how we met

Well for those of you who don't know how Alex and I "met" I thought I would tell the story!

I have known Alex for as long as I can remember because his parents and my mom shop at Sysco together. I also knew his sister who tried to strangle me in kindergarden. But him and I did not really know each other in our teen years. I used to date one of his friends when I was 17, 18, and 19. Alex was my absolute least favorite of my boyfriends friends. I hated going to hang out with Alex and I couldn't stand when my boyfriend would hang out with him. Alex was a bad influence (haha). One day I reluctently went to his house and it was freezing cold. We were all standing outside and Alex offered me his huge gothic black leather coat. It was love. HAHA just kidding. But it definitely struck me as sweet and I decided he wasn't so bad after all.

A few years later, Jessica, my ex, and I went over to Alex's house to hang out. I was trying to hook Jessica and Alex up because I thought Alex was kind of, sort of, cute and thought they would be nice together. We all watched a movie and then drank a few beers. Then we decided to play some poker. A game or two later we thought HEY lets play strip poker. So we did and of course we all ended up in our underwear. Then if that wasn't enough, we decided to play spin the bottle.

Here we are 19 and this is my first time playing spin the bottle. It was almost romantic, the fireplace was going, candles were lit, we were all semi-nakie. So first I had to kiss my boyfriend at the time, then Jessica had to kiss Alex, then I kissed Alex and it nearly turned into a 5 minute make-out session right in front of my boyfriend. As soon as our lips touched I knew we would be together at some point.

A few months later him and I began seeing each other here and there. We would see each other for 2 weeks straight and then he wouldn't talk to me for a month. He definitely played a serious game of hard to get. We had such good chemistry and had so much fun together that I could not figure out why he was so off and on. I was so heartbroken that entire summer. I made some of the worst decisions of my life that summer and was hell on heels basically.

Finally it was the end of the summer and my roomate was gone for the week. I was at work bitching about how Alex had broke my heart and Diane said, "Jamie call him up and ask him to dinner". So I thought oh why the hell not. I had nothing else to lose. I asked him over and that night he told me he loved me. I really felt like Diane put a spell on him and my dreams had come true :] We became official shortly thereafter.

So it is almost 3 years since that all took place. I don't know where time goes but I am very thankful to have him in my life. He has taught me so much about life and I feel like for the first time I truly know what it is to love and be loved.