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We've found each other. #Engaged
Our first communication was on May 12th, 2006. Eric and I exchanged a few emails at first and then started talking via Yahoo IM, which then progressed to telephone conversations after just a short time. We had a lot in common and hardly ever ran out of things to talk about. Even when we did have our moments of silence, those moments were "comfortable" and not awkward in any way.Since I lived in Texas and Eric lived in Oregon at the time, we couldn't meet person to person right away. But through all the different communication outlets (mostly phone and text) we were fine with that until one of us could afford the time to travel. We were finally able to meet face to face on Feb. 15th, 2007. I flew to Oregon to see him and stayed for 6 days/5 nights. We had the best time! Eric introduced me to his family and we hit it off right from the start. It was truly a memorable little vacation for Eric and me...one that we still talk about to this day. After returning home to Texas, we found ourselves missing each other terribly. So badly in fact, that after a second visit in April, we decided that I just needed to move to Oregon so we could be together. I was finally able to make the move in August of 2007, and we've been together ever since.
Eric has since taught me his trade (custom knife/tool making) and we are currently working as a team to build a bigger future for ourselves in that business. It has been a little over 4 years now, since we made that first connection through Gothic Match, we're so happy together and we wouldn't trade this experience for the world. There have been a few discussions about marriage, but we feel that may still be a few years away yet. For now, we are perfectly content just being fully and completely committed to each other (I am wearing a commitment ring), and we are so grateful that we were able to find each other through Gothic Match.