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July 13, 2025 → July 13, 2026

A Year
of Us

Goose  ♥  Love
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Chapter One

It started
at midnight

Sunday, July 13, 2025. A warehouse rave in downtown Cincinnati. Then, the greatest opening exchange in recorded history:

Alex
I like your outfit.
Shyla
Are you rolling?
the night we met
Meanwhile, on the charts

That exact day, the #1 song in the country was…

“Ordinary”

by Alex Warren. Its fifth straight week at No. 1.

Which is funny. Because nothing about that night, or anything since, has been ordinary.

How long we talked that first night

0 hours

Straight. Falling on the first spark.

Jul '25We met, and then life got in the way. Alex was moving out of town, so we couldn't date yet.
Oct '25He moved back. Obviously.
Nov '25We made it official. The rest is history.
A Year of Us, quantified

By the
numbers

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days of knowing each other
0
festivals: To The Future, Ultra Miami, Electric Forest
0+
hours spent missing each other (our math, don't check it)
0
shirts gone. One is red, the other is brown.
0+
raves attended. That's a lot of bending.
Now spinning

Our
soundtrack

Music sounds better with you.

  • 01Cry For MeThe Weeknd
  • 02Wondering WhyRed Clay Strays
  • 03DONTTRUSTMESullivan King
  • 04White TeeLil Peep
  • 05Riley FAHHH (Remix)Juicy J
Goose-to-Love translation guide

We speak our
own language

mih umiss you
luh ulove you
kih ukiss you
wan kihwant a kiss
Typeyou're so my type
Rollingthe first question ever asked
a fun everyday candid
The morning after · July 2025

The first text

Preserved verbatim, for history. Romance is alive.

Alex
Hey Shyla, sorry for reaching out so late, I had a really good time, hope to see you soon. I was pretty intoxicated and honestly can't remember if I finished inside you. Just wanted to let you know, just in case.
Shyla
All good, it happens lol I'll grab a Plan B. If you want to hang out just lmk, I had a good time too <3
Alex
Send me your Venmo, I got you. And for sure, I'll see you soon.
If you know, you know

Inside jokes

💩 Exhibit AThe flying pug turd. Kait scooped her pug up mid-poop, and a turd flew one (1) inch from Alex's face. Pretty chill.
💘 Exhibit BDeem & Greg. Her gay friend Greg and our straight friend Deem. We will set Greg up with Deem eventually.
🍷 Exhibit CWine? No. Gummies? Yes. We're Cali sober, except for 2x a month.
The academy has voted

Superlatives

🕷️
The Spider Relocation Specialist
Alex
📅
The Social Secretary
Shyla
🌯
Blanket Thief World Champion
Alex
👩‍🍳
The In-House Chef
Shyla
😇
Most Patient Saint
Shyla
👗
The “Is This Outfit Okay?” Consultant
Alex
📺
The Binge-Watching Traitor
Alex
🚗
Professional Passenger Princess
Shyla
Cincinnati → everywhere → home

Map of us

July 2025 · Cincinnati · where we met
Favorite memory · No. 1
Electric Forest · the Griz set
I don’t have a photo from this set :/

Electric Forest

The Griz set. I hit a wall mid-show and sat down, struggling. And when I looked up, you were right there, loving me, already understanding exactly what was wrong without me saying a word.

You always find the way to comfort me. No matter the pressure. No matter the place.

Favorite memory · No. 2
Hocking Hills · the cabin

Hocking Hills

Hiking all day. Cozy and stress-free all night. Your black-pepper steak, movies, cuddled up in the cabin. A whole week where nothing else existed.

Alice · Cincinnati

The moment
I knew

Alice, downtown. The night was supposed to be fun, and then it wasn't. I hit a wall and told you I had to get out of there.

You didn't ask questions. You didn't make it a thing. You just took me home and stayed the whole night, until safe and loved were the only two things I could feel.

That was it. That was the moment I knew it was you.

One year later

Who I am
because of you

  • Less quick to judge. More outgoing. More loving.
  • I learned I could love someone else, and love myself too.
  • You showed me what love and compassion actually look like.
  • I learned there's more to life than drinking and partying, and that I can be happy without any of it.
us, happy
The quiet stuff

The little things
I love

  • The laundry, done before I even think to ask.
  • Dinner, cooked for the both of us.
  • Your smile when I give you a forehead kiss.
  • The way you grab my hand when we're driving.
  • When you say “I love you” first.
A Sunday

What home
feels like

In bed all day. Finishing dinner late. Plates ready with a side of ranch, a movie going in the living room, and you curled up next to me.

That's home.

an ordinary perfect night
For the record

What I love
about you

KindImpossibly kind. You always help your friends, take care of the people closest to you, and never back down from being a good person.
SteadyDisciplined. Always tidy, always on time, and you actually make it to the gym when you say you will.
SharpBrilliant. You know a good idea from a bad one, think for yourself at a high level, and solve problems.
DrivenUnmatched work ethic. Two jobs, always early, still working at home to stay ahead. Nobody outworks you.
Coming soon

The future
I picture

  • A cozy Georgian home.
  • A toy doodle (the dog).
  • A secret closet for your Coach collection. And if I step on one in the car, I'm replacing it. Promise.
  • A South Carolina lake, the cleanest blue.
  • Geese everywhere. A new family of swans.
  • Weather never below 50.
  • A pack of mint gum by the door, always.
  • The garage fridge fully stocked with pink sugar-free Red Bull.
“What's beautiful is that everything feels so far away. But in time, we'll blink back to when we first talked about moving, back when we thought it was impossible, and find ourselves standing in our home. Built by love. Built by understanding. Built by our will to show up for each other. And in that moment we'll let out one small breath, look up, and realize the poodle just pissed on the carpet. And I wouldn't want anything else.”
somewhere we love
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Promises
for year two

The big one
What's the one thing I'll actually change?
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Promise No. 1
I'll stop letting the little things ruin good moments. I get better every day, and I'll keep going, for us.
The small one
And the household front?
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Promise No. 2
The dishes. Done every night. From now on.
The funny one
Anything else you'd like to confess?
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Promise No. 3
The toilet seat stays down. This is legally binding.
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To Shyla, my Love

I love you. I am here because of you. Shyla, you saved me when my dad passed away, and you're the reason I'm still pushing through this life. I owe it to you, and I will marry you.

You're the most beautiful girl in this world and you deserve all the love this earth can give. I'm with you through the good and the bad. You keep me in check, and I want to lean on you when I need help the way you lean on me. I want to pour into you every single day I'm on this earth.

And if I'm with you, I'll never have nothing, because with you, I have everything.

Here's to
year two

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You found it. One more thing, just between us:

mih u. luh u. wan kih.
Every day, for all the years. I'll see you at the lake, Love. Geese everywhere, swans on the water, mint gum by the door.

luh u. Goose