2. High School Sweethearts Who Weren't Ready: 12 Years Later We Finally Were (Part 1)

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the episode where my boyfriend Tomash shows up after spending 6 years telling me "podcasting isn't my thing." Surprise! 😂We're sitting on our balcony in Vietnam (with river views, motorbike sounds, and zero editing) telling you our ENTIRE love story from the beginning. This is part 1. Spoiler: it involves one week of dating in high school, 12 years of complete silence, Facebook blocking out of jealousy, and a pandemic lockdown in 2020 that brought us both home at the exact right time.Sometimes the right person comes at the wrong time. And tbh now we know we needed those 12 years apart to become the people who could actually be together without destroying each other.WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT:✨ How we met in high school 2009 (he wore a red shirt, I thought he looked like a rapper Rytmus from Slovakia lol)✨ Dating for literally ONE WEEK before I left for the US in 2009✨ The Facebook blocking incident (jealousy is real, guys)✨ 12 years of living completely separate lives✨ Why we're grateful we weren't ready back then✨ pandemic lockdown bringing us both home to Slovakia✨ July 10, 2020: The Facebook friend request that changed everything✨ Our first lake "date" with a puppy between us✨ The 2-minute silence that almost made me walk away✨ Nine days of talking 17 hours a day (no joke)✨ Why timing is literally everythingTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You believe in second chances and timingYou've ever had a "what if" person from your pastYou love messy, real love stories (not the Instagram highlight reel version)You want to hear how two people found their way back after 12 yearsYou're curious about the couple behind Magnetic Couples BraceletsWHAT THIS EPISODE IS NOT:❌ A fairytale (we're real humans with protection stories and anxieties)❌ Perfectly edited (there are motorbike sounds, we interrupt each other, it's chaos)❌ Short (it's 51 minutes because we TALK A LOT)WHAT THIS EPISODE IS:✅ Our real, unfiltered love story✅ Proof that sometimes you need to grow apart to grow together✅ A conversation between two people who genuinely enjoy talking to each other✅ Part 1 (because we couldn't fit the whole story in one episode)ABOUT US:I'm Martina (33, professional overthinker, talks too much). He's Tomash (35, didn't want to do podcasts, here anyway). We're the couple behind Magnetic Couples Bracelets. We live in Vietnam now. We have a golden retriever named Buchta. We've been together 24/7 for 6 years and somehow haven't killed each other yet.English is my second language, I swear when I'm excited, and Tomash is still convinced nobody wants to listen to this. 😂NEXT EPISODE: Part 2 - The Croatia road trip, moving in together, and creating our business together all within 2 months since the day we met RESOURCES MENTIONED:Magnetic Couples Bracelets: https://www.magneticcouplesbracelets.com/LET'S CONNECT:📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martinarajcan/