After my sister forced me to make a Hinge account, Jason and I very quickly matched and of course my immediate thought was "oh God, he's too handsome and cool, I am not equipped with the dating skills to meet him just yet."

Naturally this meant I needed to go on a date training montage and put off meeting him for about a month and a half while I went on a series of practice dates. After I felt I was advanced enough in the "going on dates" skill tree, I suggested a date to this man who had patiently been texting with me for the past 45 days or so and he agreed.

In a twist that surprised absolutely no one but me, I was still incredibly awkward on the first date. Jason was of course nothing but gracious, even when I got thoroughly lost on the T and he had to come find me.

On our second date, we went on a hike in the Myles Standish State Forest, and we got lost again. We did manage to meet some alpacas named after Roman emperors, which was an extra fun treat. In the 4+ hours we were lost we discussed a lot, including what our life goals were and what our goals were in this relationship. Happily, they aligned perfectly.

After finally making it out of the forest, Jason suggested we swing by the antique store I had been working at for years. Never in a million years could I have predicted what would be waiting inside. In all the years I had worked there, my parents and sister had stopped by maybe 2-3 times, so I had no reason to survey the parked cars in the lot when we arrived. When we walked inside, however, I immediately recognized my mother and sister, who were turned around looking at a case. It turns out, due to Christmas being about a month and a half away, they were visiting while I wasn't working to look for a present for me. My boss immediately turned bright red from laughter, knowing what was about to happen. My sister turned around and made eye contact with me while I collapsed from surprise. "Oh god", I thought "all this hard work, and this man is going to think I'm fully crazy and orchestrated this or something".

My sister tried to play it off until my mother spun around, hearing the commotion and smiled, holding her hand out, and said "Hello! I'm Mrs. Field!" Jason shook her hand, introduced himself, and handled the whole thing with grace. We left pretty quickly as I couldn't stop apologizing.

Somehow, this incident wasn't cause for the relationship to be over and we went on many dates afterward. Now we are where we are, getting married and very happy with the choices that brought us together. :)

A&J

Wedding Day

4:30 PM

4:30 PM

Ceremony

5:45 PM

5:45 PM

Reception