This is how our story goes.
Brian and I went to Jr. High and High school together.
We never hung out really during those formative years.
We graduated.
10 years passed.
We took completely different paths in life
We never saw each other nor did we ever even think about each other.
December 2009
I moved to Venice.
Our mutual high school friend Alex was in town from Italy for the holidays.
Alex and I made plans for drinks.
She invited Brian.
Brian who? Oh yeah Brian from High school.
The three of us had drinks.
Brian and I happened to be neighbors.
How funny.
Brian happened to be getting out of a long-term relationship
That always sucks
I happened to be in a crap place in my life
That always sucks too
We left saying we would try to grab a drink again..considering we were neighbors and all
We never did.
months passed.
We finally made a plan.
We can’t remember who initiated it.
We both went into that night thinking it was friendly
About 1/2 hour in we BOTH realized we were on a totally awkward first date with someone we went to Jr High with.
He knew me with braces
We had several more incredibly awkward dates
Actually awkward months
We are both terribly awkward people
then we fell in love.
Who would have thought?
Timing is everything.
{what Brian wrote in my yearbook in 9th grade}
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this is my fave! Love this so much.
Did he send you a note during your awkward dating period that said,
Do you like me? Please check one. ___Yes ___No
Ha! That would that made the story even better!
Love it! Mike and I went through that awkward phase early on, too. We like to refer to it as: “He’s-My-Boss-and-We-Probably-Shouldn’t-Date-but-Oh-Well.”