Ryan and I met as either freshman or sophomores at Cook College (part of Rutgers University), but sadly it was not love at first sight. I thought he was a jerk, and who knows if he even remembered my name! We had the same group of friends though, so we kept bumping into each other, but it wasn't until we both worked the same shift at the campus recreation center as facility managers junior year that we became friends. By that time, our circle of friends had become much tighter, and it was only natural that we began to spend more time together.
Much flirting went on senior year (both in and out of the recreation center), but it wasn't until the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Conference in Albuquerque, NM that something must have clicked on Ryan's end (I was already head over heels for him!) and we spent the week sneaking off to grab a beer alone and just talk.
To tell you the honest truth, I didn't think the magic would last once we were back in New Brunswick. I was happily surprised when we got back to campus though! As we unloaded the car from the trip back from the airport, Ryan looked at me and winked, and as we walked back to our apartments (our on-campus apartments faced each other across a courtyard), Ryan turned and yelled "Hey, whats for dinner?" Fifteen minutes later we were at the dining hall, a week later our friends were taking bets on when we'd become an official couple, and a month later he decided to spend the summer living in an apartment with me and my roommates. So far
we've survived a year apart at grad school, a six month stint living together in Indiana, and a cross-county move to Baltimore.
And we couldn't be happier:
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