09/03/2026
💍❤️ 2️⃣0️⃣ YEARS DOWN & A LIFETIME TO GO! ❤️💍
🍾🥂✨ Happy 20th Anniversary to us! ✨🥂🍾
Our story started way back in 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣8️⃣—online! 💻 And I’m talking WAY before Match.com, dating apps, cell phone cameras, FaceTime, or video chats. 😂
Back then, there was IRC—Internet Relay Chat. You actually had to have a little faith 🙏 that the person on the other side of that computer screen was telling you the truth about who they were. 🙈🙉🙊 Talk about OLD SCHOOL internet dating! 😂
After 8️⃣ years of dating, renting an apartment, moving into a townhouse, building a house 🏡, and buying more cars 🚗 than I can even count… we finally looked at each other and thought, “Where exactly do couples go from here?” 🤔😂
I was 3️⃣7️⃣ and JC was 3️⃣5️⃣, so apparently the next logical step was marriage. 💒💍
And in true JC fashion, there was no elaborate candlelit proposal, no rose petals, and no getting down on one knee. 😂 His incredibly romantic proposal was:
“Would you like to hitch your cart to my wagon?” 🤠🤣
YEP. That was it. 😂 And just to make it even better, I was standing in our walk-in closet when he asked me. I was basically cornered… how was I supposed to say no?! 🤣🤣🤣
And here we are… 2️⃣0️⃣ YEARS LATER! ❤️
I’d love to tell you that every one of those years has been pure wedded bliss, but anyone who has been married for a while knows that’s not real life. Marriage truly is for better, for worse, and everything in between. ❤️
We’ve experienced the highs, the lows, the laughter, the tears, the celebrations, the disagreements, the “you’re getting on my last nerve” moments 🤦♀️😂, and everything else that comes with building a life together.
Neither one of us is particularly easy some days. 😜 But through it all, we still make each other laugh. 🤣❤️ And after all these years, I think that laughter has carried us through more than we probably even realize.
From an IRC chat room in 1998 💻 to celebrating 20 years of marriage in 2026 💍… who would’ve thought that “Niceguy