When I decided to try online dating as an alternative to dating traditionally. I thought it might be a little bit of a mistake, but also was holding up high hopes fate had something in store for me in this chaotic world we live in. For years I have always wanted a great wife and family. I knew I was working towards a degree in journalism and held true to the fact that if I had a great woman by my side, that my professional career would flourish as well. Three months after starting to date Chelsea, I asked this wonderful woman to marry me.
Ok, let me back up. I went to meet her in person for the first time after we talked on the phone for about a month and a half. I was a little nervous. But after talking on the phone and sending each other videos every day for about 40 days, I was sure I wanted to meet this amazing woman. We both had our reservations about meeting someone from an online dating site. But we decided it was worth it after the great chemistry we were having. Then there was the issue of meeting in person so soon after getting to know each other online. But as the world seems to evolve in this modern day and age, we both saw that it seems that this was on its way. After all, it is the current day and age that everything needs to be faster, quicker and easier. Every phone, computer, car, and new object to come out in today’s market was to make the life of the human consumer that much faster and easier. So it only made sense, that if it used right, online dating would do that exact same thing. As that is exactly what it did. The online form caused us to get to know each other every day and talk about more deep issues than most traditional couples would have touched on in a span of one month. We accomplished the level of a couple that has been dating 6 months traditionally in about the span of 3 months. The online dating forced us to not see each other in person and talk and connect on a very intimate level that no other way could have provided.
I knew she was the perfect match and missing puzzle piece to my heart. As I told her once” you make my liver quiver, my heart start and my spine shutter” in a good way of course. We continued to date in person after I moved over to my formal place of living, Ohio. It was everything we wanted. Being able to see each other all the time and getting to know each other on that new level- in person. In person we found that we would face even more challenges and that if we were strong, we could get through them and those challenges would only make us stronger. And so the wedding planning started.
We both always wanted to get married outside, it had always been a dream of mine, and after talking to my beautiful fiancée for days on end about what kind of wedding we wanted, I found out she wanted this too. But being catholic, it was hard for her to have this dream wedding. I was determined to find a way for her to have her outdoor dream wedding. After exploring a lot of channels, we found we could get married outside and later have a catholic private ceremony.
I have always had a country side growing up in the corn fields of Indiana; which gave me a soft spot for a girl in a white dress and cowgirl boots. I introduced this idea to her. At this time Chelsea was not into the country life, the music or the overall style. But after seeing some pictures of western country weddings, she was convinced that was the way she wanted to walk down the aisle. We were two full time students with job and didn’t have all the money a traditional wedding would cost. But I knew that I could find a way to make this cheap and enjoyable for my bride to be.
After looking at venues until 3 in the morning one night, we found the perfect place and knew it was to be our place of matrimony. It was called Gilbert's Party Barn. It was only $300 for the barn and gazebo rental for the wedding. With all the other things such as dresses, food, drinks, decorations, and everything else in between, we found our dream wedding would only cost us around $3000.00. At last I had the perfect woman and a great wedding all set up.
It is about 6 months from now, but we have it all planned out to the” T” and know it is going to be amazing. This woman has completed my life like I had always dreamed and it was only fitting that I give her the wedding of her dreams. She is so excited and talks about it every day. Soon we will be informing our 150 guests and giving out invitations, but as the days go on, I am now the happiest man alive because I took a chance on a beautiful woman, and online.
Will is a Dream Days contributor from Ohio where he and his fiancée Chelsea reside.
Information on Gilbert's Party Barn can be found at Gilbert's Website
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