Ben Owen

And then one day she invited me and her boyfriend at the time to go to the Quentin Tarantino movie fest they were having to drive in. And I went and he no-showed and we'd watched like four or five Quentin Tarantino movies. And then the next day she invites me to go fishing with her. And I was like, well, hell yeah. You know what I'm thinking.

And then one day she invited me and her boyfriend at the time to go to the Quentin Tarantino movie fest they were having to drive in. And I went and he no-showed and we'd watched like four or five Quentin Tarantino movies. And then the next day she invites me to go fishing with her. And I was like, well, hell yeah. You know what I'm thinking.

Out at Shelby Forest in the Mississippi River, middle of nowhere. Yeah. I get out there. Not only does she not have fishing rods, she has brought her 10-year-old daughter with her. I was like, oh, God, you know, what the hell is happening? So, as an aside, to this day, I have not gone fishing with Jess. To this day. We're going to fix that at some point.

Out at Shelby Forest in the Mississippi River, middle of nowhere. Yeah. I get out there. Not only does she not have fishing rods, she has brought her 10-year-old daughter with her. I was like, oh, God, you know, what the hell is happening? So, as an aside, to this day, I have not gone fishing with Jess. To this day. We're going to fix that at some point.

Out at Shelby Forest in the Mississippi River, middle of nowhere. Yeah. I get out there. Not only does she not have fishing rods, she has brought her 10-year-old daughter with her. I was like, oh, God, you know, what the hell is happening? So, as an aside, to this day, I have not gone fishing with Jess. To this day. We're going to fix that at some point.

But we ended up hiking around Shelby Forest. And this is weird because I've lived in Memphis for almost— Jess, what's going on here?

But we ended up hiking around Shelby Forest. And this is weird because I've lived in Memphis for almost— Jess, what's going on here?

But we ended up hiking around Shelby Forest. And this is weird because I've lived in Memphis for almost— Jess, what's going on here?

Did you hear that? Yeah, she was, and it worked. It worked. I never knew Shelby Forest existed. I've been in Memphis 10 years, and I never saw this place. As much as I love the outdoors, it was mind-blowing to me. It's this huge, like hundreds of acres of woods and hills and mountains and lakes, and it's on the Mississippi.

Did you hear that? Yeah, she was, and it worked. It worked. I never knew Shelby Forest existed. I've been in Memphis 10 years, and I never saw this place. As much as I love the outdoors, it was mind-blowing to me. It's this huge, like hundreds of acres of woods and hills and mountains and lakes, and it's on the Mississippi.

Did you hear that? Yeah, she was, and it worked. It worked. I never knew Shelby Forest existed. I've been in Memphis 10 years, and I never saw this place. As much as I love the outdoors, it was mind-blowing to me. It's this huge, like hundreds of acres of woods and hills and mountains and lakes, and it's on the Mississippi.

So me, Jess, and her daughter, who is 10, I'm meeting for the first time, are out there hiking for the entire day, hours, catching – I caught a – A cottonmouth water moccasin, like blew her mind, you know, catching turtles. Like it was just, we had a fucking blast out there. And I didn't want it to stop. I didn't want it to stop.

So me, Jess, and her daughter, who is 10, I'm meeting for the first time, are out there hiking for the entire day, hours, catching – I caught a – A cottonmouth water moccasin, like blew her mind, you know, catching turtles. Like it was just, we had a fucking blast out there. And I didn't want it to stop. I didn't want it to stop.

So me, Jess, and her daughter, who is 10, I'm meeting for the first time, are out there hiking for the entire day, hours, catching – I caught a – A cottonmouth water moccasin, like blew her mind, you know, catching turtles. Like it was just, we had a fucking blast out there. And I didn't want it to stop. I didn't want it to stop.

I had not been that happy in the company of another human being in as long as I could remember. Like I finally felt the connection with somebody. And this was just as purely as friends. But from that day forward, and that was, I do remember the date. It was April 20th of 2015. Jess and I became inseparable. Wherever I went, she went. Wherever she went, I went.

I had not been that happy in the company of another human being in as long as I could remember. Like I finally felt the connection with somebody. And this was just as purely as friends. But from that day forward, and that was, I do remember the date. It was April 20th of 2015. Jess and I became inseparable. Wherever I went, she went. Wherever she went, I went.

I had not been that happy in the company of another human being in as long as I could remember. Like I finally felt the connection with somebody. And this was just as purely as friends. But from that day forward, and that was, I do remember the date. It was April 20th of 2015. Jess and I became inseparable. Wherever I went, she went. Wherever she went, I went.

And, like, it just, people started calling us the NA Power Couple. We're not even together. I'm still married, you know. But I realized because of the way I felt around her that my biggest fear leaving Erin, will I ever have anybody that I can be comfortable around again? Will anybody put up with me because, well, we've been talking for several hours.

And, like, it just, people started calling us the NA Power Couple. We're not even together. I'm still married, you know. But I realized because of the way I felt around her that my biggest fear leaving Erin, will I ever have anybody that I can be comfortable around again? Will anybody put up with me because, well, we've been talking for several hours.

And, like, it just, people started calling us the NA Power Couple. We're not even together. I'm still married, you know. But I realized because of the way I felt around her that my biggest fear leaving Erin, will I ever have anybody that I can be comfortable around again? Will anybody put up with me because, well, we've been talking for several hours.