Our story starts a little before our actual relationship. Mike and I met at a weekend-long event freshman year of college. We were in the same group for the event and became friends on the basis that neither of us wanted to be there. Unbeknownst to me, Mike had a crush on me, but hearing I had another boyfriend at the time led him to never reaching out for the next couple years. Fast forward to senior year when we re-met in the Libby’s basement and our relationship got started. While it was perfect timing as our paths crossed again that Saturday night it wasn’t til I went home to meet his family a few months later that I learned about his crush just 3 years prior. You see I was talking to his sister Kelsee when she asked how we met. When I started to explain how we met freshman year at this event she stopped me: “You’re THAT girl?!” Apparently Mike went home that weekend freshman year saying he fell in love with a girl, but the she had a boyfriend. Now, after almost 10 years since first meeting and close to 8 years of being together, we’re planning our wedding. 😊