Yes, my husband and I will have our 5th anniversary in March 2009. (We'll be spending it
here.)
The story of how we met is
here.
Some elaboration on the story (read the story first):
I always thought my parents were insane for getting married within 6 months of dating. I thought it was way too fast to know that the other person was "the right one".
Then, I start really talking to this guy over the internet and phone in mid-August and met him for the first time in early September. I went alone and didn't tell anyone where I was going to meet this stranger. (We went to Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom because it was halfway between us. He lived 5.5 hours away.) It was a stupid thing to do in retrospect, but I was an adult (27), so I wasn't as worried about it as I should have been. (Don't follow my example, kiddies.) Anyway...
It was an overnight stay - we stayed together at a hotel. On the second night, we were watching something on TV, and a commercial came on. I don't remember what the commercial was even for. I just remember it was a man and a woman doing lots of little 'dating' things, and then one turns to the other and says, "Don't you wish we could just skip all that and go straight to the honeymoon?"
I turned and looked at him and said, "Please tell me you didn't just have the same thought that I had?" to which he replied with an 'innocent whistle' (meaning he had.) We knew that weekend that we met in person that we wanted to be together. We didn't actually get engaged for another 2 months though. (It was the next time that we could see each other in person, IIRC.)
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If you've ever thought or said "Nice Guys finish last" and
really meant it, then you should probably
read this LJ post by DivaLion. It's incredibly insightful whether you're male or female.
From a bumper sticker I like:
"If you're gonna ride my ass, at least pull my hair."
