where it all began

Our Story

18 June 2024

Something drew me to you and kept me talking to you. Of course we spoke about our favourite place from the get go.

chapter one

The first message

I had to find a way to keep talking to you. Here's where it started.

18 June 2024, 15:32

Helloo, we shot off so didn’t get to say bye, been a pleasure (and of course Sam’s “rizz”). If you have any issues (IT ones, not with Sam lol) shoot me a message on here 🙂

19 June 2024, 10:32

Hey, yeah was nice meeting you too!

Haha everything seems to be working fine today 🤞 as for Sam, I never really know lol

19 June 2024, 11:38

haha this is true, maybe keep him an arms length away... and ear plugs too

ayy thats good though, less work for me to do haha!

19 June 2024, 13:21

I'd like him more than an arms length away 😆

😆

RDS had a brief gotcha moment when I came out of the lab earlier because it was reconnecting for a bit, but I closed it and opened it again and it was working fine

Sahaana M.RDS had a brief gotcha moment when I came out of the lab earlier because it was reconnecting for a bit, but I closed it and opened it again and it was working fine

haha sounds like its trying to catch you out

Where the waffling began

Incoming call, 9 July 2024, 4 hours 11 minutes

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

Outgoing call, 24 December 2025, 2 hours 32 minutes

Outgoing call, 10 January 2026, 4 hours 7 minutes

Outgoing call, 11 January 2026, 1 hour 5 minutes

Incoming call, 31 January 2026, 1 hour 22 minutes

Incoming calls, 11 and 12 February 2026, just over an hour each

And our call logs looking like this…

wouldn't be an us call without a few signal drops and repeated hellos

Nine calls in one evening on 25 January 2026, including a 2-second and a 3-second call in the same minute

The photo that got my attention

6 July 2024

The first date

[Restaurant name], and I was too nervous to finish my plate.

A few ups and downs later…

The date I was struck by lightning

It changed me forever, and I fell in love.

29 August 2025 [Location]

[What happened that day.]

[How it felt, and the moment you knew.]

[Date]

A little something to carry

I gave you this because I wanted you to have something of us with you, even on the ordinary days.

along the way

Every place after that

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[Date]

Then, this

I couldn't give you an engagement ring yet, so I gave you this to promise that I will marry you, always be there for you and love you forever.

A yellow gold ring with an oval diamond set east-west in four claws, and a trio of small diamonds on each shoulder

last chapter, for now

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My love,

I wanted to write down everything I don't say enough — how ordinary Tuesdays feel different with you in them, how I still think about that first message more than I'll ever admit, and how every date since has just been proof that saying yes to you was the best thing I've done.

Here's to every year after this one.

Always,
E.