Who would have thought I would find love in this foreign land?
I always find myself an unattractive type because I’m boyish. My neighbors thought I’m a tomboy because of the way I act and I found myself weird wearing girly clothes. Ever since, I’ve never been into a relationship just because they said I’m intimidating and I don’t blame them for saying that because I think I am.
When I was in the Philippines, nobody courted me. I know it sounds petty but it's true. I thought I would be single forever so I thought what if I'll give it a try? I was 27, 3 years before I pass the dates in the calendar so I think it’s time to come out of the shell and mingle with guys so I tried dating sites. True, you’ll find dozens of men to chat with but unfortunately I don’t see a spark in them. I feel empty still. But you can never tell when love hits you. I guess love just finds its way.
Here’s my story about how I met Matt..
I was already working in the United States. At that time, I was still a trainee in the lab so I had weekends off. I would never forget the date: March 6, 2021, Saturday around 10PM.
Since it’s my day off, I decided to have a movie marathon. I was watching A Star Is Born starring Lady Gaga on Netflix. I was already halfway when there’s notification in my Facebook dating app.
I tried several dating apps like Tinder, Bumble and Hinge but I don’t like them because you need subscriptions. For me, it doesn’t worth it most especially when you just meet a bunch of pervs and cat fishers. Sorry, just basing from my experience. I had no idea that Facebook has this dating side until I saw an ad and decided to give it a try.
Back to the story, a notification popped up saying somebody liked my profile. At this time, I was already talking to some guys regularly but I’m still open to meeting more people. When I checked the guy’s profile I found out that he’s a reporter based from his pic of a camera with a microphone in his hand. He’s 2 years younger than me too (I don't chat with younger guys than me).
With that, I found him interesting. I haven’t chatted somebody from media before. I appreciated him that at least he liked my profile. Minutes after the notification came, he sent a message and that message stood up from the rest.
It was not the typical ‘Hi, how are you?’ kind but he was asking about my interest.
He was asking what kind of music do I want?
With that, he already took my attention. I tried to play with it when I answered I like 80s songs and OPM (original Pilipino music).
He was cool with it and he asked me my favorite song! That’s the time I sent my first song to him and that was ‘When I met you’ by APO Hiking Society.
He also sent his first song called Cool Anymore by Jordan Davis. During that time, I don’t like country music but because of him he made me love the genre.
That night changed my life, I enjoyed exchanging messages as I kept asking about his job and I can feel he loves to answer too! We talked till 2AM until I decided it’s time to rest.
The next morning (Sunday), I wasn’t expecting much from this guy until he texted me again. We were getting to know more of each other.
His name is Matt Hoffmann, 24, and a reporter in NewsPressNow in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Days passed and we exchanged messages everyday, day and night checking to one another. I lost interest to the other guys so I stopped talking to them. What I love talking to Matt is that he’s fun and smart. We have meaningful conversations every day and he takes into detail what I say. In addition to that, we do exciting things like sending snapchats to which I don’t use before and exchanging songs before we sleep.
I always think of what songs to send him. Most of them are love songs. Every day our connection grows and my feelings toward him developed. Ayeee. I feel incomplete when I don't text him.
We spent two months of talking until we decided to meet in person. We decided to watch an indoor football in Omaha.
When I saw him in person, he is tall and he smelled good. Throughout the drive, he held my hand. Our first restaurant was at Texas Roadhouse. That was my first time watching an indoor football game too. I enjoyed his company until the night came and he drove me back to the apartment.
Before I got out of the car, he kissed me. A short but sweet kiss. At that moment, I really feel butterflies inside my stomach. I said
And the rest is history. It's now year 2024 and we're living together. Moving with him is best decision I've made. Throughout the months of living with him, I know him more deeply. Our relationship made it even better when we had our precious fur baby, Ruby! We have traveled to many places. I found out that Matt is so loving and caring to us.
Although we're not married yet but I can see forever with him. My parents really like him as well which I'm very thankful for.
I shared my many firsts with Matt. With him, I feel secure and motivated. He's like my guy bestfriend that I can share my dreams and goals in life.
Because of this, I thank God for sending Matt for me. He's a keeper and I pray that I get to spend more precious moments ad adventures with Him until my last day♥
