–First of January, 2020–
We met over discord on Christmas of 2019 and quickly grew close, becoming partners on New Years day of 2020. We would always hang out together and always make each other smile. Flirty we were and still are with each other. He is a force to be reckoned with. He has always made me smile and always will. We met in person on July 15th of the same year as he had moved to my state so we could live together.
–Fifteenth of October, 2020–
It was a cool morning that day, October 15th. We had woken up and he got ready for work while I stayed at home. We were a quarantine couple as it was still a major pandemic and no one went out, especially with the stay at home order put in place by the senator of Minnesota.
We decided to take a road trip that day because we wanted to get out of the house because being locked indoors for too long was really getting to us. So we packed our bags and took a trip to International Falls, MN. This town is rather small and is also the northernmost city in MN. It shares the border crossing with Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada.
On our way up to International Falls, he started to feel very nauseous and grew a headache. I didn’t know what was wrong, and I asked him if he knew. At the time, I drove 2005 Buick Century Limited. The engine hum would sometimes give me a headache with how loud it was and I thought that was what probably causing him to fall ill. I pulled off the side of the road to the nearest rest stop (a location you might find on long stretches of scenic routes), and I turned the car off, hoping it might help.
30 minutes pass and it still didn’t fade, he said his headache was getting worse and that we should drive home immediately, and that is what I did. It was a three hour drive back as it’s a seven hour drive from where we live.
I dropped him off back home and scurried to get one of those at home covid tests. I returned home shortly after and have $20 less than i did before and a box of two covid tests inside, I put the test together and swabbed both our noses like the instructions said. Had to leave it for 15 minutes so the enzyme solution could do it’s thing.
Sure enough, we both came back positive with covid. We both were clueless as to how we may have gotten it, but we had it and we had to suffer.
–Twenty-fifth of December, 2021 (Christmas Day)–
Christmas, the day of love and celebrating an event that took place two millennia ago (according to the Gregorian Calendar). The childbirth of Jesus Christ.
My boyfriend and I had plans to spend christmas with family since the pandemic was starting to die down during this time. Mask mandates where still in effect at this time, but they were starting to be lifted. During this time period, we were getting ready to drive off to each other’s sides of our family, but before we got out of the door (we had our winter clothes and everything on and were just walking to the door when my boyfriend’s phone rang. It was his mom, and she sounded very mad. I didn’t entirely hear what was being said since my boyfriend and I have sensitive hearing and need to keep our phone volume turned down a lot. While my boyfriend was arguing with his mom, he started getting more and more upset before hanging up the phone and crying. I hadn’t ever seen him cry that much since we first started dating.
His mom was had demanded that I didn’t come with him to their christmas function for the following reasons:
- I wasn’t a member of the family to her
- I wasn’t a Christian
- She assumed the only person I thought about was myself
- and that I only wanted my boyfriend for his money.
Keep in mind, I try to refuse as many gifts as I can unless they are literally forced into my hands. I usually reject offers as I believe that working for it is the best way to earn it. If I do receive a gift, I always try working back for it. I didn’t want to feel like a burden and so I would work for it.
My boyfriend tries to include me in everything and basically convinces me to join him in everything he does. He’s a massive sweetheart and he’s very defensive about me and got upset because I wasn’t invited to his family’s Christmas celebration. I told him that we would go to my family’s side as they always welcomed him and made him feel loved and included.
My boyfriend was raised in a Christian family… like Evangelical Christians. They were very harsh on him and the pain they put upon him caused him to stop caring about religion. His parents weren’t a fan of it by any means and tried getting him religiously brainwashed. His family has been a pain in the ass to him after they found out him and I are dating. They’re homophobic, so it’s to be expected.
I offered to call his parents and have a strong word with them, but he wouldn’t let me as he didn’t want them to hurt me, which feeling that way is very agreeable. I’ve dealt with Christian zealots before and they’re a rather large nuisance. I had a feeling that another reason why they didn’t want me to go was because they might try and convince him to leave me, even though I have a very strong bond with him.
So we went to my family’s christmas function and we told my family what happened and they were there to support our relationship and help calm my boyfriend down, which turned out to be a very good thing in the end.
–Fourteenth of February, 2022 (Valentine’s Day)–
Valentines day was an amazing day for the both of us. It was chilly, but we were at the log cabin that I own in Iceland. Amazing scenery and the Aurora Borealis at night was magnificent and beautiful. I own 2 hectares of land in northern Iceland which I visit a few months out of the year and my boyfriend loves it there.
We awoke to the sound of snow melting causing the sound of water drop hit the bird bath outside out the bedroom window to the cabin. I don’t remember what I made for breakfast that day, but we ate and I brought him to the heart of Iceland, Þingvellir. The place where Iceland the icelandic commonwealth was establish. We had a nice Valentine’s date in a neighbouring town. We ate at a restaurant near Þingvellir called Friðheimar. It was very delicious and I would recommend it to anyone that visits Iceland.
–Present Day. Sixth of January, 2023–
After retiring from being a former Scambaiter, I took the moment of stress relief I had planned on doing for a long time now… I proposed to him.
He said yes.
And so, to this, I wish us a long and prosperous life. Thank you for being there to support me, Taylor. Thank you for loving me endlessly. Thank you for never giving up on me and always being by my side, including me in everything you do.
I love you, Taylor. Thank you for being the best fiancé ever.
- Seamus