Hello hello, welcome back to my blog! I hope you have an awesome Labor Day weekend planned! Today’s wedding post is gonna be a fun one. We’re talking all about how Connor and I met, started dating, AND I’m even diving into our love languages and enneagram types so if you’re into that, this post is for you. Let’s get started!
Connor and I first met during our Freshman year of high school. We didn’t go to high school together but we both played at the same tennis club so we met that way. I wouldn’t say we were immediate best friends but over time, with being at the tennis club together a few times a week and traveling together to tennis tournaments in the summer, we became pretty close. He was such a cutie! Flash forward all the way to Freshman year of college and we were both off to different schools. Connor went to Messiah College in Pennsylvania and I went to James Madison University in Virginia – about a four hour drive from each other. During our first Fall semester, we started talking to each other more and more. I guess it took being away from one another to realize how much we missed the other one. At the start of Spring semester, we made pretty spontaneous plans for Connor to come and visit me at JMU. I was thinking he had a car on campus but little did I know that him visiting would entail him catching a ride to a train station, taking a train from PA to VA, catching a cab from the nearest train station (which is 30 minutes away) to JMU, and then a trek all the way across a huge campus he didn’t know at all to find my dorm. All in about 20 degree winter weather! It was so expensive, especially for a college student. Another funny part of the story is that when he finally did get to my dorm after a whole day of traveling, his phone died as he was walking up so he couldn’t even let me know that he was there. Poor guy!
But it was all worth it. We officially started dating that weekend and never looked back! We were long-distance all throughout college because even when we were home during breaks, we still lived about an hour from each other. I ended up graduating college a semester early so I moved back to a town very close to where I grew up and started my first corporate job and Connor finished college the following semester and moved back to a town very close to where he grew up and started his first job! About a year into that and over 4 years of being together, we finally moved in together and it’s been the best time ever. In my opinion, being able to live together before getting engaged or married is super helpful for a relationship. You get to see how someone lives and know if you’re compatible in that way before you take that next step. Last December, we got engaged and you guys know the rest! I can’t believe the wedding is NEXT MONTH… it’s so crazy!
Something fun and different for my blog that I also wanted to dive into is Connor and I’s love languages and enneagram types. He’s a type 7 (the Enthusiast) with his top love language being acts of service and I’m a type 3 (the Achiever) with my top love language being physical touch. Overall, our personality types are super complementary in a relationship. Both of us are very logical thinkers and luckily, we balance each other out in the ways we differ! For example, I’m super into planning and thinking about the future and Connor is very into living in the moment and appreciating each experience for what it is. Both of those things, being in the moment and thinking about the future, are super important so it’s awesome for our relationship that we help each other out in that way! With my personality type, I’m extremely goal oriented and focused on accomplishing things so I bring a lot of structure and drive to our relationship. Connor on the other hand is very adventurous and spontaneous so he brings a ton of fun and optimism into our life together. We’re a perfect match and I can’t wait to marry him!
That wraps up today’s blog post – I hope you enjoyed getting a little peek into Connor and I’s life together so far. I’ve been dying to write a post like this and I thought with us getting married soon it was the perfect time! I’ve left links to a few of my recent posts down below in case you missed those but my wedding series will continue in just a few weeks with a blog post all about our top honeymoon destinations… where do you think we’re headed? Talk to you then!
Click HERE for my post all about our wedding venue hunt!
Click HERE for my post on how to find the right wedding photographer!
Click HERE for my wedding registry post!
