It is extremely on brand that I met my husband-to-be on Twitter. I’ll never forget it. I was scrolling down my TL and saw Dwayne’s pictures, and being silly, I posted a funny quote tweet on it. He laughed at my tweet and we followed each other back. I thought nothing of it, expecting him to be just a cute boy on Twitter for me to banter with. It was the pandemic, July 2020, and so much was going on in the news, and it seemed like Dwayne was on the right side of every conversation. He had sense! After about a month of exchanging flirty pleasantries on the timeline, I decided to slide into his DMs. I know that’s bold, but I figured I didn’t have much to lose! From my DM, we exchanged numbers and, as they say, the rest is history…

We started texting, then sending voice notes, and eventually FaceTiming every single day. I still remember the first voice note he sent me, I was like “you sound like you’re from California!” I wasn’t super familiar with Detroit people or their accent, but little did I know, I was about to get very familiar very soon. We hit it off immediately and had so much in common, I never had a connection like that with anyone else. Since I lived in Atlanta and he was in Detroit, we were super long distance. At some point in October, I asked him if he was going to come visit me, or if we were just going to keep being pen pals. Dwayne said pick a weekend and he would be on the next thing smoking. I did, and we finally met in person in November of 2020.

The sparks were instant. I knew as soon as I laid eyes on him at the airport that I was making the right decision. I was worried about meeting up with a stranger from the internet, but something told me everything would be okay. That weekend was magical, neither of us wanted it to end. By the last night, we had already planned for me to come up to see him in Detroit. In the Winter. It was 0 degrees when I came to see him, which was quite the adjustment for this Florida girl, but I didn’t care. During that weekend in Detroit, we said “I love you” and made it official in the span of 3 days - it was that serious!

What followed that was the most whirlwind, viral, silly, love story there is. We fell in love almost instantly and couldn't wait to tell the world. Being long distance, we rotated months on who was traveling to Detroit or Atlanta. We heavily-planned our weekend visits to pack as many memories into a weekend that we could. We laughed together, we grew together, we learned together, and we even welcomed a (dog) son, Carti.

From hitting every Disney park in a single day, to watching Thursday night showings of all the Marvel films, I know I picked the right person. He just gets me, and not many people do. When we first met, I was working as an organizer for the democratic party, then I got hired for a TV marketing job, but I always knew my dream was to create. I’ve been doing comedy since 2018, before we met, but he was immediately supportive of my career, even going to one of my shows as one of our first dates. When I decided to start making content, he was on board! He invested into my content by purchasing me a quality wig, so I no longer had the excuse of my hair not being done. It sounds silly, but that was the best investment that he could’ve made. To this day, I don’t post content without sending it to him first. He has always been my biggest fan and I’m forever grateful for that.

I know it sounds so cliche, but “when you know, you know.” I can’t see myself taking this journey with anyone else in the world. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for us.