We both just bring out the best in each other and always support each other, never giving up on making sure we are the best versions of ourselves while also feeling like it's home when we are together.
And there it is, from just a coffee date to something that I want for my future.
With a breathtaking view of the fjord and the sensation of being entirely alone in the world, Patrick surprised me back by proposing.
That's when I realized that I didn’t want to be with anyone else and that Matt was the only one who could make me laugh as hard as that and shared the same sense of humour.
But I was completely surprised when he got down on one knee at the Skippers Canyon lookout. He had a full speech prepared but I was so shocked and excited, I barely let him get a word in.
We both look back over this night so fondly because it felt like we could be anywhere in the world, and it wouldn’t matter as long as we were together.
Rob began giving me a speech and it all started to make sense as to why he was acting so strange; we were laughing so much afterwards.
In the beginning, it was just hanging out as housemates/friends, watching movies, and going on hikes, then it became the night conversations about what we wanted to do with our lives and where we wanted to go travelling.
After months on end living through Melbourne’s lockdown, not being able to leave our suburb or see anyone else but each other, this could kill a relationship, but we had so much fun and found we could be easily entertained just the two of us.
We would laugh freely and share our deepest and most embarrassing secrets from the very first date.
Since then, we have gone through ups and downs together and apart, but all roads have led us back together and to our wonderful wedding.
I knew pretty shortly after dating that our relationship was different than anything I’d ever experienced, and I couldn’t picture my life without him.
