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  "textContent": "Nat and I count May 20th as the date we 'got together', but it seems that others 'knew' we were gonna well before we did ... the power of 2 + 2 = 5 is strong with many* ;)\n\n\n\n\nIt's been a heck of an adventure and I can't imagine anyone else I would've wanted, been able, or enjoyed being alongside as much as I have with Natalie. Our first date was in a bar in Levin and I am writing this in a school in the red heart of Australia as Natalie wander past my office window. We've had travel adventures, sexual adventures, drunken adventures, family adventures, being with friends adventures, walking on the beach adventures, and most of all we are still having more adventures with each other.\n\n\n\n\nThere's been much to learn about each other which inevitably leads on to learning deeper about oneself, and long may this continue.\n\n\n\n\nWe have had an amazing start to our partnership / relationship / love-in / friendship and the future plans already head out past 2027 and into 2028 (subject to change, future investments can go down as well as up, nothing is set in stone, we'll cross each bridge as we come to it), it's just so exciting!\n\n\n\n\nAs I have said, I just can't imagine being with anyone else and I am such a lucky and happy fella!\n\n\n\n\nHappy anniversary love! 💖\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n _* although, to be fair, they weren't wrong and they did eventually get '4' even if Nat and I didn't know_\n\n(subscribe/RSS)",
  "title": "Before We Knew, Everyone Else Knew",
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