How We Met

My brother and sister-in-law were finally getting married after a 3-year engagement.  I had been working a residential job at a local state college all summer and was able to leave for two days to attend the wedding (I was in the wedding party, so it was pretty important that I be there).  The entire day was spent getting ready for the big moment. Joe and my brother are in the National Guard together and went to high school together. They went to a nearby tech school, so even though my brother and him have known each other for years I had never seen him before. During the reception my very drunk brother, and some of Joe’s army friends, thought it would be a good idea to encourage Joe to talk to me. Now this is where I should say that I am incredibly awkward around people (I really don’t understand why he continued to talk to me to be honest). When he came up to me and introduced himself I had no idea what to do. I ended up awkwardly walking away from him at some point (really, I don’t know why he kept trying!). We continued to gravitate towards each other throughout the night, and ended up dancing and talking during most of the reception. He came to the after reception party at my brother’s house, and we were inseparable the rest of the night, that is until I had to go to bed and make sure my inebriated little sister didn’t hurt herself trying to get upstairs. We exchanged numbers, and when I left for work the next morning he promised he would call me. We talked on the phone a lot during my last week of work, and when I was finally home for the summer we went on our first date. We’ve been inseparable ever since. He’s my best friend and I love him more than anyone else in the world. I can’t wait to see what the rest of our lives have in store for us, and I’m thankful everyday that he didn’t give up on this socially awkward human being and took the plunge to say hi.