How Did You Meet?

This should be fun! How did we meet? Well let's see if I can sum this up and not confuse anyone!

This is him and his mother! He's a family man!

It was the Summer of 2003 and I was working at the YMCA. Paul would come in and work out with his guy friends and he would say hello and for a while that was it. One evening while I was working I couldn't leave work but it was time for me to take a dinner break. Paul was standing there, so I asked him if he would mind going to pick up my dinner that I called in from an Italian Restaurant. Of course, his response was, "Well you can buy me dinner too since I'm picking yours up." So, I bought his dinner that evening. We ate dinner during my dinner break together at work and just chatted and got to know each other a little bit. After dinner a little time passed and we would just casually talk when he would come in and work out. I wouldn't say that I "stalked" him while he was working out but I always knew where he was in the building. He started taking a life guarding class there and on the last night of class, he asked me to write a note to the pool supervisor asking for her to give him a call to talk about a job. Then, he threw in there while I was writing the note, "Oh yeah and I want you to have my number too!!" Of course I was smiling inside, but I had to pretend like I wasn't interested even though I was interested...somewhat.



As more time passed, he asked me why I never called him since he gave me his number. I didn't have a response really. I honestly thought he was too young. He had just turned 19 and I was getting ready to turn 23 that October. So, finally I called him and we made plans to go out. But this wasn't your average date, it was to go play Frisbee golf at 8:00am. Which I wasn't really into, but I thought that since he asked me I would give it a try. Well...not so much...I stood him up. I didn't show up and I didn't answer the phone when he called me to find out where I was either! We tried it again for the same place and same time about a week later and I stood him up again. I still to this day do not know why I stood him up but I did that for a good month. Finally, one night we had a good conversation over the phone when I left work that I decided that I really was more interested in Paul than what I thought. Little did I know that he was about to give up on me. I called him to really set up a date and show up and he didn't answer. He didn't answer because he was out with a girl...at the time I thought it was a date (and to this day I tell people he was on a date) but they were just friends. So, he called me back and we set a date for lunch before I had to go to work! Then I knew that I had to show up since I had to work right after and I wanted to give it a shot.

So, we went to lunch before I had to work and at lunch I knew that there was something about him that I really liked and that I was going to really see how far this could go. Time passed and we both really enjoyed spending time together and we got really close and became not only a couple but we became each others best friend! I know how cheesy, but it's true. He's my best friend. Before I knew it we had survived our first year of being together as a couple! We overcame a lot. Our age difference was an issue for some people. People thought I was too old and that I wanted to be in a rush to have children and that I wanted to be married right away. Little did they know, I didn't want to rush to be married and I was in no rush to have children!

About 5 and a half years passed and one summer morning at his family's house at Lake Gaston he was acting really strange. He dropped his breakfast that he just fixed all over the floor. I asked him what was wrong and he said nothing...so I didn't think anything of it. I had no clue what was about to happen! After breakfast, he asked if I would help him put our stuff in the car because we were getting ready to leave and go on vacation. I didn't really want to help him, after all it was one bag and all he had to do was put it in the car when we were leaving. I had no clue he was about to propose! So after a little fuss, I decided that I would go outside and help throw the one bag in the car (to this day I still joke about the bag). As I threw the bag in the car and got ready to walk back, he called me again back to the car. I got back and he came over beside me and said some really sweet stuff (I'll keep that private...between us :) ) and he proposed!

We got married August 8, 2009!

So, that's how I met my wonderful husband and our little story of us! Thanks for listening!!!