My Dear Beautiful Ashley

On the morning of Friday, March 11th, 2016, more than three weeks ago now, I stumbled across your profile on Plenty of Fish shortly after 8 am in my Calculus III class. Your profile caught my eye for several reasons, but two things caught my eye above all. One was your interest in meteorology. Naturally as someone who is studying the field myself, it is nice to find someone with similar interests.

But more importantly, you noted that you were on that page to find someone to marry. That is exactly what I was looking for. As of this writing, I am a mere 144 hours from being 24. I spent my entire life thinking that I would be married two years ago. I would have my degree and I would be able to start a family. It was obviously a shattering disappointment when that did not come true. That realization could not have come at a worse time for me, with a myriad of problems coming together at the same time to make my life a living hell.

Two years later and though I had recovered from the darkest time in my life, I was still alone. I started to aggressively pursue dating on Plenty of Fish and then the moment came when the stars aligned and lightning struck on that morning when I came across your profile. You liked what you saw too because you responded immediately. Within an hour of the first message it was clear that something more deep and meaningful was growing there.

I gave you my number. You texted me later that evening. The connection grew. Over the next week we talked and texted until finally that blessed day came on Tuesday, March 22nd when we could finally be together and our love could become official.

Three weeks may be too short a time normally. But it was clear from the beginning that this was not the case. This was something that was clearly meant to be across space and time, destined by the Lord in his great plan. Because now I do not mind that I will be 24 and unmarried. Because now I have met my soulmate, time is immaterial.

I love you my dear beautiful Ashley. I want to make this abundantly clear and writing this is the best way I can think of, because it is better than anything I can say or anything I can text. I did not think a love like ours was possible though I had always wished that it could.

You have cleared the clouds of doubt in my mind and have brought forth the wells of love in my heart that have been closed off from the world since my bad relationship. You have more than earned that love and care Ashley and I want to share it with you for the rest of my life. In you I see my future and it is a beautiful one. One with a secure home and children.

There is no other woman in the world for me Ashley. There is no beauty that compares to you. There is no woman so sweet and kind as you. I love your romantic gestures to me and that we are on the same plane in that we are devoted to each other without fail. We are hopeless romantics hopelessly in love with each other and I know that it will continue without fail and without end. The thought of that brings me to tears of joy all the time and my heart leaps with every text I receive from you. I don't have to force anything with you. The love comes naturally and I feel at home with you.

One day, in the future, I will be able to come home to you after work and I will shower you with the love that you deserve for being the most wonderful woman in the world. With luck, that day will come sooner rather than later. You make me a better man, Ashley. I am honored to call myself your boyfriend.