He’s my Alaska Boy and I’m his Minnesota Goose. That’s 3,290 miles, or a 3 hour time difference.
Me and Matt have the nerdiest story ever, you ready? We met on fanfiction.net, that’s right people we are fanfiction writers. We both write Smallville- Clois fanfiction (he’s much better than me, though he would argue with me over that- it’s true).
Our friendship began December of 2010. Originally I was completely in love with his work. We would review each other’s work, and slowly a friendship blossomed. He used to almost joke with himself that it would be so cool to date another writer like me. It started with subtle flirting back and forth.
Then on Mar 24th he sent me a private message wishing me a happy birthday, we talked a little bit nothing really came of it, he says now that he was sad when that happened. A few weeks later I posted a one-shot and he reviewed and I private messaged him my response to his review and we starting talking back about everything, our lives, our family, favorite movies, music, TV.
On May 19th, he got the courage to send me his number and we began texting, we just got closer and closer as the days went on. There hasn’t been a day since May 19th that we haven’t talked. We are so similar when it comes to our likes and dislikes, we just click so well. In July we started Skyping and we’ve been inseparable from each other since then. We do fun things on Skype like we recently started watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy because I’ve only seen the last one, or we will play truth or dare. Sometimes like a lot of people in LDRs we get so wrapped up in spending what little time we have together that we both end up crashing in front of the computer.
Sure it’s hard sometimes because I can’t physically touch him, but we make it work, because he is so worth it. Trust me when it comes to doubtful friends and scared parents, I know how that is. My parents think it’s absolutely insane that I feel this way over someone I’ve met online but I think they will come around once they meet him in person. And my friends, well they aren’t very supportive at all, I mean one of my best friends is and the others aren’t and it can be really hard at times, but I just remember how happy he makes me and I don’t let them get to me.
His family and friends, well that’s a funny story. When we first started texting he didn’t think anything serious would come out of it so he let people believe I was this girl he met at the grocery store instead of someone he met online. To this day that’s what they believe, though they know I live in Minnesota, they just think that I was visiting Alaska or something… We both think it’s pretty hilarious now.
I can’t tell you how much he’s changed my life in such subtle ways. I love him more than anything and I can’t wait to actually be with him. In a few months he’s going to come and visit and I can’t wait to tell you all about it.
That’s my story.
