Wednesday, April 06, 2011

A-Z: Eugene

Who else could I use for the letter "E" but Eugene, my husband?

I met Eugene when we were college sophomores. I knew his roommate through chemistry class, and through him I met Eugene and several other college friends I still keep in touch with. I'd go to their dorm for late-night card games, and Eugene would walk me back home. We used to have three-hour phone conversations; good thing dorm-to-dorm calls were free. He got the nickname "eugenol" from a chemical found in cloves. One time, to get back at him for not responding to my puns, I hid cloves everywhere in his dorm room. He saved some of them and put them on my birthday cake.

Less than a week after that, after talking in the dorm hallway all night, Eugene asked me to go out with him. I gave him a definite "maybe."

It took another fourteen years, many of them long-distance, before Eugene proposed to me. (It was at Cloudgate, or "The Bean" in Chicago, after we'd seen Spamalot and had dinner at the Berghoff.) I made him wait for his answer, and it was a pretty definite one. ;)

We joke sometimes that no one else would have taken either of us, but that's OK. I think we suit each other just fine.

16 comments:

Trisha said...

Great story! That is a long time to wait, but I think it's great - meant you were both sure! :)

mooderino said...

14 years is a hell of a courtship. Glad you both sorted it out (eventually).
regards
mood
Moody Writing

Empty Nest Insider said...

What a sweet story. It sounds like you were both worth waiting for. Julie

Barbara said...

oh my, what a sweet story :) Thank you for sharing this! :)
Nice to meet you through the challenge :) I hope to see you around!

Luanne G. Smith said...

Fourteen years? Wow. Sweet story.

Notes Along the Way with Mary Montague Sikes said...

Nice story, long courtship! Thanks for sharing.

Monti
http://marymontaguesikes.blogspot.com/

Ann said...

Oh I love those how we met stories.

Mary@GigglesandGuns said...

You must suit each other if you waited 14 years. ;0)

Unknown said...

That is an awesome story. You're probably right though; you two were meant to be together, which is why the universe made sure you were both available at the same time :)

Thanks for sharing this, Sandra.

Summer Ross said...

aww what a sweet6 and sassy story- making him wait- LOL great post

Samuel said...

that is a rather wonderful story, quite sweet

Unknown said...

Fellow A to Z'er stopping by to say hello. I thought it took my husband a long time to propose (5 yrs), but yours was way longer!

Belle Wong said...

What a wonderful post - loved reading about how you and your husband met and started going out.

Cindy said...

Sweet :)

Tamara McRill said...

Sweet (and salty) how-we-met story. :)

Ash said...

Fourteen years? That's admirable. Great story!

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