I just got another idea for a thread that could be interesting for us and allow us to learn more about our members. For all of us who are in a relationship, post here about how you and your significant other met! I'll go first, with klinkman's and my story, as well as the story about our proposal.
How We Met:
Matt and Tay met in 2006 through a mutual friend while attending the University of Tulsa. Though they ran into each other occasionally, their friendship never took off until early 2007, when Tay attended a university-sponsored Game Show night featuring The Price Is Right.
Tay attended alone, and when she arrived she knew no one there. A short time later, Matt came in, and since Tay was also the only other person he knew there, he took a seat beside her. Neither one of them got picked to "Come on down!" that night, so they spent much of the evening talking and laughing with each other. At the end of the show, Matt walked Tay out to her car and said goodnight. Until later on that year, neither of them thought much about that night, nor did they spend any more time with each other than they had since they met.
On May 17, 2007, Tay found out from a doctor in Dallas, TX that she would need surgery on her bicep. That night, she posted about it on her Facebook, and the next morning she had a message from Matt sending Get Well wishes. Having not talked in a while, they spent the afternoon messaging each other back and forth while Tay was heading back to Tulsa, trying to arrange a time to get together and catch up, though Tay intended the reunion to be purely platonic.
When Tay returned that evening, she and Matt began to talk to each other via instant message, and it soon became clear to her that Matt was interested in her as more than just a friend, and it was easy to admit to herself that she probably thought of him the same way.
After they expressed their feelings for each other, their relationship became official on May 18, 2007. The next day, Tay was planning to attend Shrek 3 with friends, so she invited her new boyfriend to come along. Even though Matt was not much of a movie person, he accepted the invitation, and they had their first date. And they both lived happily ever after!
How We Got Engaged:
Tay first suspected in October 2008 that Matt might be proposing soon, because they were sitting at work together while he was talking to his mom on the phone, and they were definitely discussing her ring size.
From what she could piece together at the time, Matt's mom would be coming to see Tay graduate and she would be bringing the ring (which it sounded like would be related to his grandmother in some way) with her on the flight. A few days later after Tay had sent out graduation announcements she asked Matt if his mom would be able to come in town, and he told her that she wouldn't, even though he had booked a flight for her later that night of their conversation about Tay's ring.
Matt's mom did end up flying into town for graduation, and even though Tay didn't have confirmation that she had a ring with her, she thought Matt might propose either on her birthday or after he came back from Christmas break.
When he didn't propose on her birthday, she really didn't think there'd be time until after he got back to Tulsa again after the holidays, and she was really okay with that. Graduation the next day was going to be crazy and Tay was nervous!
Matt proposed to Tay right after graduation while they were standing around talking to family and friends. He got Tay's attention, then got down on one knee, pulled the ring out of his suit jacket, and asked her to marry him. She of course said yes! As far as the story behind the ring, the diamond is the stone from his gramma's engagement ring- he had it placed in a new setting for her!
