How did you....

I met my DH at an apt complex we lived at. He lived in the front apt and I lived in the back. Same floor. He got home a few seconds before me every day and all I saw for a while was him walking up the stairs. Cute Rear I keep thinking to myself. Then I started watching to see if there was a significant other about. When I noticed there was not I went to his door, knocked and asked him out. He said sure, why not? We've been together ever since. 24 years and counting. One of the things I loved about him from the first? He never, ever judged me for my weight. He accepted me for the person I am inside.

Back when people actually used their Myspace a lot (circa early 2009), I woke up early for work and found I had a message in my inbox from someone I didn't know. All the subject said was "Hey"...I was afraid to open it, since I had just gotten out of a terrible relationship 2 months prior to that, and noticed that since I had set my status to being single, I had all kind of creepy weirdos messaging me. So I checked his profile--turns out he graduated the same year as I did, and lived in my town, but I had no idea who he was. The message only said "You're cute! :happy: "...any time I'd ever gotten those, I ignored them...but something told me to reply to him. So I said "Thanks...do I know you?" Went to work, and I had Internet on my phone, so I got the messages...it was a slow day that day, and I only worked a half day...turns out we did not know each other, he had actually just moved to my town. So since I got off early that day, we decided to meet up and go see a movie. Oh, and, keep in mind: this is the first time I had had a date since that terrible break-up I mentioned earlier, not to mention, the first time I'd ever even gone on a date with someone I didn't know. Needless to say, I was super nervous! :laugh: When I met him, I was surprised--he was exactly my height (never dated anyone under 6' before, another first, lol!), but he gave me a hug immediately and we really clicked. The movie we saw in theaters sucked, so we went back to his house to watch another movie. Then we had another date the next night. And the next night. And the next night. I remember leaving for vacation about a week after we'd met, and he sent me emails and called me and actually waited up until past 2am for me to get home from the airport, just to see me when I got back.

To be honest, no, I did not think he was going to be the next person I started a relationship with. We were "friends with benefits" for over a year before we stated an OFFICIAL relationship. So even though we've technically only labelled ourselves "in a relationship" for about a year and a half, we've been mutually exclusive to just each other for almost 3 years. We'er now what I call "unofficially engaged"...meaning, we're waiting until I graduate to make it "official"...but we have rings already, and we live together, etc. I'm eternally grateful and blessed to have someone this wonderful in my life. Someone who not only understands me as a person, but accepts me for who I am, as well.