We met back at the end of 2019, whilst we were both working for a particular Manchester connectivity company – Louis as a self-proclaimed tech gremlin, and Cat as the project manager sent in from HQ to renovate the ‘office’ (picture the basement level IT dept in The IT Crowd). Of course, as Cat came from HQ and was a woman who didn’t wear a hoody to work, Louis initially assumed she was a ‘scary HR lady’ sent to oversee the gremlins in their natural habitat. Needless to say, that assumption rapidly changed.
We spent four months as friendly colleagues, talking about music, politics, and moaning about the dripping tap in the kitchen (which Cat got replaced, just for Louis – obviously). Before long, it was March 2020 (and we all know what happened then).
Let’s cut a long story short and say the pandemic was hellish for us both, and we got each other through it – still as friends. In fact, by the end of 2021, when we finally decided to see what we might be like as more than friends (edit: when Cat decided – Louis is adamant he knew he loved Cat when they met), it’s safe to say we knew almost everything about each other. We’d already helped each other through a pandemic, amongst other challenges… why wouldn’t we be a good couple?
We worked better than we could have hoped. From our first kiss on New Year’s Day 2022, through to moving in together in Stockport for Christmas 2022, to getting engaged in the Lake District on Christmas Eve 2023, to the birth of our wonderful daughter Nina at the beginning of 2024, to now, planning our wedding (!), we continue to love each other more deeply than either of us knew was possible.
It’s been said that our story is the friends-to-lovers plot that people love to read (trust us, we’ve left out all the juicy details), but we know this is just the beginning. We can’t wait to write the sequel, beginning on Friday 2nd May 2025. We hope you’ll be there with us!
P.s. Louis has blossomed into a high-tech wizard and Cat is now a couple’s coach – a lot has changed since 2019.
