Mr. Gnome and I met in college, probably within the first couple months of my freshman year. His roommate was friends with a girl who lived down the hall and the two of them came out to dinner with us.
Following this dinner, the girl from down the hall decided to set up dates with the two singles guys and the single girls she knew. Meaning me and my roommate. I got set up on a date with Mr. Gnome's roommate, but Mr. Gnome ended up dating someone else, so he never got set up with my roommate. (Getting confusing yet?)
And then I ended up dating Mr. Roommate. For two and a half years. Almost all of college.
Mr. Roommate was my first boyfriend and I was his first girlfriend. Over time people started expecting me to marry him. But I was only 20 at the time, scared, and totally unprepared for marriage. And deep down I knew that Mr. Roommate was not the one for me.
But over those two and half years I had become good friends with Mr. Gnome and we had become rather fond of each other. Mr. Gnome finally made his feelings about me clear, and I realized that I felt the same way. Which meant that I had to suck it up and break up with Mr. Roommate. After the break up, Mr. Roommate discovered Mr. Gnome and I were secretly dating, everything EXPLODED and I had quite a lot of drama (and GUILT) in my life for a while (more drama than I would have expected and more than I would ever like to have again).
What followed was a long distance relationship, moving all over the country, and Mr. Gnome and I getting engaged. And I couldn't be happier that it is him and that I did not end up stuck in a life with Mr. Roommate that would have been unhappy for both of us.
Mr. Gnome and I met in college, probably within the first couple months of my freshman year. His roommate was friends with a girl who lived down the hall and the two of them came out to dinner with us.
Following this dinner, the girl from down the hall decided to set up dates with the two singles guys and the single girls she knew. Meaning me and my roommate. I got set up on a date with Mr. Gnome's roommate, but Mr. Gnome ended up dating someone else, so he never got set up with my roommate. (Getting confusing yet?)
And then I ended up dating Mr. Roommate. For two and a half years. Almost all of college.
Mr. Roommate was my first boyfriend and I was his first girlfriend. Over time people started expecting me to marry him. But I was only 20 at the time, scared, and totally unprepared for marriage. And deep down I knew that Mr. Roommate was not the one for me.
But over those two and half years I had become good friends with Mr. Gnome and we had become rather fond of each other. Mr. Gnome finally made his feelings about me clear, and I realized that I felt the same way. Which meant that I had to suck it up and break up with Mr. Roommate. After the break up, Mr. Roommate discovered Mr. Gnome and I were secretly dating, everything EXPLODED and I had quite a lot of drama (and GUILT) in my life for a while (more drama than I would have expected and more than I would ever like to have again).
What followed was a long distance relationship, moving all over the country, and Mr. Gnome and I getting engaged. And I couldn't be happier that it is him and that I did not end up stuck in a life with Mr. Roommate that would have been unhappy for both of us.
posted by missgnome 4 months ago