10 years today - I want to share the story of how we met

Today is our 10 year anniversary, we've been together 14 years. We met in College in my best friends dorm room. There were so many other times we almost met, but I guess we needed to wait. We lived in the same town, but went to different middle schools (where he met my cousins). We went to the same high school, but he moved away before sophomore year - 450 in the class, and we never met.

In my junior year of HS my parents sent me on a trip to Europe through a teen traveling program. I begged to go to Australia, but they insisted Europe. In his senior year his parents sent him to Australia in the same program. Had I waited a year, and held my own to go to Australia we would have met ( he was still in our state, and the program was small enough that cohorts were state wide). But we didn't.

My Sophomore year of College, I transferred to our State school. My close friend from HS went there too, she knew him from HS and he lived in her Dorm building. That is where I met him, in her dorm room. He was dating her roommate.

I left to Italy for study abroad the summer after my Sophomore year. I was lonely during the day in Europe and he had trouble sleeping here in the US. Through our mutual friend, we connected on aim earlier but never really talked. But he was online a lot, and was one of the few people available on chat. That summer I found out he was lonely too, he and his gf broke up, and we started really talking. When I came home from abroad we began dating, and have been together since then.

When people asked how we met, I tell them we almost met many times - we had years of missed connections, and we met when we were ready to know each other.

Submitted July 07, 2020 at 11:46PM

Today is our 10 year anniversary, we've been together 14 years. We met in College in my best friends dorm room. There were so many other times we almost met, but I guess we needed to wait. We lived in the same town, but went to different middle schools (where he met my cousins). We went to the same high school, but he moved away before sophomore year - 450 in the class, and we never met.In my junior year of HS my parents sent me on a trip to Europe through a teen traveling program. I begged to go to Australia, but they insisted Europe. In his senior year his parents sent him to Australia in the same program. Had I waited a year, and held my own to go to Australia we would have met ( he was still in our state, and the program was small enough that cohorts were state wide). But we didn't.My Sophomore year of College, I transferred to our State school. My close friend from HS went there too, she knew him from HS and he lived in her Dorm building. That is where I met him, in her dorm room. He was dating her roommate.I left to Italy for study abroad the summer after my Sophomore year. I was lonely during the day in Europe and he had trouble sleeping here in the US. Through our mutual friend, we connected on aim earlier but never really talked. But he was online a lot, and was one of the few people available on chat. That summer I found out he was lonely too, he and his gf broke up, and we started really talking. When I came home from abroad we began dating, and have been together since then.When people asked how we met, I tell them we almost met many times - we had years of missed connections, and we met when we were ready to know each other.