Matthew is a 23-year-old Navy man, and he and his shipmates live by the motto of “Ship, shipmate, self,” in that order. But he has two other words that precede it, and those are God and family. It was that desire that brought him to CatholicMatch at the suggestion of his priest.
Allison found a strong drive to be an attractive quality in a man and was receptive when Matthew reached out to her. “We had so much in common,” Matthew told CatholicMatch. “When she described what she was looking for I just thought it could be me.”
Keeping up his optimism wasn’t easy for Matthew. Even though he confidently described himself as an officer, a gentleman and a scholar in his profile—and lived a life to back it all up—he also admitted to being more of an introvert and he’d spent two years on CatholicMatch before he met Allison.
“I'd check (my messages) every day, hopeful that maybe today was the day I'd first meet the love of my life,” he recalled. “I met some wonderful people and found great encouragement through the message boards, but still received very few responses.”
Perhaps it was that discouragement that led him to roll the dice on his initiative toward Allison. “I can’t even remember exactly what I said,” he told CatholicMatch. “But it was a crazy message…something about me being a fun-loving music man (Allison had in her profile that a love for music was a must).” Lo and behold, crazy worked. Allison thought the message was funny and sent him a reply.
Matthew left a single rose on Allison's windshield to surprise her after her music audition.
