Heather,

It was actually pretty funny - I wasn't using the dating service because I wanted to date - I just wanted to see what kind of goobers were putting themselves out for sale on the 'net, so to speak. It was 5am, I was up early doing some physiology homework (this was the fall semester of my senior year in college - we've been together for a year and a half now) and so I said the hell with the homework - I'll procrastinate.

Well, I searched in the general area around the university and up came this other guy (judging by his profile, he was doing it out of procrastination as well) who was at a nearby university. His musical tastes were right along mine (old school punk and all good rock) so I emailed him to say "hey, someone who actually knows what punk is and doesn't confuse it with Good Charlotte! Huzzah!" Also, he was insanely handsome. Think tall, short spiky blond hair, huge bright blue eyes and a giant grin...mmm....ok, back to the point.

I kinda forgot about it, went to class, and thought no more about it until 4 days later when someone emailed me back who's name I didn't recognize. We traded emails for a bit, he called me about a week later, we bs'd for 4 hours and then decided to meet at a small show at a popular coffee shop in the area.

Definitely love at first sight - we couldn't stop talking and laughing at all and we've been absolutely inseparable since that day - he really is my best friend. We are getting married in just about a year, so the planning is just now starting to get into full swing and lord does it have me busy already!

I'm so incredibly happy, though - I love him more and more every day (even when he's sick, cranky and demanding - he's kind of adorable when he's got the sniffles). I can definitely see us on rocking chairs with our shotguns yelling at whippersnappers in 60 years.

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some of it's magic
some of it's tragic
but i had a good life all the way......
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