#howwemet

How I Met My Girlfriend (Part 1)

Yes, my online dating profile really was like that IRL... I know, it's a miracle that my girlfriend still took a chance on liking me :P

***Sorry for the non-personal photos, still deciding if I want to post those on here or not***

I absolutely ADORE this photo! It perfectly describes me and my husband (and also a major fan of Gajevy!!!) I am forever a bookworm and my husband works for his family constantly so he is always up for a power nap! He is the sweetest person I have ever met while still being a complete butthead!! 

I love telling our story to people because it always reminds me how incredibly lucky I am. You see, our story actually starts with our parents! Both of our moms are Filipino and were born and raised in the Philippines. So I’m pretty sure by now you have guessed that both of our fathers were in the military, the Marine Corps to be exact! My dad was stationed in Okinawa Japan and he met my mom at a restaurant she was working as a waitress through a family friend (who my sister and I consider out uncle! #forevergrateful) and long story short they ended up getting married **however their story is for another post... cause it’s literally a movie** Anyhow, both of our parents ended up meeting each other in Jacksonville, North Carolina! Seeing how our moms were Filipino they were instantly friends! Funny note: me and my husband and both of our sisters were all born in the same hospital! After that, my family moved from NC to FL to Okinawa and then back to NC. During all of that time we kept in touch with each other. My sister and I viewed my husband and his sister as cousins! However, since me and my hubby were only less than a year apart we were always told how we would end up getting married *foreshadowing anyone?* but we always pushed it off. Besides, I was always closer to his sister than him. Especially since we’ve been in NC they moved to the same street as us and lived FIVE houses down! Yea, they saw a lot of me. Honestly, it wasn’t until a couple years ago until I actually started seeing him differently. And of course, it took him having his heartbroken by a girl for me to start feeling differently. Annnd me being the weirdo I am, tried to match him up with a friend and THANKFULLY it didn’t work out! Not that she’s not amazing, but I was able to go on our fun quirky little dates afterwards thanks to that. It’s funny how everything works out.

How I Met My Girlfriend (Part 2)

After a few weeks of endless messaging/texting, Poppy and I finally met in person!

Lets start our first story about how my husband and I met. 

There's a little backstory that will be for a later time but for now lets just focus on the great things.

Once upon a time, there was a lady who was going through an annoying divorce. She was having no luck with these so called men who were perusing her. 

She had been transferred to a store an hour away from home (on a good day.... two hours on a bad day) it was a long drive. She didn’t know the area, she didn’t know anyone there. She went to work, did her thing and went home. 

One of her daily tasks was to bring the deposit to the bank. One of her first days at this new store, she and the manager she was replacing went to the bank together. He was showing her where it was and introducing her to the teller. Upon arriving at the bank, she was greeted by this tall handsome blond man. They started talking and after getting to know each other, he found out she lived an incredible distance from work. He had to ask “why would you work at a store so far away?” She explained “stores in this area are how you get promoted and this is what I need to do, to further my career” Rudely, the teller said “THIS is your career??” From then on, she didn’t like him much. 

As time progressed, she had gotten to know him and realized he wasn’t such a bad guy. Her superior started joking that he was sending her to the bank daily to “get them together” She laughed it off because all the employees were trying to set her up with all the cute cops who entered the store.

After a couple months of them harmlessly flirting, she walked into the office just after her boss got off the phone with the teller at the bank and said “I called in a change order... and I told him I was trying to set you guys up”

Her gut was in her throat, her jaw dropped to the floor, she was speechless!

She went into the bank, not knowing what she was going to say so she played it cool like she didn’t know. Good thing he knew what he was doing. “so your coworkers are trying to set you up huh?” She immediately blushed “yeah... they’ve been trying to set me up with cops that come in the store” 

How stupid could she be!? Why would she tell him that! Oh well, it didn’t stop him. He slid the bank receipt over with his business card and his cell phone number written on the back. She had the biggest smile on her face as she took the card and walked out.

When she got back to the store, she waited until lunch and sent him a text. They started to get to know each other and he was upfront and honest. 

He told her about his kids, he told her about his mother moving in with him because of health problems. He told her quickly about his baggage. He told her how much he liked her and he didn’t want to get into anything, if any of it would be an issue.

He was honest.

It only took a few weeks for him to tell her he was going to marry her someday. She thought he was full of it but couldn’t believe how straight forward he was. 

They text every single day, from sunrise, to sundown. 

They finally went on their first official date a couple weeks after that first text.... and that's a story for another time.