My Australian Prince
I thought I'd share my love story with everyone.
Back on August in 2011 (I was 14 at the time and he was 16), I was on a social website looking for friends. I didn't really connect with anyone in person because I was shy and awkward. Anyway, on this website, you could admire people and they would get a notification saying someone had admired them. Then, when they wanted to find out who, it could pop up with 9 profiles and they had 5 guesses to see who it was. If they guessed correctly, it would match the people (it sounds like a dating sight, but it was really just for fun). I was scrolling through people and I admired him because I was liked his profile picture. A few days later, it said we were a match. I looked at his profile and discovered that he lived in Australia. I had no idea before that. I didn't really think anything of it because I had been a match with other people and nothing happened. Well he messaged me on the website and we got chatting. We ended up adding each other on Facebook, and things went on from there.
During the time I met him, I had just started 9th grade. I was depressed and feeling hopeless. People at school bullied me and called me ugly. The only friend I had was this guy from Australia. Something about him made me feel so comfortable with him and sharing personal struggles with him. Luckily, he was the type of guy who wanted to help people. He told me that he was on that website to meet people who were struggling so he could help them feel better. Despite the time difference, we would message each other while I was in school. Talking to someone about my problems was something new to me because everyone judged me for being depressed. The friends I had before I met him had ditched me because I "was a freak with emotional problems." But he told me to, "Hang in there, I'm always here for you, I promise," and "You'll get through this. Remember that you'll always have me to talk to, even if I'm not there physically." This is hard for me to share...but..there were a few times I tried to kill myself... There were also multiple times I thought about it, but I could never go through with it because I always thought back to my friend in Australia...I was afraid of how he would feel if I was gone.. We talked about wanting to meet and how he promised me he would take me to a zoo to meet Koalas (my favorite animals). Looking back on it, I stayed strong because he gave me hope. He showed me that my life meant something and he gave me a best friend that I've always wanted. (I will always love him for not giving up on me <3)
I remember when we first Skyped. I didn't have my own laptop, so I had to use my mom's (she put a password on the webcam so neither my brother or I would use it for other things). We talked for a few hours on Skype every few months. It got to the point where I asked my mom if I could have an iPod for Christmas because I knew that it had Facetime. I finally got an iPod on Christmas. We Facetimed as much as we could (with us both being in high school, it was really hard). I kept my relationship private while at school because I knew people wouldn't understand.
On December 2nd, 2011, I woke up around 3 am because of my insomnia at the time. I messaged him letting him know I couldn't sleep, so we stayed up chatting. That was the day he asked me out. He said he really liked me and wasn't sure if things would work out between us, but he would try his hardest. Of course I said yes! I was head over heals for him and I wanted to be his girlfriend.
Skip forward to almost 4 years later, we are now 18 and 20 and we've been out of high school for at least a year. I went to Australia last year to meet him for the first time. It was so amazing and he was everything I had ever hoped for. I'm so thankful we met all those years ago. He has helped me with so much (overcoming depression, showing me how to live a happy life, finishing high school). He pushed and motivated me so much in school that I graduated high school a year early! He also made good on his promise of taking me to see Koalas (they were so cute!!). My SO and I are currently more serious in our relationship and I plan to move down there next year. I never would have thought that a simple thing as admiring someone online would lead to where we are now. I tell him that even though we're 8,000+ miles apart, I would not change this for the world. I look at our relationship as an adventure. If I was dating someone here, my life would not be as exciting. I like to call what my SO and I have is fate. Ever since I was 6 years old, I wanted to go to Australia. Everything about Australia intrigued me and I always felt drawn there. I know, it's a bit weird and crazy...but I can't explain why this happened. I believe in fate and I believe this was meant to be.
Sorry for the long post, but I hope you enjoyed reading my journey with my LDR
Back on August in 2011 (I was 14 at the time and he was 16), I was on a social website looking for friends. I didn't really connect with anyone in person because I was shy and awkward. Anyway, on this website, you could admire people and they would get a notification saying someone had admired them. Then, when they wanted to find out who, it could pop up with 9 profiles and they had 5 guesses to see who it was. If they guessed correctly, it would match the people (it sounds like a dating sight, but it was really just for fun). I was scrolling through people and I admired him because I was liked his profile picture. A few days later, it said we were a match. I looked at his profile and discovered that he lived in Australia. I had no idea before that. I didn't really think anything of it because I had been a match with other people and nothing happened. Well he messaged me on the website and we got chatting. We ended up adding each other on Facebook, and things went on from there.
During the time I met him, I had just started 9th grade. I was depressed and feeling hopeless. People at school bullied me and called me ugly. The only friend I had was this guy from Australia. Something about him made me feel so comfortable with him and sharing personal struggles with him. Luckily, he was the type of guy who wanted to help people. He told me that he was on that website to meet people who were struggling so he could help them feel better. Despite the time difference, we would message each other while I was in school. Talking to someone about my problems was something new to me because everyone judged me for being depressed. The friends I had before I met him had ditched me because I "was a freak with emotional problems." But he told me to, "Hang in there, I'm always here for you, I promise," and "You'll get through this. Remember that you'll always have me to talk to, even if I'm not there physically." This is hard for me to share...but..there were a few times I tried to kill myself... There were also multiple times I thought about it, but I could never go through with it because I always thought back to my friend in Australia...I was afraid of how he would feel if I was gone.. We talked about wanting to meet and how he promised me he would take me to a zoo to meet Koalas (my favorite animals). Looking back on it, I stayed strong because he gave me hope. He showed me that my life meant something and he gave me a best friend that I've always wanted. (I will always love him for not giving up on me <3)
I remember when we first Skyped. I didn't have my own laptop, so I had to use my mom's (she put a password on the webcam so neither my brother or I would use it for other things). We talked for a few hours on Skype every few months. It got to the point where I asked my mom if I could have an iPod for Christmas because I knew that it had Facetime. I finally got an iPod on Christmas. We Facetimed as much as we could (with us both being in high school, it was really hard). I kept my relationship private while at school because I knew people wouldn't understand.
On December 2nd, 2011, I woke up around 3 am because of my insomnia at the time. I messaged him letting him know I couldn't sleep, so we stayed up chatting. That was the day he asked me out. He said he really liked me and wasn't sure if things would work out between us, but he would try his hardest. Of course I said yes! I was head over heals for him and I wanted to be his girlfriend.
Skip forward to almost 4 years later, we are now 18 and 20 and we've been out of high school for at least a year. I went to Australia last year to meet him for the first time. It was so amazing and he was everything I had ever hoped for. I'm so thankful we met all those years ago. He has helped me with so much (overcoming depression, showing me how to live a happy life, finishing high school). He pushed and motivated me so much in school that I graduated high school a year early! He also made good on his promise of taking me to see Koalas (they were so cute!!). My SO and I are currently more serious in our relationship and I plan to move down there next year. I never would have thought that a simple thing as admiring someone online would lead to where we are now. I tell him that even though we're 8,000+ miles apart, I would not change this for the world. I look at our relationship as an adventure. If I was dating someone here, my life would not be as exciting. I like to call what my SO and I have is fate. Ever since I was 6 years old, I wanted to go to Australia. Everything about Australia intrigued me and I always felt drawn there. I know, it's a bit weird and crazy...but I can't explain why this happened. I believe in fate and I believe this was meant to be.
Sorry for the long post, but I hope you enjoyed reading my journey with my LDR
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