I have been married for 18 years to my best friend's brother!
When I was a sophomore in high school, I noticed this cute guy who helped the one and only handicapped student in a wheelchair get back and forth to class. My sister had a class with him (Seniors) and I frequently followed her to class just to get a peek. One day, my friend Cherie was talking to HIM at lunch, and I got really jealous because I thought she was moving in on my secret crush. I asked her, "who was that guy you were talking to?" as non-chalantly as I could. She said, "oh, it's just my brother, Mike..I needed money for lunch". She later told me that she sometimes didn't know who her true friends were because girls would make friends with her to meet her brother. I never told her that I had a crush on him because I wanted to be a true friend. After high school, he was engaged to be married...I always felt sick when I thought about it and whenever Cherie would bring it up. He ended up breaking off his engagement, and Cherie called me with the news. I told her, "well, if he just wants to go out and have fun-I would go out with him!" several months later I was at Cherie's hanging out and he was there. We talked for hours that day and hit it off. We started dating and have never looked back since. We were married only 5 months after our first date and still very much in love after 18 years. He is the most wonderful man in the world and I think I just knew he was the one for me, even as a young girl with a crush! |