Mine isn't a grand tale of romance, but its one that makes me feel happy and safe and loved.
I didn't meet my guy until I was turning 27, and I pretty much had thought maybe a real relationship wasn't meant for me. Everything I'd had before was super short term relationships, and none were with a guy who I cared about on any kind of really deep level. I wasn't upset about not finding someone, I just sort of was ok with it. I've lived and moved all over the states, and I assumed I would have met whoever I was supposed to be with, it would have happened by now if it ever was going to.
Then I met my guy. It wasn't love at first sight by any means. We worked together, talked, laughed as friends. Then I realized he was funny, smart, charming. My crush developed, and I decided to give it a go. I promised him when we started dating I had no intentions of falling in love, let's just have fun.
We've been dating for almost 3 and a half years now. We met in North Carolina, where we had both just moved to a couple months before. I was born in North Dakota and he was born in Minnesota. The town his grandfather is from is actually less than 20 miles from the small ND town my family is from. We both went to the same college, albeit two years apart; he left just before I started. There's all sorts of coincidences that we've realized about ourselves as we've gotten to know more about each other, its kind of bizarre.
From what I know about where he was in his life and where I was in my life, before we started dating, is that if we'd met any sooner we would never have worked out. It only happened as soon as it needed to. Now, I have no doubt that I'm with the person I want to grow old with. I am with the person who helps me to feel like my life has a certain level of completeness. I have the person who I can't wait to tell about my day, who I love snuggling next to in bed, who makes coffee for me and makes sure my car is taken care of, who talks openly about our future together. It's silly to say, but I do feel like its meant to be.