The word on the street was that Carl thought I was cute. I had to investigate. I started coming to the coffee shop he worked at every day of the week (until I figured out that he only worked Tuesday's and Thursday's). After approximately 2-3 weeks of me spending my entire college bank account on some 'single origin' drip coffee that I thought would impress him, he finally asked me out. And then he told me we would get married on our first date? So the rest is history.