MUSHY ALERT
Today is mine and the boyfriend's TWO YEAR anniversary! I can't believe it's been two years. It feels like so much longer- a lifetime even. Two years ago today we went on our first date. Jake called me to see if I would like to go see Frost/Nixon with him, because we had talked about wanting to see it in the class we had together. I was SO nervous. I mean, I was just freaking out. I needed some sort of sedation. It had been so long since I had gone on a date, especially with a guy that I really liked. We went to the movie theater and we were the only ones in there. It seems unbelievable but it's all the truth. We didn't even watch the movie. We talked the entire time. It was the best first date of all time. The best part? We made each other laugh.
Since then, we have been through just about everything together. We have been happy together, sad together, grieving together, excited together, anxious together, scared together... and just about everything in between. Now, I'm not trying to say that we have the perfect relationship because there is no such thing. We fight, just like every couple. What's different about us is that we learn from our mistakes, make constructive changes, and most importantly, we have grown together.
The past two years have been some of the most important years of my life. Jake has made my life better, he has enhanced my life, he has made me a happier person- just like a relationship should be. A wonderful supplement to an already gifted life.
Every day I am amazed by how lucky Jake and I have been. It is amazing to me how we were brought together... by angels. We had a class together freshman year. I noticed him, but he didn't notice me. He always spoke in class and he intrigued me. I asked a friend about him at a fraternity party one night. Then we had yet another class together. He sat next to me. After a few weeks in the class, I asked him if he had gone to the date party the night before. He had. Yes, it's true. I spoke to him first. After talking in class for a few weeks, he started walking me to my next class. He explains this saying, "I felt a magnetic pull to you. I needed to be with you. So I walked with you."
One night we were at the same restaurant for two different birthday parties. Susan's boyfriend was in the same fraternity and I told her about my very small crush. She told her boyfriend. Her boyfriend told Jake. "Don't mess this up, man," he said. We talked but we were going to two different bars that night. I ended up going to the same bar as him because my friends and I didn't want to pay a cover (typical). We talked all night long. He bought me all my drinks and only left my side to go to the bathroom. He had me. After I went home, he sent me a text, I'll never forget it, "You looked spectacular tonight in the red." How could I resist?
The next day he skipped class. I was so nervous he didn't want to see me! But then he called. He was "so hungover" and wanted to know what we had done in class. He asked me if I was going to the field party on Saturday. I said I was. "I'll see you there," he said.
We spent the whole day together, playing a game of witty banter. He poured a beer on my head and I couldn't help but laugh. He helped my drunk friend find her way home. What a guy, he was/is/will be forevermore.
That Sunday he asked me on the date. I am the luckiest girl in the whole world. I have never been so happy in my life. I am so in love with him on so many levels. We understand one another without having to speak. We were brought together by an angel. Susan knew we were supposed to be together. She was right.
Two years and counting...
