I fell in love with my friend's twin. We had only dated long-distance before he proposed and I said 'yes.'

• I met my friend's twin in Chicago and was immediately smitten. • We dated long-distance for a year before he proposed to me. • We've been together for almost 10 years and have three kids together.

It started with a simple text — "I just ran into your twin at Chick-fil-A," I jokingly sent to a friend from college, along with a blurry snap I had secretly taken of the back of the random guy's head.

It was summer break before my sophomore year, and I was missing everyone from campus. My friend's response surprised me — it turns out, he actually had an identical twin brother. The twin was stationed near Chicago, about 900 miles away from my hometown in Texas, and definitely not the guy I saw ordering waffle fries.

How did I know someone for a year without knowing they had a twin? It wa