from Keely

Dylan and I met in December of 2018 after I had become friends with his best friend, Seth. Seth would always bring up his friend, Dylan, and I was always drawn to Dylan; I knew I had to meet him. One day I told Seth to give Dylan my Snapchat so I could talk with him, and the connection began instantly. After talking with Dylan the first day, I messaged my best friend, Katie, “If Dylan listens to the same music I do, I will marry him.” It turns out he definitely listens to the same music I do. Dylan and I met for the first time that night, and the connection grew even more. We walked around the riverfront and around Washington Park for hours and genuinely loved each other’s company. He left to help Seth move and came back to my apartment that night, and we started talking about how it felt like we knew each other forever when we had literally just met that day. We were both fascinated by that. We knew that first night that we were soulmates, no matter how cheesy that sounds.

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