Turned out to be the best first date ever

I had recently broken up with my long-term boyfriend for a multitude or reasons, but my mother eloquently put it as, "You were just incompatible in every way that counted", which was true, but unfortunate that it took me two years to figure that out. Anyways, I was not really looking for anything specific after such a fresh break-up, so, I decided to download Tinder because, well, why not? There were tons of weirdos on Tinder and after the most recent Tinder match informed me that he was missing ALL of his teeth and asking how I would feel kissing someone with no teeth, I had very low expectations for finding any decent human to date, let alone a life partner, on Tinder. But then I matched with another guy who messaged me and said "Hi, how are you doing tonight?", which doesn't seem all that special, but the match before him asked if I would like to sit on his face. Therefore, having a match have a normal first message was actually a pretty unique experience. We talked almost every night for a few weeks. It was actually a really interesting situation for both of us, because we both were working night shifts, but that was not our normal schedule. I was working in healthcare while I was home for the summer from college, and he had recently picked up a second job for a few days a week loading up trucks for FedEx. We lived almost an hour away from one another and had both been on Tinder at 3AM, when we had our breaks from work, so it was pure happenstance that we even matched. He was sweet and normal and funny, so we decided to meet up for a date. However, over the course of the month that we had spent talking, I had held back some physical features of mine, and I was nervous to tell him. I am an amputee, so I am missing my entire right leg, which is obviously pretty difficult to hide in person. I am confident in myself and not at all ashamed to be an amputee, so that is not why I had held back from telling him. Unfortunately, I had had some less than pleasant conversations with men that had a fetish for amputees. They grossed me out and this guy was so normal, I didn't want to possibly burst the bubble, if he ended up being a weirdo who fetishized my amputation. The night before we were supposed to go on a date, I decided to bite the bullet and tell him about my leg. He was quiet for a moment, and all I could think was oh boy, here we go. But no. He interrupted my internal conversation and simply asked "why should that matter?" I was so relieved. We met the next day at an ice cream shop near my old neighborhood from when I was a kid. I got out of my car and looked around, and then I spotted him. A bigger guy, with a cute shirt on and ginormous blue crocs. He came up and gave me an awkward little hug and I felt his hands on my back, they were so clammy. He was so nervous, and it was honestly so endearing and relieving, as it quelled some of my nerves, too. He went up and bought me my favorite type of ice cream, he remembered it all on his own from a previous conversation we had about the best ice cream flavors. However, we were both so nervous that neither of us really ate much of our ice creams, and over half of the ice cream sat puddled in its cups. The conversation flowed so well, though. He was even more funny in person, and over an hour flew by in no time flat. We were having such a nice time that we decided to take the date to a secondary location to a park nearby to continue to talk and get to know one another. We met up at the park, in separate cars mind you, because I didn't want to misjudge the type of guy he was and end up kidnapped and killed, because that would have been a pretty crappy end to the date. We ended up walking around the park and finding a bench to sit and talk. I sat down first and then he sat, WAAYYY on the other side, so far that he was almost looked like he might slip off of the bench. It was pretty funny to watch, and though I appreciated him making an effort not to crowd me or make me feel uncomfortable, I wanted to let him know he didn't have to sit that far away from me. However, it was still a first date, so I didn't want to make it awkward by saying that outright, so my solution was to just casually inch closer to him very subtlety. I thought I was being very stealthy, but I could tell he noticed. He seemed to get my point though and inched a bit closer himself, too. We ended up talking for over five hours about our lives and what our hopes and dreams were for our futures. It was surreal, it felt as though I had known this person for my whole life, and not the very short amount of time of a month that we had actually known each other. After we realized we had just had a six-hour date, we started to make our way back to our cars. We fell into a contented silence as we walked back, and normally I do not enjoy silence with others, as it is usually awkward. This wasn't though. This felt like the silence between two people who were comfortable just being in one another's presence. When we finally made it back to our cars, e gave me another little hug and told me he had a great time. I did as well, but I was still unsure where this could go, as anything can happen. Right as I was about to turn to get into my car, he took my hand and asked when I was free next because he wanted to see me again. I told him I would love that. We made plans for Friday night and I got into my car, and he got into his. I watched him pull away, and all I could do was sit there and grin, thinking to myself "well, how bout that". Then my mother pulled into the spot next to me in the parking lot. She had tracked my location and was nervous I was going to be meeting some crazy person and all I could do was laugh because honestly, me too. It was the best date I had ever had, and he is still the best date I have ever had, only now I get to go on dates with him as my husband. Who would have thought you could meet your spouse on a free Tinder account?