Hey what’s up?
Douglas Francis
Who knew a quick little message like “Hey what’s up?” on an online dating app would lead to two people finding their best friend, soulmate, forever person!
That’s how our love story begins. Douglas to this day says he had 0 expectation that he would even get a response. Turns out just 3 short days later would be our first date.
Sunday – September 3, 2017
We had been messaging all day, when at some point the discussion led to what we were doing for dinner. Douglas would soon be on the way to Peoria for what he thought was going to be our first date at The Blue Duck Barbecue, because that was his favorite restaurant in town. Meanwhile, Hannah was working on her master’s thesis project, looking up the menu to determine what to order. Turns out Blue Duck is closed on Sundays. Well shoot! Now he’s on the way, plans made, what on earth were we going to do?
Douglas pulls into the driveway. Hannah comes outside and the very first words were said.
I have some bad news for you…
Hannah Dohm
That bad news was – we couldn’t go to his favorite restaurant in town. Now what?
Well of course – the extremely caring Douglas opened the truck door and helped Hannah inside.
The first date turned into late Sunday night dinner at Chili’s because it was close and convenient. Easy conversation turned into basically being asked to leave as they cleaned and put chairs away around us. At some point, she invited him back to her house to meet the little beast, Bentley.
It was honestly such a comfortable relationship from the very beginning. Everything simply fell into place as Douglas and Hannah became best friends. Many, many dates would soon follow. What felt like years were really only weeks. Luckily, Hannah had an excuse to visit Douglas and Max while attending classes at Illinois State.
Eventually, Douglas and Max moved to Peoria and into Hannah’s house. Everything and everyone so happy, loving, and most importantly TOGETHER.