Our "First" Date

When I meet my husband, I was madly in love with someone else. I only went on the date as a courtesy to my mom. She meet Grant at Joe's birthday party and feel in love with him.

Even though I wasn't interested in a date, I still wanted to look good. While I was perfecting myself, everyone was waiting for me at my brother's apartment. Grant didn't want to miss the first part of the Rattler's game where the buffalo runs out. My brother said, "Sorry, dude. We have to wait for my little sister." My brother never told Grant it was a date. Grant still doesn't consider that our first date. In retrospect, that was a great idea.

Anyway, I liked Grant. He was goofy with a lot of confidence. He reeked of "good guy", so I just wanted to be his friend. At EFY, I was told not to kiss on the first date, but you can hug anyone. So at the end of the date, I asked for a hug. This got him hooked. He later recalled, "Wow, Joe's little sister likes me."

I soon left for summer school in Costa Rica. As soon as I returned, he didn't stop calling. It was so easy to fall in love with him. A couple months later, he secretly bought a ring. We got engaged on Thanksgiving, about 4 months after we started dating.

Since I still needed to finish my senior year of college in Wisconsin, we had to endure a long distance relationship. It was all worth it now. Three weeks after graduating, we got married.