony replied kindly, and Sarah felt sorta terrible about being a smartass, so she found him on Facebook and reached out and proved to Anthony that she wasnt some weird old man sitting behind the computer catfishing him.

From there, they texted non-stop for the first week. Seemingly how they thought each other was cool, Anthony called Sarah on the phone and left her a message (as they were both scared to the bone). Sarah then called him back and they talked on the phone non-stop for a week. Then SKYPE came into play! They started Skyping every day, and Anthony asked Sarah to be his girlfriend over Skype on August 7, 2011 (even though she hesitated for it being over the phone, but thought something was special about him and said YES), until Anthony decided it was time to meet Sarah in person. He flew up to Portland in September, and from then on, they flew back and forth to visit each other until Anthony moved in with Sarah in Oregon January 1st, 2012.

It’s sort of insane to think that we have come this far, 8 years after meeting. We have been through hell and back with life, and I wouldn’t choose a better partner to go through this with.