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:
Great story! That is a long time to wait, but I think it's great - meant you were both sure! :)
14 years is a hell of a courtship. Glad you both sorted it out (eventually).
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mood
Moody Writing
What a sweet story. It sounds like you were both worth waiting for. Julie
oh my, what a sweet story :) Thank you for sharing this! :)
Nice to meet you through the challenge :) I hope to see you around!
Fourteen years? Wow. Sweet story.
Nice story, long courtship! Thanks for sharing.
Monti
http://marymontaguesikes.blogspot.com/
Oh I love those how we met stories.
You must suit each other if you waited 14 years. ;0)
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.
aww what a sweet6 and sassy story- making him wait- LOL great post
that is a rather wonderful story, quite sweet
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!
What a wonderful post - loved reading about how you and your husband met and started going out.
Sweet :)
Sweet (and salty) how-we-met story. :)
Fourteen years? That's admirable. Great story!
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