Just got engaged. Problem, I still think about the one that got away. October 5, AM Subscribe I just got engaged to an amazing guy. He's funny, smart, interesting, stable, settled in his career, and is going places Snowflake details inside. Three years ago, at age 18, I met B on an editing site, where he was helping me with my college applications. Though we never met in real life, the process of writing about my dreams and why I'd be a good fit for XYZ school, and him editing everything into beautiful prose endeared me to him greatly.
I love how he taught me so much about the English language, about life, and and quickly felt as though I fell in love with him. I was an ugly duckling in high school and he was the first guy who cared enough to help me actualize a lot of my dreams--it sounds silly, but he was nice to me before I "transformed" into a model and landed contracts.
He was literally my only saving grace when I felt like my world was crashing around me and he just made me feel so safe and cared for. It sounds weird, you know, to admire someone so much, but I can't really stop respecting or admiring him. He just really, really, really understood me. I had tears in my eyes when he finished my last essay and answered my last question. It hurt like hell to have to say goodbye that December We ended up running into each other a few times after that--well, more like, he ended up running into me--but we never said anything.
And, the one time I managed to smile at him when I was riding my bike, I got so nervous at the prospect of riding up to him and actually having a conversation with him that I changed my route--and I have never changed my route before. Even though B is shorter than me, barely 4. Nobody has compared to him, now or since. In terms of dating experience, I went on dozens of first dates with guys from school and outside of school, had numerous bad experiences with online dating, and then had a number of ill-fated penpal relationships.
Fed up with my lack of serious prospects, around four months ago, I procured an elite matchmaker to find me a husband. Everything in the relationship was easy, I made sure we hit all the RESPECT compatibility matrix points that were important to me, we have matching blood types and birth orders, our MBTIs are compatible, and he's the most dedicated, wonderful guy anyone could ask for.
