My Love Story: What Happened to Him? {chapter 3}

This is the story of how my crush became my husband.  Each Wednesday I’m sharing another piece of the puzzle.  Need to catch up?  Here is last week’s post: IHOP.

One night I walked into the main lounge of my all girls dorm to find Nate sitting at a table reading the newspaper.

I freaked out.

I freaked out in a silly school girl crush kind of way.

Immediately I ran back to my room and announced with much giddiness to my roommate that, “NATE IS IN THE LOUNGE!!!!!!”

So what is a silly freshman girl suppose to do when her crush is sitting in her lounge?

Talk to him?  No, no…  That would make way too much sense.

Instead I had my roommate pretend to take a picture of me, but really take it of Nate sitting in the background.

Totally childish.  Completely a junior-high type of prank.

But I don’t care.  I love this picture, even in all it’s blurry glory.

It is a fabulous display of just how much I was crushin’ on my man way before we ever said “I do.”

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Recap: During My freshman year of college is when I was introduced to my husband-to-be.  I climbed through Nate’s window.  We shared a speech class.  We shared an awkward and hilarious picture (above).  We shared false information that neither of us was interested.

Fast forward a whole year and we found ourselves gathered in the same room once again.  This time I was a junior, Nate a senior, and we were meeting just before the start of school to begin our freshman orientation training.  We both signed up to come to school a week early and help the freshman with their transition into college.

I am going to be completely honest here…

When I realized that Nate was in the training room with me, I did a double take, and thought, “What happened to him???”  I hadn’t even recognized him at first.

Nate had spent my entire sophomore year of college studying and working in Washington D.C. as part of our college’s cross-cultural program.  He did not look like the same guy I had started crushing on in my freshman speech class!  His hair was long.  He was wearing hemp necklaces.  His ears were pierced.  He was hot.

Yep.  I loved it.

In high school I had pictures of a long-haired Johnny Depp in my locker.  That look worked for me.  😉

Nate and I were partnered together for a brainstorming session during our first day of training.  We re-introduced ourselves to each other and that was all it took to reignite my interest.

It seemed like I saw Nate everywhere on campus during that first month of school.  Trust me, I was not complaining.  I looked forward to every interaction.  This was one serious crush, folks.

Once I remember Nate walking me to my dorm and as soon as he walked away, I collapsed against the wall.  There wasn’t a medical concern.  I wasn’t tired.  Nate was just that dreamy.  I almost couldn’t stand it.  Literally.

Yet, I was constantly wondering if I was something special to him or if this was how he treated everyone.  It didn’t take long before I got my answer and I was devastated.

Tell me your love story!  Were you seriously crushing on your spouse or did he/she have to win you over?

Read Chapter 4: Not Interested.

Top Image by Amanda Faye Photography