Adrian and I have been friends since 2006/2007. We met online and went out for ice cream right before I left for college. He lied to me about his age so I thought he was the same age as me but just attended a local college. It was my first year in college and we kept in touch via phone and AOL instant messenger (AIM) at the time. He was so funny to me and we always had great conversation.
On Christmas break that year, I came home and we went to Fridays with a group of my friends and one of his. He seemed like a dweeb during that interaction so our communication faded away a bit. He ended up going to the military the end of 2008 and we would talk periodically, but I was living my college life and enjoying it and he was somewhere serving the world while in the Army, and we eventually lost contact.
Around 2012 Adrian found me on Instagram and we exchanged numbers and then eventually grabbed some food to just chat and catch up. We instantly became great friends again! During that time we both were in relationships and were just platonic friends. I introduced him to some of my friends and we went to a day party at Barcode one day and one of my friends inquired about his age, and that’s when it was revealed that he was youunggggg!! I was flabbergasted! I couldn’t believe I was ever interested in this little boy lol. No wonder he was so funny to me, he was childish lol. Eventually both of us ended up single so we decided to dabble in a romantic relationship, because, well, those jokes won me over, and he’s kept a smile on my face ever since! On September 23, 2018 he asked me to spend the rest of my life with him and I couldn’t imagine life any other way!
Around the beginning of September Adrian mentioned that we hadn't been on any dressy dates lately and that we should plan on doing two that month. So he began planning them and actually purchased two outfits for me to wear on these dates! On the day of September 23, 2018, Adrian was acting very weird, and I was NOT feeling it. It was a rainy day and I can't stand the rain (did anyone else read that in their Missy Elliot voice? lol), so I did not want to go. I remember talking to my friends in the group chat telling them that I had plans to go to dinner later and was not feeling it, and was going to try to cancel on Adrian by any means necessary. The group chat was supportive and told me to suck it up it was just a little rain and then they all went on to tell me all their plans for the rest of the day. During that evening I took Adrian some food for lunch and thought I was going to go in his house and eat it with him, but NOPE lol. He basically stopped me at my car and said, okay baby thanks for the food see you later. As many of you know, my face was stuck , like whyyy can't I go in the house, what's going on in the house that I can't come eat with you. But I just put on my thinking cap and kept it moving.
It's now time to go to this restaurant, that mind you we had already been to, so for the life of me I couldn't understand why it was so pertinent that we go that day, in this nasty weather. We're driving to the restaurant and I'm sitting in the car quiet, because I really want to be in the bed watching movies, but whatever, lol. Adrian is just talking and talking trying to lighten the mood and he talks himself right into a lie! That all revolved back around why I couldn't have come in the house earlier for lunch. So now I'm really upset and wondering what's really going on here. So Adrian catches all of my attitude and begins speeding to the restaurant. We pull up and he's so nervous that he doesn't put the umbrella over me he keeps it over his head, as if he couldn't afford to get drenched but I could. So I'm fussing even more now lol. I snatch the umbrella and we begin walking...not in the direction of the restaurant. He said, "babe, I have a surprise for you, I purchased you something at the Louis Vuitton store so we have to go pick it up now", I was so mad and cold and wet that I didn't want it. I complained every single step, "Adrian, no! forget that gift! I don't want it! Let's just go eat so i can go back home! Ugh I'm cold" lol anything you can think of, I said it lol .
As we get close to the Louis Vuitton store I see a group of people huddled with umbrellas, so I complain about them too lol. "What are these weirdos doing all huddled up with these umbrellas, they're in the way!" Next thing you know...the umbrellas opened up and it was everyone important to us!! As they opened up a walk way for me our family was standing at the end of it holding flowers that said WILL YOU MARRY ME. I was literally stuck, all I could think about was OMG, I've been so mean to him all day, I'm so undeserving, I wanted to cry but couldn't because I felt so horrible for my actions throughout the day. I was shocked, surprised, excited, and elated, so many emotions overwhelmed me that I don't even know if i said any words the first 4 minutes of the interaction. It was on that day, September 23, 2018 that Adrian asked me to spend the rest of my life with him and I couldn’t imagine life any other way!