How Did We Meet?

 Good Morning or Good Afternoon or Good Evening, 

this post should take approximately five minutes to read from start to finish.

For the past six months; I have recognized that I seemed to have some friends who has not asked before but started to ask me about what is my story with Jacob. They has asked me some of the following questions;

How did Jacob and I first met? What did we do on our ever first date (or our first full day together)? 

How did we knew that we were both making the right decision to decide to date each other? 

What helped us through our long distance relationship? What has helped us through our long distance engagement? How did we knew that we were both making the right decision to decide to marry each other? 

Well this post focuses on how did Jacob and I meet. You can choose to skip reading the long version of the story and read the short version of the story. Here is the long version of the story. 

On November 19th, 2017; it was a Sunday afternoon when I thought about a great idea, I know that I always wanted to go to Utah one day, and I decided that I wanted to make the trip to Utah in early February the following year. I have started some research to look into flights to fly to Utah, United States from Brisbane, Australia online on multiple websites.

I kept seeing the flights was so expensive, and I thought the airfare flights was going to be way cheaper than what I have seen. I thought maybe I would need to say a prayer. I have said a prayer before I went to sleep overnight and I mentioned about asking Heavenly Father's help with finding cheaper flights when I wake up in the morning. 

On November 20th, 2017; it was a Monday morning and I somehow randomly woken up either about 3am or 4am or sometime that was just earlier time than I normally wake up on Monday mornings. I was feeling so tired but I motivated myself to be awake to search again for flights. I was so grateful that I had Heavenly Father's help. 

I somehow found the cheaper flights than what I have seen on Sunday. I was satisfied with the price so I went ahead to book a flight from Brisbane, Australia to Utah, United States roundtrip for about $900 ish Australian dollars ($600 ish US dollars).  I knew that I felt happiness, I knew that I have made the right decision, and I was feeling very excited. 

Sometime between November 19th, 2017 to November 25th, 2017; I remembered having a active account with Mutual app (dating app) for over a year, I remembered having a active account on LDS Match-Up website for over a year, and I remembered having a active account on LDS Singles website for over a year. I was on Mutual app, LDS Match-Up website, and on LDS Singles because I wanted to meet new guy friends online.

I really wanted to see how things would go from there, whether it would go from strangers to friendships, following by from friendships that turns into relationships, following by from relationship into engagement, and following by from engagement to marriage. I knew that I was ready for having a relationship if things goes well and smoothly although I have tried my best to not have some high hopes, and not to have some high expectations.

On Mutual app; I was constantly on that app everyday. I was able to set my setting that I was looking forward to any matches that I would get that was over 500 miles away from where I lived. I was thinking maybe I would have more chance of getting matches from overseas more than I had less than 300 miles from home. 

On LDS Match-Up website; I was on that website for about four times to five times a week. I remembered that I have made several guy friends which I no longer friends with them. They started to get no interest of talking to me no more. Although I know that I had great opportunities to get to know a lot of guys while being on that website. 

On LDS Singles website; I was active on that website several times a week, and sometimes I would be active on that website once or twice a week. I had my location that I was living in Utah because I was hoping that I would be able to match several guys and I was able hoping to meet several guys during my visit to Utah. 

Overall; it seemed to be making no progress, no friendships that was turned into a relationship, I thought maybe I should give up but when I thought to login onto LDS Singles website, I thought to send a smile/like to a profile. 

I could not believe it that I gotten a smile/like back sometime within the next several days after I have booked my flight to go to Utah. 

Fast forward to November 25th, 2017; I thought to go on Facebook, and I thought to search up the profile of a guy that just smiled/liked back on LDS Singles website. The first profile suggestion came up and it looked like the photos from the website. I was surprised. So I thought to message that guy. His name is Jacob Lindsey. I have sent the very first message on Facebook Messenger. 

Due to time zone differences; I was not expecting that Jacob would ever reply back to my message, and I seemed very grateful that he did replied back to my message. We both continued to message back and forth, we were getting to know the time zone differences. We also messaged each other in between of our work schedules, and so forth. 

We eventually worked out what was the best timing to message each other at the same convenient time enough time for us to be able to chat back and forth sometime in mid December, 2017. It felt so much better because I am sure that neither of us wanted to continue waiting over five hours for one of us to reply to each other's messages. 

I still remembered on Christmas Night when I was staying at my sister Emma's house, I stayed up extremely late. I was messaging back and forth with Jacob. I seemed to be starting to feel really happy. I felt that I really appreciate of the friendship going. Eventually; I remembered feeling so excited to tell Jacob that I was going to Utah sometime in February, 2018. We both discussed that we should make plans to see each other. Jacob would not mind fly out from Dallas to fly to Salt Lake City Utah to meet me in person during my vacation in Utah. 

Fast forward to January 18th, 2018; I thought that maybe I could meet Jacob via Skype. I went ahead and asked Jacob if he would give me some help with my BYU-Idaho Pathways program via skype sometime that day (my daytime, and it would be his evening time). He said "Yes." We both exchanged our Skype names to each other and we started Skyping (video call) to each other. I still remembered towards end of the ever first Skype call that Jacob has requested if we can Skype each other again the next day. I have said "Yes we can."

Fast forward to sometime the following week; Jacob and I have skyped each other everyday (my daytime, his nighttime). He has mentioned to me "I really really really like you a lot." I have mentioned to him that I have felt the same way, "I really really really like you a lot too." We both discussed and agreed that ever since the third skype call that we did, that we have started dating as boyfriend and girlfriend. 

Short Version of the Story; 

Just days prior to November 25th, 2017; Jacob and I have met each other on LDS singles website. Fast forward to November 25th, 2017; I searched up Jacob’s profile on Facebook and the photos has matched his LDS singles website. I have sent him the very first message, and he replied. We kept messaging back and forth ever since then.

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Mutual App - https://www.mutual.app/

LDS Match-Up Website 

LDS Singles Website - https://www.ldssingles.com/en-us

Stay Tuned until next time.