I met him in Life of Paul, with Dr. Hand. He was that short guy that I sat next to in Bible class. We didn't talk much, just the occasional "Hi, How are you today" and other casual conversation. Neither of us saw the need for any further development in the relationship at the beginning of that semester. And then, late September, it was time to find a dating outing date. I wanted to go, but couldn't find a guy friend that would be free that weekend and I was starting to freak out a little. Each guy that my friends tried to set me up with ended up having something that weekend and my chances of getting a date were looking slimmer by the day. I decided to take matters into my own hands and decided I would start asking the guys around me in my classes if they were free and would like to go with me. He was the first guy I asked. His response only made more frantic to find a date. His society was also having their dating outing that weekend, and the times were overlapping. I figured he would take it as just a "I need a date to this, help please?" but I had accidentally sparked his interest in pursuing something further than a classroom "Hi" relationship (I did find a date to the outing, just not him). Soon after I missed class due to fatigue from work. He e-mailed me and asked me if I would like the notes since I had missed. I told him that I would really appreciate the notes and left it at that. I missed a couple more times and each time he sent me the notes. We started to e-mail back and forth about just random things. A couple of weeks later he asked me if I would do lunch with him. I figured, "hey, just lunch . . . right?" and tried really hard to convince myself and my friends that it was just lunch. Then he asked me to lunch again and there was no denying that he was interested in more than just casual friends. I started to get nervous. I had decided at the beginning of the year that I would not get into a dating relationship, and that I would just do the casual take-a-friend-to-artist-series thing. (I'll just tell you now, that fell through pretty fast.) After the second lunch he walked me to class and asked me if i would like to go to artist series with him. I said yes. So we went to artist series together and he got me a dozen red roses. I was very surprised and impressed, and I was starting to fall for him. This made me panic just a little. I wasn't looking for a relationship and this was what was beginning to form. Not long after he brought up that it was obvious that there was a mutual interest and asked if we could go out. I told him that while I was interested, I didn't know him well enough and that he would also have to meet and get to know some of my friends. After about two or three weeks (he says it was more like four) on December 10th he asked again, and I said yes. He has helped me draw closer to God, and i hope that i have done the same for him. I believe that he is the man that God wants me to marry. I look forward to our life together, and i pray that God will keep us humble and open to those around us who reach out and want to help.
On another note. I will try to post once a week, for anyone who is wondering. I still haven't set a day to actually consistently post, which may make this harder once classes start up. When i decide a day of the week to post i will mention it in a post. Until next time, Later!
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