How a stranger became the love of my life
That’s when it all began, that night we talked again, and the night after that and the night after that. On New Year’s I got an email from Chuck, that was the first time he ‘said’ he loved me. A week later we saw each other on webcam for the first time. And around that time I found out his actually name, (he sort of forgot to tell me that his actually name was Niek not Chuck, and that was just a nickname, he felt bad, but I still find hilarious.)
Then we started planning when we could see each other in person. The idea was end of summer 2010. I told my mum in February but she didn’t take me too seriously. The months flew by and before we knew it was summer and it was time to officially tell our parents about our plans. Niek was of course scared, in case his mum completely disapproved, so it took some time before he told, end of July. And the very morning he told he also ordered his tickets to come to Ireland.
August 12th, I picked him up from the airport but of course I was late! One of the most nerve-racking days in my life! He met my parents, had dinner all together. Went away on a little trip and on the 16th of August he asked me if I wanted to be his girlfriend, he had these Yin and Yang necklaces for me and him, his had my name on it and mind had his name on it. He left 5 days later, and came over once a month until New Year’s. And then finally that February I flew to Holland to meet his family. We travelled back and forth until summer. And in July of 2011 I stayed in Holland for a whole month and he came to Ireland after that for 3 weeks in August. We’re planning a trip again the second we get a chance. Long distance is hard, but what we have is so worth it!
The best year and a half of my life!
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