Our Story
Our story begins in January 2020. Morgan had only moved to London a couple of months previously and was enjoying settling into city life with a brand new corporate career at a tech company and thriving social life. I was finishing off an NHS Finance Graduate scheme in the West Midlands and counting down the days ‘til I could move home to London.
After a night of wine with her flatmates, Morgan was convinced to download a well-known dating app, and for the first time, decided to give a date with a girl a go. Her first ever match on the app? Me, visiting my mum for the weekend! Luck or fate? We like to believe it’s the latter!
An incredible 2 months followed, filled with hours and hours of phone calls, dates that lasted all weekend, and secrets confided. What could possibly go wrong?? COVID.
Forced to switch our plans from a birthday trip to Alton Towers, and a change of circumstance that meant that Morgan’s mum was in the country for Morgan’s birthday, led to probably one of the biggest questions of our lives. “Would you like to come home with me for my birthday and meet my mum and sister? If we get locked down it will probably only last a couple of weeks…(famous last words)”.
Of course that 2 week lockdown was not 2 weeks! I turned up with a small case, my work laptop and never really left. (Cue me explaining the U-Haul stereotype to our little queer newbie!). A bold move and a true leap of faith that could have gone all kinds of wrong turned out to be the turning point of our love story. We both agreed that we knew we had found something special in each other from that first couple of months - a love that was worth holding onto (even if we hadn’t said the L word to each other yet and weren’t even officially girlfriends!).
We waited out the worst of the COVID lockdowns in Morgan’s gorgeous family home just outside Brighton. We continued working from home and dog sitting the family’s two energetic spaniels, while Morgan’s parents remained abroad for work. Sadly, a triplet of loss came flooding my way, with some of the most difficult months of my life spent away from my own mum and sister. Just a few short months into our relationship, Morgan stepped up as the most incredible support system a girl could ask for.
COVID felt like a bit of a fever dream, with some really tricky times. Without a doubt, if we hadn’t lived through that experience together, our relationship wouldn’t be anywhere near as strong as it is today. Sharing that joint life experience formed a bond between us that 15 ordinary years couldn’t have given us.
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou
Fast forward 18 months and it was finally time to move back to London together. A new London based job for myself allowed us to get back to our new kind of “normal”. Over the last couple of years we have built a beautiful life together. We learned to balance hybrid working, got back to exploring the city and easily fell back into planning fun filled date days out. We were lucky enough to buy our first property together - a homely 2 bed flat in east London. We’ve travelled to several bucket list destinations and nurtured some amazing friendships that are sure to last a lifetime. We’ve really been focussing on making up for the years lost to COVID and creating memories with our favourite loved ones.
What could top off the most spectacular 4 years together? A proposal? How about TWO proposals!? The desire to make a grand romantic gesture to each other (why should only 1 partner get a pretty ring and proposal…?), led to two unforgettable proclamations of love. And thus began our journey into the world of same-sex and non-traditional weddings!
