A woman who is moving in with a guy that she met just three weeks ago has explained why she believes everyone should ‘take the leap.’
The woman, who will be referred to as the pseudonym Ruth throughout the story as she asked to keep her identity private, explained to DailyMail.com that she met a man, who will be referred to as Chris, through the dating app Happn last month – and immediately, they hit it off.
Within weeks of their first date, they were already talking about marriage and ‘having babies’ together, and less than a month after they met, they decided they wanted to live together.
And while Ruth admitted that residing with someone who she’s known for less than a month could ‘end in disaster’ and may even put her in ‘danger,’ she’s willing to ‘take the risk’ because her ‘whole body has been saying that this is the one.’
Ruth told DailyMail.com that after matching on the dating app, their conversations immediately felt ‘very easy going.’
‘We often answered each other so fast that we talked across each other, and had a few different topics going at once,’ she shared.
After a week of talking, they agreed to meet up for their first date, enjoying a romantic stroll together before heading back to his place, where he cooked her dinner.
While Ruth confessed that things were ‘a little awkward’ at first because they were both ‘nervous,’ she said Chris seemed ‘super sweet’ and she instantly ‘felt safe’ with him.
A woman who is moving in with a guy that she met three weeks ago has explained why she believes everyone should ‘take the leap’ (stock image)
At the end of the night, she said they laid together for ‘almost two hours’ just staring into each other’s eyes.
‘He was super respectful. He was trying to hold back as I had made it clear I didn’t want to sleep with him [on the first date],’ she shared.
‘But my mind was quickly changed… and let’s just say that part was great.’
After their first night together, Ruth and Chris became inseparable, and three weeks later, they were already talking about starting a family together – which is when Chris suggested that she move in.
‘We had been joking about how good of a fit we were, and about getting engaged, married, and having babies already,’ she recalled.
‘[It’s] crazy because neither of us were looking for a relationship [when we met].
‘But I was joking that our next trip should be to Vegas so we can get married and he rather seriously said, “Why don’t you move in here for a while?”
‘At that point I kind of froze, I didn’t know if he was serious. We looked at each other for a bit before he said, “We obviously don’t have to, but worst case it’ll take half a day to move my stuff back.”
She admitted that it could ‘end in disaster’ and may even put her in ‘danger,’ but she said she’s willing to ‘take the risk’ because her ‘gut’ says he’s ‘the one’ (stock image)
‘I told him to give me a day to think about it, and then I said f**k it let’s do it.’
Ruth admitted that there are some ‘what ifs’ that keep going through her mind – but she said she’s going to follow her ‘gut,’ which is telling her to ‘take the leap.’
‘The biggest [what if] being what if he ends up trying to hurt me in any way. Luckily, I have a friend who lives rather close by, and if anything were to happen he’d be my first one to call,’ she explained.
‘It could end in disaster, but it could also end in a beautiful, surreal love story. I think at least once in everybody’s life you need to take the chance at something good instead of fearing for the worst. Love is a risk, do it anyways.’
Ruth pointed out that living together will help her find out whether or not she and Chris are a good fit ‘sooner rather than later.’
And she added that she’s not getting rid of her apartment just yet, so if she needs some space from him she does have somewhere she can go.
Ruth also confessed that she has faced some judgement from her friends, and hadn’t even told her family yet because she was worried about how they’d react.
‘I posted about it last night as we were moving my things in and some of my friends were like, “What the F?!?” she shared.
‘I think they’re just really surprised with how fast things went, many of them haven’t even heard that I broke up with my ex yet.
‘Some of them are worried, but they mostly agree that it’s a rather safe thing – at least compared to the many other impulsive things I could have done.’
In the end, she hopes that sharing her story will encourage others to follow in her footsteps.
‘Follow your heart, even if it’s risky,’ she urged. ‘My whole body has been saying that this is the one.
‘When your heart is really trying to tell you something, maybe sometimes you should follow it and take the leap. With great risk comes great reward.’
