I met Christa through a classmate while attending Sacramento City College. He had insisted upon introducing me to this girl “that thinks you’re really cute” for a week or so and I kept telling him I wasn’t too interested. He took the initiative to show me her instagram, which is when I realized she was the same girl that caught my eye a few times throughout the semester. I agreed to meet her and we stumbled through an awkward conversation that was punctuated by me forgetting what her name was. I walked away thinking it could have gone worse, but not by much. However, after a few more short but pleasant interactions I worked up the courage to ask for her number. I shot her a text a few days later (and spelled her name with a K instead of a Ch) and we planned a date at Leatherby’s which turned out to be even more awkward than our first meeting. We texted intermittently over the summer and interacted a little throughout the next semester. We really hit things off the following semester while taking chemistry together, of all classes.

I met Stuart through one of my friends at SCC! I remember seeing Stu for the first time as he was walking into the library and thought I just had to meet him. But being the introverted-self that I am, it would take many months before we made any progress. One afternoon, my friend and I were studying in the library together when he then got up to use the restroom. On his way there, he stopped to talk to Stu! I did not know they were acquaintances, so when my friend came back to continue studying, I asked (begged) him to introduce us. I did tell my friend to play it cool, and not make it seem like I was super interested. A few days later, my friend asked me to meet him outside of the library because he had a surprise for me. Little did I know that he was waiting outside the library with Stu. Stu and I met, and he immediately forgot my name. I thought this guy was clearly not interested. The next semester, we ended up taking Chemistry together. I got to know him a lot more but it would be years before we started officially dating. Stuart asked me to be his girlfriend on March 28th, 2018 during a Pokémon run. It was a very "us" and joyful moment!