Nathan and I went to high school together and were both in choir. Nathan was VERY VERY shy and well - to put it mildly - I was not. Senior year we did a musical together - Fiddler on the Roof - and kind of got a little crush on each other. He asked me on a date -this was December of 1998) and I agreed. However - to make this part of the story shorter - let's just say the night before our date he and a mutual friend Matt decided to take my brand spankin' new car for a joy ride. Needless to say - I cancelled our date and had a few other choice words for the young man. He tried to make up for it - left a message apologizing, sent his mother with a dozen roses to my door and even wrote me a poem. Apparently I had wasn't having it. We didn't speak again the rest of senior year.
The only picture that exists of us together from high school. For some reason I kept it. I'm glad I did. This is early December 1998 at our school's Christmas Dance. It is a picture of a picture hence the poor quality.
Fast forward to fall of our Freshman year of college. We went to different/rival schools in Michigan and somehow started talking again... I don't remember why, but I guess I had my reasons. We would stay up hours and hours chatting over instant messenger... oh the joys of technology. He again - asked me on a date for Thanksgiving weekend of 1999. I agreed. Then I got nervous and invited a bunch of friends along to the restaurant we were going to and movie and more or less ignored Nathan the whole night... BAD LINDSEY!!
Press that fast forward button again to sometime in 2000. Third times a charm, right? Not so much. Nathan asked to take me to Olive Garden for dinner when we were both home from school. We went... he ordered his food and didn't speak again the rest of our meal. I refused to let him pay for my meal because I was mad and when he asked me if I wanted to go to the mall and walk around - I said no. He took me anyway. I was miserable. We left - he dropped me off and left the money I'd given him toward dinner in my parents' mailbox.
Now between those dating efforts and after I would bring boys home to meet the family and my Grandma - also my bestest friend - would say, "yeah he is nice, but what about Nate Wolfe, Lindsey? He was so sweet and liked you so much!" My reponses, "uhm... he is wierd, doesn't talk and is odd." "Fine," she'd say, "he can be my boyfriend." So he was. He and I talked off and on for the next few years - just as friends. I graduated from college in 2003 with a degree in Public Relations, moved back to the area I grew up and began working where I still am today. Nathan opted not to finish school and went to worker bee path. I had two VERY serious relationships and two not so much relationships - and Nathan had his share of romances as well.
In April of 2004 my Grandma passed away. I hadn't seen Nathan since our Olive Garden date, but had talked to him many times. He would always ask how his girlfriend was. It was quite sweet. When she died - he was the first person I called. Two or three days later he showed up at the funeral. I was shocked. He was like 4 inches taller and broader and quite cute! I walked up to greet him - by my side - my boyfriend at the time. Who, according to Nathan, shook his hand in such a way to say, "nice to see you, keep your eyes off Lindsey - she is mine!" lol For the record - Nathan also had a girlfriend at the time.
Nathan relationship ended a couple months later, as did mine. That September we decided to just "hang out" at my apartment as when we actually GO somewhere it tends to suck. There is much debate on WHO made the "hanging out" get together into a date... it may have been me, but whatever. Nathan who had no assumptions came to the door with rediculously long hair and a three week old beard. uhm... not the clean cut boy I was expecting to say the least! BUT - the hanging out/date went well. He came over the following weekend clean shaven and hair cut and we actually WENT OUT and had a great time. I think it helped that we both had grown up quite a bit. Nathan, while still a pretty quiet guy, TALKED (and still does) a lot more than he did.
Press that fast forward button again to sometime in 2000. Third times a charm, right? Not so much. Nathan asked to take me to Olive Garden for dinner when we were both home from school. We went... he ordered his food and didn't speak again the rest of our meal. I refused to let him pay for my meal because I was mad and when he asked me if I wanted to go to the mall and walk around - I said no. He took me anyway. I was miserable. We left - he dropped me off and left the money I'd given him toward dinner in my parents' mailbox.
Now between those dating efforts and after I would bring boys home to meet the family and my Grandma - also my bestest friend - would say, "yeah he is nice, but what about Nate Wolfe, Lindsey? He was so sweet and liked you so much!" My reponses, "uhm... he is wierd, doesn't talk and is odd." "Fine," she'd say, "he can be my boyfriend." So he was. He and I talked off and on for the next few years - just as friends. I graduated from college in 2003 with a degree in Public Relations, moved back to the area I grew up and began working where I still am today. Nathan opted not to finish school and went to worker bee path. I had two VERY serious relationships and two not so much relationships - and Nathan had his share of romances as well.
