When I realised that every time we picture our future, we are in each other’s picture.
We both treasure banter and humour in our relationship, like being outdoors, eating good food and spending time with our son Jack and fur baby, Eddie.
We were re-introduced at the footy club Ned plays for 6 years ago and we immediately hit it off, and the rest is history!
We had so many fun times in the early stages of our relationship that I knew I wanted to continue this for the long term.
We knew within a month of dating that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together.
The decision to live together and spend the rest of our lives together was completely natural, and there were never any doubts in our minds. We are each other’s person.
We both feel that we fell in love gradually and most of all it was just easy.
Ben did the old ‘Barney’s got something in his mouth’ trick, but then knelt down and popped the question as the sun was setting.
It’s always just been easy between us; we have never felt like we have to try to be someone different to impress the other or hold back our weird side. We just understand each other, and that was special to find.
Tim surprised me with a helicopter into Mount Assiniboine in Canada, which is 3,618m in elevation, before dropping a knee 48 hours later.
We realised this was it on our third date – after a day at the beach we hiked to the lighthouse at sunset and knew this was something very special.
Instead, we fell in love from opposite ends of the office – a Romeo & Juliet or West Side Story vibe (minus the warring families and death at the end!).
