Hi Everyone!!!! I decided to start from scratch, had a couple posts before, but wanted to sign up, and get Daniel in on this too if he ever needed anything. Well, my name is Kristin (if you hadn't gotten that from my sn
) and I'm 23 years old, same age as Daniel. And well, here is our story.
I had a best friend in high school, who had started speaking to Dan online, wanting me to speak to this great English guy, she introduced us. I'll be honest, I was a bit wary at first speaking to him, so we didn't speak that often. After about a year, we started talking more; MSN, and mostly Myspace. This all had started about 8 years ago now. Daniel and I got extremely close online, speaking often, and well he helped me through a lot of hard times. I helped him through a couple of break-ups as well, but we'd always been just best friends. After graduating high school and attending my local college, in the Fall of '09, I mustered up the courage and finally had done what I'd always wanted too. I signed up for a study abroad program, got the money to do so, and off I went.
I'll be honest, it probably wasn't one of the smartest things to do, my parents knew about Dan, and had even spoken to him a couple of times, but I knew I was past just "liking" him. So, he and his friend picked me up at Heathrow (probably not one of the smartest things I've done, even though we had talked on the phone, on webcam, skype, etc) And well I stayed at his, I'd spoken to his family before that as well, but let me tell you i was a wreck on that plane. Anyways, he picked me up at the airport and I felt completely at ease. I'll be honest, when I first saw him, all nervousness that I had was gone. I felt at ease, and so comfortable with him. I knew that he was pretty much "the one" and I never wanted to be without him after that first night we stayed up talking and getting to know each other more.
I loved it there, we were in Essex for about 3 weeks before I had to go attend Uni in London at the University of Westminster, and by then I'd changed my plane ticket to stay past the holidays and be with him longer, unfortunately risking and giving up a semester of schooling because I'd returned late. Anyways, I fell in love with London as well, all the exploring I did with Daniel, meeting all of his friends and family properly. I felt at home, as I'm sure some people can understand. We were official 2 weeks after I'd gotten there, him officially asking me to be his girlfriend, it was so sweet
Anyways, after some ups and downs, I became really ill after Uni had ended, and he took care of me. It was one of the sweetest things ever, and I knew he'd always be there for me, even more than he already had been. And well after 5 glorious, fantastic, amazing months there, we had the worst good-bye I have ever experienced. It was gut-wrenching, and I left slow, and while sitting on that plane home, regretting ever turning my back on him.
After getting home, I was unhappy, and I'll be honest I've never felt "at home" while I've been back. I'd lost some friends while I'd been in England, and stayed there a bit longer. And although I love my family very much, I felt that and still feel that England is the place for me. So, since my leaving in February '10, Daniel and I have seen each other in June in NYC, and I went back for a visit in September. They've been even harder good-byes, I mean, I told myself after that first time I'd never put him through it again. It really put us through some tough times. We had a lot of ups and downs, and well we've survived.
So to where we are now, I'm finishing up my Bachelors degree, Daniel got a second job there to save up and money and we're planning on marrying here in the U.S. and getting a spousal visa for myself to move there by the end of the year. Although I am extremely excited, this is a long tiring process for me. I've been unhappy here without him, and I miss him like he is my other half. I'm grudgingly going through university and trying to get all of my bills paid off. But its just a day-to-day thing for me. I look forward to Daniel and I speaking, and thankfully we can keep in touch on our Blackberries for free, and I love skype as though it's my other best friend, it's basically a lifeline for us.
Anyways, I know I'm going to be stressed and worried throughout this entire process. And I enjoy reading about other people, and I love to see all of the help that everyone gives and how everyone seems so nice. I'm sure I'm going to have questions, as Daniel and I are completely opposites and I want to plan everything and he is as free as a bird, but he says that's what he loves about me, and that opposites attract, which I fully believe now!
Wow, I just wrote an extremely lot of information! Sorry to put people through all of that haha, but yeah I'm sure I'm going to have a hell of a lot of questions so
P.S. Did I mention he is visiting me in 60 days and I absolutely CANNOT WAIT!!!!!! <3
