My boyfriend and I met online 3 years ago just before covid. I am from the Netherlands and he is from the United States.

After being in touch for a while I decided to fly over and we had the time of our lives being together. He followed up visiting me in the Netherlands for christmas.

Sadly, in 2019 Covid spread worldwide and borders got closed worldwide. The day before this happened, I managed to get a flight to the United States to spend a bit more time together. After that visit the only way we could spend together was through facetime and texting.

For months we checked the news for when we were able to fly and meet each other again and it took over 8 months before the Netherlands decided that people in a long term relationship were allowed to enter Europe.

This was a very emotional moment for us after having to wait for such a long time to finally be in each other arms again.

Last year my boyfriend graduated in the United States and moved in with me in the Netherlands. It’s been over a year now and we couldn’t be any happier.

It took a lot of mental strength to get through the tough times, but we did it and came out stronger than ever. #LoveWins