We met online in October 2008, and began a very slow process of getting to know each other. it was a chance meeting, so neither of us thought much of our initial contact. we eventually became friends on facebook, and I would always tease him about coming to visit me, he once nearly made plans to come for new years, but since i was dating someone at the time, he thought better of it. we kept in touch on and off, with sometimes several months gone in between communication, but at other times there was intense flirting. I developed a crush on him nearly instantly, and within six months I was in love, but I certainly did not tell him that!
After three years of chatting, I had given up on us ever meeting, and we didn't speak from about August 2010 until June 2011, the longest time we had ever gone without messaging, save for the odd wall post here and there.
Then in June, he got in touch with me because I had posted a photo of me as a kid, which he found adorable. We picked up where we left off, heavy flirtations included. We skyped a few times, and then in August I resumed teasing him about meeting me.
Surprisingly, he said "How would you feel if we went to Jamaica together?"
"Awesome" I said. And I admit I didn't think he was going to follow through at all.
"I am going to go take a shower and have a think about this" he said.
He came back and asked me some other questions, and then I received a flight confirmation in my email. I was genuinely shocked and exicted, we would go that December.
Since that trip to Jamacia in December, we have been to five different countries together. And I couldn't be more in love or happier. True love does come to those who wait.
