So i never posted how DH and I met. It's an interesting and long story!!
I left college after my Sophmore year to go work for a cruise line in the Children's Dept. (No, not DCL, they weren't around back then.) I stayed there for 2 years, learning more about myself, and other people, than i could have possibly imagined. It was such a life changing experience.
In a good way!! I did some serious growing up on that ship, and it has totally shaped who i am as a person now. Anyway, after i left the ship, i had no money
and had to move back in with my parents! YEAH, that didn't last too long. I got a job at a
Travel Agency in town and moved out within 2 months. I had a roommate, but still wasn't making enought to pay all my bills. I still had student loans to pay, and rent, a car payment, and lots of cc bills.
So i had to get another job. But i already had a regular M-F 8-5 job, so what exactly could I do?? I certainly didn't want to flip burgers for $6/hr, i did that in high school, and i wanted a bit more money (had to start saving up for my Disney Vacations!
) So i got a job in a bar
Joe was the 1st person I saw in the bar.
January 27, 1999 And funny, he was a bit of a jerk to me!!
Really, he wasn't a nice person. We didn't speak again for about another month, during which time i started dating the manager of the bar (Yeah, i know. All sorts of no-no's in this story
) Well, slowly Joe and I started talking during work, (yeah he was a regular) and after about 3 weeks of talking, he finally got up the courage to ask me out.
He was so nervous about it, I just had to say yes. It was too cute.
March 10, 1999 So I met him at Olive Garden (was smart enought not to tell him wear i lived.
). Truthfully, i can't remember how the date went. But he says it wasn't that great.
But at the end, i asked him when we would go out again. I had fun, he was easy to talk to. So we made plans for a movie later in the week. The next day he sent me flowers to work.!
(he doesn't do that anymore
)
But then he found out i was also seeing the manager guy. He didn't like that. Whatever!! Like after just 1 date it's supposed to be totally exclusive and whatever! Gosh, i didn't even kiss him (dh that is). So then we were back to not talking again.
I don't think we had another date at all. Finally around the end of March, i wanted to buy a new car, and Joe is an automotive technician. Trying to make up with him, i asked him to go car shopping with me. Well he was still mad at me, but he went anyway. He was no help at all, and I picked out the cutest most adorable little car ever!!! It was a Suzuki X-90
(not my car - stock photo)
DH hated it, he called it a roller skate!
(this bites him in the butt later)
Anyway, during this time that Joe and I are not speaking to each other, things with Manager guy are getting a little weird. He's older than I was at the time, and was looking to settle down. I didn't really want to. So on
April 4, 1999 (Easter Sunday) we got into a huge fight and broke up. Even thought i did the breaking up, I was still upset about it. So what did I do?? I called Joe very upset, and he came over to make sure I was ok. He never left.
Seriously.
We went out for pizza and a movie that night (sunday), and he stayed the night.
the next night, Monday, we went bar hopping with my roommate, and stayed the night again.
Friday he asked me to marry him!
I know what you're thinking!! It is insane, and crazy. And totally cliche, but "you'll know when you find him".
Now came the hard part! I had to introduce my Fiance to my parents!
And the worst part, it's not like we were in a different state!! My parents lived 5 minutes away from me.
So yeah, hey mom, how's it going, Easter dinner was great last week, by the way, meet my fiance. Didn't go over very well. But they came around, and now my entire family just loves him.
