The Story of Us

Have y'all read Mrs. Newlywed's post this morning yet?? I'm sure you have because she has a bazillion followers..but I have to say it truly touched me. Read her post for all of the information, but she and her husband are having trouble conceiving and things are not looking super optimistic for this to happen for them in the future. This got me thinking....

-What a fabulous man she has married to support her during this time; how would my husband and I handle a situation like this??

-Getting pregnant is not something that will happen for everyone...will it happen for me?? It's easy to think...okay...we're not ready to have kids right this second...but when we are...we'll try to get pregnant and we will. This is not always the case.

-How long do you wait to have kids...and how do you know when you're ready?? We'll never be financially perfect to have kids...who is? But how will we know when it's the right time for us??

So many unanswered questions! Anyone have the answers??

The one thing I do know is that I married a man who will be with me forever...kids or no kids. He's absolutely incredible...which brings me to the purpose of my post:

The Story of Us

Our story begins with four people...CJ, Robert, Matt, and me.

CJ and I met at Purdue my freshman year. We lived on the same floor and we instantly bonded. CJ left Purdue after one year, but we remained close friends. She lived in Indianapolis (same as me at the time) so we were able to see each other during the summer.

CJ and me at my bachelorette party (is this giving away the ending??)

Now, CJ has a brother, Robert. At the time, Robert was living in Colorado. He rarely came home to visit, and I had actually never met him in the two years I had been friends with CJ. Well, the summer between my sophomore and junior year...Robert came home for one week. And guess who is Robert's very best friend??? Matt! Now I could easily stop here...say we fell in love and the rest is history...but that would be a lie :)

CJ AND her mother had their hopes set on Robert and me getting together. He was a cutie...but he lived in Denver. I wasn't sure about the idea of dating someone long distance...but I was enjoying spending as much time with him as possible. I think I stayed the night at CJ's probably 5 of the 7 nights he was home :)

Robert giving the best man's speech at our wedding...told you he was cute :)

Matt spent just as much time with his friend as I did. Every time I was there, he was there. He was working downtown for the summer (it was the summer after his first year of law school) so he'd stop by after work everyday in his suit and bow tie. Oh...what a big dork I thought he was...but he was so much fun and truly hilarious...one could overlook his outward dorkiness.

The four of us had the most amazing week. I wasn't sure where things would go with Robert when he left, but I was definitely interested in him. But...not only him :) The day before Robert left, Matt and I happened to be leaving to go home at the same time. We talked for awhile outside our cars and he asked me for my number. I was one of those people that never said no when someone asked for their number...so I gave it to him. And then we kissed! I have no idea how it happened or why the heck I did that when I was interested in his best friend...but it did :)

The next day, Robert left (we exchanged numbers as well!), and Matt had already called. To this day I remember what his voicemail said. He said that he had to call because he just couldn't wait another day to talk to me. We ended up hanging out about every night that week because I was going on vacation the next week with my family and then I had to go back to Purdue to work until the end of the summer. When I left, I wasn't really sure what we were...but I knew he was interested. He told me he wanted to be together...but that silly long distance thing was not attractive to me...he was going to law school in Virginia! Yuck...I went back to Purdue unsure.

Matt was not unsure. We joke now about how he held our relationship together...and it's the truth. He just kept calling. I talked to Robert a few times...but it was obvious we were not meant to be. I began to give all of my focus to Matt. He came to visit me a few times before he had to leave for Virginia and we had said our "I love yous" by August.

Now I was stuck with the long distance. For 2 years Matt lived in Virginia and I lived in Indiana. I graduated from Purdue and moved home to Indianapolis for one year to go to grad school. Matt moved to Cleveland to begin working. FINALLY...after I graduated from grad school...I moved to Cleveland to be with Matt. Over 3 years of talking on the phone was enough for me. I was a little afraid we wouldn't be able to talk and be in the same room with each other...but everything worked out swimmingly! And now...the rest is history!