In April of 2004 my Grandma passed away. I hadn't seen Nathan since our Olive Garden date, but had talked to him many times. He would always ask how his girlfriend was. It was quite sweet. When she died - he was the first person I called. Two or three days later he showed up at the funeral. I was shocked. He was like 4 inches taller and broader and quite cute! I walked up to greet him - by my side - my boyfriend at the time. Who, according to Nathan, shook his hand in such a way to say, "nice to see you, keep your eyes off Lindsey - she is mine!" lol For the record - Nathan also had a girlfriend at the time.
Nathan relationship ended a couple months later, as did mine. That September we decided to just "hang out" at my apartment as when we actually GO somewhere it tends to suck. There is much debate on WHO made the "hanging out" get together into a date... it may have been me, but whatever. Nathan who had no assumptions came to the door with rediculously long hair and a three week old beard. uhm... not the clean cut boy I was expecting to say the least! BUT - the hanging out/date went well. He came over the following weekend clean shaven and hair cut and we actually WENT OUT and had a great time. I think it helped that we both had grown up quite a bit. Nathan, while still a pretty quiet guy, TALKED (and still does) a lot more than he did.
A photo from our first month of dating in 2004.
He proposed the following August 13, 2005. It was quite the elaborate set up and follow through. I could type it all out, but really - it is a LONG story full of lies and deception by all the people I care most about in the world. Jerks. :-) He proposed in Kalamazoo, MI (the city I attended college in) and had both of our families and my best friend there to witness the whole thing. (They were watching us from the windows of a restaurant as he proposed in a gazebo (I love gazebos) in the middle of a pond. It was looooooooooovely.
On our engagement day August 13, 2005.
Our official engagement photo for the local paper.
Not quiet a year later we were married in Clinton, MI. It was the most perfect day and we watch our wedding video on our anniversary and always comment about how it was such a great day!
Our wedding day... what a fantastic day!
After that we moved into a lovely apartment in the city we worked. I continued my job at the enginneering firm and Nathan tried out a few jobs before he found one he was happy with. We lived in our wonderful apartment for two years. We found out just before Christmas of 2007 (December 22nd) to be exact that we were expecting Logan! Here is my first ultrasound from January 2008. Crazy to think that little alien shrimp looking thing is the same toddler running around all day long.
In April of 2008 we closed on our first home and after about 6 weeks of working on the house we moved in the end of May! Here is our moving crew. 
So that is it - you probably know most everything after that. Logan was born a month early on August 10, 2008. He spent 5 days in the NICU and came home and has been nothing but perfect and healthy since then! Nathan and I are still very much in love and happy, but always working on making our marriage stronger and happier. (We are very much looking forward to a Nathan/Lindsey weekend in a few days compliments of my parents!!) I must say - I'm glad we kept trying to date and also dated other people that really showed us what we do and DO NOT want in a relationship. FOURTH times a charm!! If you are still reading this... you have the patience of a saint or you are crazy bored. I did love writing all this out though. Bring a smile to my face to think of our love story!
4 comments:
Wow, you two have quite a story! I say you do a separate blog post about the proposal-- sounds fabulous!
Lindsey!!! This is one of my favorite posts of yours EVER! I mean, EVER! In fact - I may take a page out of your book and write up Trav and I's story too (although it doesn't span as many years!)
Okay - so much to say. First off - that first photo is exactly how I envision you guys when I talk to you. I'm pretty sure I was around when that photo, or one similar to it was taken. And I'm SURE I have other photos of you guys from high school. I'd put money on it.
Secondly - the engagement photo of the two of you is BEAUTIFUL. Truly stunning.
Third - I loved hearing about all the mishaps leading up to you guys actually starting to date! So fun! (in retrospect for you, I'm sure!) It's like I just got a run down of all the important stuff I missed from when I left T-Town to now.
GREAT POST! :)
I really ENJOYED reading this. :) What a great idea for a post. Love it.
awww, I enjoyed reading that! Your story sounds like a romantic comedy... where you like the guy, then you don't... lol. I love it!
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