our story is so specific that if anyone who knows us reads this they will immediately know who i am, but meh.. who cares
i lived in ireland for a couple of years, but originally i am from croatia. shared a big house with a few people, and after a few months of living there a german guy moved in (that's not him yet!
) we became reeeeally good friends and hung out all the time. he told me that a friend of his is visiting in a few days (yes that's him!
) and he couldn't find accommodation as it was saint patricks day, so i offered we swap rooms because mine was bigger and had 2 beds, and i'd sleep in the small one. the first evening i met up with them i was meeting them in front of a pub after work and my heart stopped when i saw him
we hung out a lot those couple of days and he made it very obvious he liked me but i didn't want to start anything because i had just been going through a breakup and i thought i'd never see him again as we lived in different countries! the last evening he was there he pulled me aside as we were all saying goodbye and whispered ''i'll miss you'' in my ear, i melted but i thought that was it!
but he got my number from our mutual friend and we started texting. as i said, i had just broken up with my ex so i felt a bit weird but it also felt nice. i think he could feel this so he asked if we should talk over the phone. our first phone call was 7 hours long, the whole night. this continued for 2 weeks and then he told me he bought plane tickets to visit again. he waited in a pub until i finished work so he was already a bit tipsy and chatting to the bartender. i was stood behind him and heard him telling the bartender something like he came to visit this really special girl
the bartender was an older, wise man and he could tell it was me by the way i was laughing
anyway that evening of course we ended up together. spent the next 3-4 days glued to each other except for when i was at work. but then he had to leave again!
as his job was more flexible than mine, he started flying over every 2-3 weeks and almost every time (and this was around 10 trips over the course of a summer) we would rent a car and drive around ireland. we would end up at the cliffs of moher at midnight or in a pub in dingle dancing the night away. it was just magical
i had never felt like that in my entire life. i also visited him in germany for a friend's wedding after we made it official and once we also went to wales. that time we met at stansted airport. the meeting was so emotional that some people at baggage claim started clapping
so after a few wild months like this, he said he will move to me to ireland, but i told him, as he already knew, that i was planning to move back home to croatia in a few months time. he said ''then i'll move to croatia''. i wasn't sure if i believed him
we started living together in ireland, he got a nice job. for my bday we went to kerry and dingle and we went horseback riding on a beach. for christmas i surprised him with a 10 day road trip through scotland, which was both of ours dream. all of this in general felt like a dream, and then when we had to go through a big move from ireland to croatia together i realized that we can also face serious things together. we sent everything from ireland to croatia and then spent 2 weeks travelling, mainly through germany and visiting his family. he met my family when we moved over and they immediately loved him. even my dad did, and that's not easy! and actually i just realized that yesterday marked two years since we moved here
we have had to move house (renting) a couple of times but now we're in a really lovely place with a great landlord and our beautiful 1,5 year old kitty roisin, who was named after our favorite pub in ireland
sorry for such a long rant but once i started i couldn't stop
we've been through some rough times especially since covid, but after everything we've been through i can't imagine ever being with anyone else! never settle for anything less!
happy 4.5 hour anniversary 
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such a sweet and romantic story!
reminiscing on how we met and reading everyone else’s does make me miss the getting together exciting stages a bit 
