Brian and I met at Penn State in the very beginning of our Junior year. We were twenty years old and did not know we had just met the person we would spend the rest of our lives with. Brian and I have somewhat different memories of our first date. I remember seeing him cross College Avenue and he was like nothing I had ever seen before. His hair was dyed some odd combination of blonde and red, had an earring, and was wearing a hooded vest on an unseasonably warm day. Brian remembers that I didn't offer to pay after we finished our meal. Nevertheless, our love lasted through every setback and triumph.