GUEST POST: Megan + Whitney, from "What Wegan Did Next"

Hello! It’s Megan from What Wegan Did Next here. We are very pleased to be guest blogging for the lovely Lacey whilst her poor little elbow is on the mend (bless you sweetie!)

Our blog details the life of ‘Wegan’, AKA Megan and Whitney. We are a lipstick lesbian (feminine) couple that have been doing long distance for over 3 years! The majority of our relationship has been spent with Whitney living in Hawaii, and Megan in the UK. So I bet you’re wondering how Wegan came about! We first met online for a few years (thank you Myspace & Facebook!) and met in person when Whitney came over to the UK to study abroad. We had never admitted to liking each other online but two weeks later on 5th October 2008 we were officially girlfriend & girlfriend <3 For the next few months we saw each other in Cardiff & London (with a trip to Paris as well) until it was time for Whit to sadly move back to Hawaii to finish her degree. We have been doing LONG distance ever since. Video of our younger days:

Megan moved out to Hawaii in March 2011 until Whitney graduated in May 2011.

Megan went down on one knee and proposed to Whitney on their favourite beach in Hawaii (click here to read all). They had planned to return to the UK together, however Whitney's visa was sadly unsuccessful. Whitney is now in South Carolina and we are in the process of appealing the decision and moving onto Plan B- so watch this space!

Megan is currently visiting Whitney in South Carolina, but is leaving at the end of November and this will be the first time they wont see each other over the Christmas/ New Years holiday period. 2012 will FINALLY be the year for Wegan when we will hopefully get Whitney over to the UK and truly begin our lives. We plan on one day having a beautiful home, marriage, cats, kids & life together. Now, doing long distance is hard enough, but you also forget that there are quite a few cultural differences between English & American people. Being together has enabled us to learn a lot about each others countries, and often calls us to question certain sayings or types of foods we are eating. For E.G. when Whitney asks ‘what’s up?’, Megan replied ‘the ceiling’.. When Megan asks Whitney ‘Are you ok? You alright?’ it means the same thing as ‘What’s up?’ but it makes Whitney feel like I’m questioning how she truly feels haha. Food wise, Whitney thinks its strange that we have a thing called a ‘Chip Butty’- where you put chips (fries) between two slices of white bread with ketchup. It is delicious! & I find it strange that American’s add crackers to their soup. Or have a peanut butter sandwich with it. Say whaaat?! Haha. They are ultimately many funny littler differences between us, but it keeps life interesting!

Whitney & Lacey actually know each other from real life when they attended the same school when they were younger, awww! They haven’t seen each other for years. However the last time I was returning from South Carolina and heading back to London, I had a stop in New York. Lacey very kindly offered to pick me up and transfer me from one airport to another. It was great to meet her, and to briefly see a bit of New York- and yellow cabs!! We hope to meet up with Lacey one day soon and catch up properly. Thanks for having us Lacey!