Celebrate our wedding

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So, this has some moving parts. I actually first met Misty when I was the HR guy assigned to her department. Her manager introduced us and I thought to myself "wow, she's hot but way out of my league". She also seemed completely disinterested in meeting her new HR Rep so I went on my merry way. Flash forward to a HR event where I was passing out polo shirts and Misty asked me for a XXXL shirt and I (not being in a great mood) asked her what her size really was. Not the best second encounter. Flash forward again to when I had plans to go out for beers with my friend Jason. Twenty minutes before we left he told me he invited two girls to come with us. When he told me he invited Misty my comment was "is that the hot girl from Global Procurement?" It was. That night was the night I met my wife. I knew it too. Misty and I hit it off that night over beers and after two awkward Sundays watching Game of Thrones together (she wanted me to make a move but I lacked the courage) I finally asked her on a date (in my cowardice, it was over text). She said yes and after a gourmet dinner (Chili's) and a romantic movie ("Atomic Blonde") I kissed my soon to be wife and fell in love in that moment.

We met a few times at work. Matt seemed quiet and grumpy. (He is not quiet). We met again at dinner with friends. We talked the entire dinner about different things. We had so much in common and I thought he was hot so I mentioned that I had two tickets to a Lonestar concert and needed someone to go with. He said – That sucks. I’m sure there will be other Marathon people there if you go. I mentioned the tickets again the next day and got a similar response ugh! The following week at work, I made up nonsense reasons for Matt to come to my office. I eventually invited him to watch Game of Thrones at my house. He agreed, but sat on the other side of the couch. Ahh!!! We watched Game of Thrones twice and both times I had to slowly move closer to him. After asking him to the concert twice and inviting him over to watch TV I didn’t want to ask him out. Finally after two weeks of GoT he asked me out in a text message. <3

100-Million% it is our third date. It may seem a little odd that our third date was an overnight camping trip but Misty and I are odd so it's pretty apropos. We left early on Saturday, stopping to get snacks at the gas station and ventured on to Fayetteville, WV. Misty and her friend Stephanie were running a 5k and since I typically don't run unless something is chasing me, I decided to be a spectator. Stephanie was the first friend of Misty's (outside of work) that I met so I was super nervous. When the two of them disappeared pre-5k I was nervous. I was 100% the topic of conversation. When they returned the race began and I was there (beer in hand) to cheer them on. At the end of the race I took picture of the muddy duo (it was a mud-run after all) and chuckled a bit internally at the fact that the water at the resort had been shutoff so they didn't have a way to wash off. I was in a good mood after all - Stephanie couldn't have been nicer to me which meant one thing - she had given Misty her seal of approval. Stephanie left and Misty and I went to set up the tent. We spent the rest of the afternoon cuddling in the tent and snacking on our gas station snacks. We then went to dinner and listened to the music at the lodge. We held hands the whole time and neither one of us could stop smiling. When we returned to the tent we played one-on-one "Cards Against Humanity". Yeah, that's weird but so are we. She won (barely) and we proved to each other that we were one messed up, match made in heaven. That night was spent under the stars and it wasn't just a few days later that I told her I loved her. I knew already but if there was any question, that camping trip confirmed what I knew in my heart - this was the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.

My favorite date (that isn't camping because Matt stole my date) is when we drove to Pittsburgh to meet his family. Things were going great with us so far. We were in love and getting to know each other better. The trip to Pittsburgh was full of terrible singing, bad dancing and non-stop talking. Also Matt was there (probably questioning all of his life choices that resulted in him being in the car with me for 4 hours). We played the cow game, we talked about our future and what we wanted out of life. We stopped at a rest stop and I made him walk up the walking trail so I could take pretty yoga pictures on a picnic table. He did it without complaining because he is the best. He also learned during this trip how horrible my sense of direction is. Every time we stopped for snack, or bathroom breaks I got turned around and lost. The trip seemed to fly by and we had such a great time.