I have been on the fence about writing this one, but after careful consideration and a lot of talking… I decided why in the hell shouldn’t I write about it because there’s so much history behind how we came to be today. Please bear with me on this one because there’s a lot to think on and things I may forget, but please be kind this is how myself and Greg got to how we are today, happier than we’ve ever been and more in love than ever.
Let’s roll it back to 2004 when I was 20, I was seeing someone older at this time, but the relationship was falling apart! It was at this time I bumped into an old friend who invited me out to a car meet up with a car fanatic’s group or boy racers meet as it was often referred to called Krooz Telford. I was obviously still pretty young at this point, and I would say impressionable, we headed to a local meet spot not far from where we lived at the time, being 20 I was quite confident still and loved to meet new people so really enjoyed it, even got to catch up with some old school friends was fun. I loved it so much I began heading out regularly, after heading out a few times I had met a few people, and one of my old school friends was coming to the meets with a few others I knew at the time. But this one evening he arrived in a green ford KA or as I called them back then, the bread bin on wheels…Ha,Ha,Ha! This was a car I hadn’t seen before at the meets and a driver I also hadn’t met, so cue this little car pulling up and my friend shouted me over if I remember it right and sat at the wheel was this young lad with a hair full of Gel in twisty spikes. At first glance, I think my first thought was oh here we go he’s a bit of a Jack the lad out for a good time, he seemed to surround himself with all the gorgeous looking ladies that often came with others to the meets, so there was little old me thinking hmmm he’s actually a bit of alright, but he wouldn’t even look at me so I have no chance, all because I had hang ups about my looks even back then. But I decided to try and speak to him anyway because we had friends in common and although he was absolutely a jack the lad, I found myself warming to this guy and enjoying his company.
I ended my relationship with the older guy due to it being a super toxic relationship and I began going out with the Krooz Telford guys more, and I had grown closer to Greg and been out in his car with him and others a few times, something was drawing me in, we’d not even hugged let alone kissed but I really felt like I was falling for him, and he was oblivious to it in the beginning, but aren’t most men… It wasn’t until our friends BBQ that we finally got close, we talked for ages, and he realised I really liked him, and he admitted he liked me. It just felt right, for me anyway there was just something about who he was that drew me in, not to mention after a rather heated phone call that day I found out Greg gives the most amazing cuddles, and to this day his cuddles still have a disabling and calming power over me. If I am remembering this correctly this was also the first time he kissed me, and that was me completely under his spell, I was mesmerized by Greg and I think I knew then no matter what happened and where life took us, he would forever be my soulmate. From then on, we began a relationship, and it was great, we spent a lot of late nights together out at the car meets and tried to take things slow, or at least I did. Without going into lots of detail, our relationship naturally progressed, then one evening after the evening out we got talking as there was still so much, we didn’t know about each other. This was a conversation I had feared due to my medical condition, I always feared my condition would freak anyone out, but little did I know Greg was keeping a secret of his own from me to our utter shock and disbelief it turned out we both had the same condition.
After finding this out, I fully believe it brought us closer together! But with us both still young, I was sort of getting to a point in my life where I was ready to settle down, but Greg sadly was not on the same page at this time, and we weren’t exactly nice to each other! So naturally we parted ways, but we kind of remained friends, we went down different paths eventually losing touch for a while that was until a few years later when we got back in contact. We were then a little on and off again over a few years until I ended up getting married in 2009 and we cut all contact after that for many reasons, which hurt him because he had professed his unconditional love to me, and I knew I still loved him, but life had taken us down very different paths. Over the next 14 years I had thought about getting in contact with him, but something always stopped me, I had heard he’d married, and I was under the impression all was good with him, obviously I went on to have my girls in 2012 and 2014 and stayed in my marriage which had many ups and downs over the years, but when COVID hit the world things started to go really downhill, I’d not been happy for a few years anyway but always tried to paper over the cracks.
In August 2021 things really went pear shaped and it was around the time my nan was in hospital, then 3 weeks after that on September 11th we lost my wonderful nan, and the only person I really felt I needed to speak to I had absolutely no contact with and wasn’t even sure he’d want to hear from me anyway. With Covid nans funeral wasn’t till the October and the day of her funeral I finally realised enough was enough and a few days later ended my marriage. I pushed on with the support of family and friends, and by this time I also had a date for my mitrofanoff surgery at the end of November 2021 this filled me with fear as I had not had major surgery since I was aged 6 and knowing Greg had already been through this and knew me better than anyone, I knew it was him I not only needed but wanted to speak too. It took me over a month and like 20 times to write a message to him, not even knowing if he would respond because I thought he hated me, and I didn’t want to upset his family life. Well I sent the message and anxiously awaited to see if he’d even read it, to my utter shock just over an hour after I sent the message my phone pinged, he’d not only read the message I’d agonized over, he’d actually taken the time to respond. We were then talking for hours and it felt as though nearly 14years of being unable to speak to him just melted away. It was almost like no time had passed and we were exchanging messages for nearly 7 hours, and it was lovely I felt so at ease talking to him but with all the stress I was going through I also feared the feelings I thought I had buried deep resurfacing, especially with me thinking he was truly happy and I wasn’t in the market for being branded a home wrecker.
After hours of messages what I never expected was for Greg to ask to see me in person, we talked about getting coffee later that week but after a few more hours of messages someone decided a 3am visit to my front door was in order, just to chat in person and get a long 14 year awaited hug. We chatted for an hour in my kitchen and went over old memories from the past and if I remember this correctly, I cried in his arms through feeling guilty about asking him to leave me all them years ago! As I had feared all those deep rooted feelings I thought I had buried deep came flooding back like they’d never left, before he went to leave he took me completely by surprise and went in for the most heart felt, passionate kiss I had ever felt. I knew then I had my soulmate, and I knew it was always him and it was always going to be him no matter what, I could never let him leave my life again. So after he helped me through my surgery recovery and few months of catching up and Greg realising he felt the same way I did, in January 2022 we made our relationship official, and I couldn’t be happier and more in love than I am! Yes soppy I know, but we’ve made so many new memories together as a blended family, and hopefully we’ll continue to make memories for many years to come and who knows what the future holds for us, but one thing I do know is it was 100% fate and my nan that brought Greg back into my life when I needed him. My babies love him to bits and I love his kids like they are my own too, life is so great! We’ve so many goals and dreams as a family and as a couple we’d love to achieve in the coming months/years, almost a year into our relationship and 17years in the making we’re living together with my babies and have Gregs youngest at weekends. Life is great! I know this has been quite a long winded post but I really hope you all enjoy reading our lovely story of how we got to where we are today.
Thank you for your continued support and I hope you continue to follow our family adventures.
Kayleigh x
