How we met | My story

I love hearing your stories on how you met, fell in love and all the history of you. Since I always dig into your stories, I thought I'd share more about my story. I wrote up how my husband asked me to marry him a while back. Take a look here. But this time, I want to take you all the way back to how we met.

How We Met

Brent and I were attending the same college at the time, Montana State University in Bozeman, when a mutual friend sat down at our table with him to chat. It was our first time meeting. We discovered that we had been at multiple events together over the summer. I didn't know him, but he knew who I was. Being an identical twin, that happened a lot.

I'm rambling.... I always ramble.

It was my sophomore year in college and his "junior" year. Brent had taken his second year off to gain residency taking only a class or two each semester. This was his second full year, but his third at college. They sat down and his friend introduced us. I took one look at this guy and his gorgeous blue eyes and thought to myself, "I could marry this guy." I was completely smitten by him, but I didn't share this with anyone. He was quiet and hardly said one word while his friend was with us. His friend had to run along to class. After he left, Brent started talking and almost wouldn't stop.

I couldn't tell anyone

When Brent had left, another friend nearby could tell that I liked him, but I denied it of course. I couldn't tell anyone what I was thinking. I mean, I just met the guy. That would be stupid, right? We discovered that we had a class together and started becoming friends. During the semester, we hung out way too much. Of course, I wasn't bothered by this at all. I mean. I still liked the guy. My sister was hanging out with us too and the three of us seemed to almost never be apart.

One evening I had decided to ask him to give me a ride home because I really needed to talk to him. We had a mutual friend that I knew like him and I wanted to warn him. (That part is a little too long of a story for here. Just know that he needed to know to make sure he wasn't leading her on in any way). Sitting in the car outside my apartment, I told him I liked him. It couldn't hurt right? I couldn't just say our friend liked him. Being truthful about my feelings, I decided to tell him I wasn't ever going to do anything because I valued our friendship too much. Then I moved on. I literally said my peace as was happy with my decision.

The semester went on

The semester moved on and we were still really good friends. My sister and I even dragged him with us to North Dakota for our family Thanksgiving. It was weird and fun. We had never brought a friend with to visit family before let alone a guy. The three of us were always together and then Christmas break came. He went home to Oregon and I stayed in Montana.

My sister left with another friend to Tahoe for the X-games tryouts while I stayed behind and worked. Brent came back from break while she was away, so we decided to hang out. We spent an amazing day hiking up the college "M" trail in January in Montana. Then we came back into town and I bought a guitar with Brent's help. We probably got food at some point too, but I honestly don't remember all the details. It was basically our first unofficial date and it was wonderful.

How We Met

DTR Time!

The next evening we got together to watch a tv show or a movie. I don't even know. All I remember is that we flirted like crazy and eventually had a DTR "Define the Relationship" talk. I don't remember what was said. He gave me this look and I instantly threw a blanket over my face. Goodness I was a silly young adult. No matter what, we left that night dating and have been together ever since.

I love him to pieces and am so grateful that God brought us together. He calms me down. Listens to me. Let's me vent (yell) at him and then always always ALWAYS forgives me. I know I'm harder on him than I should be, but we work through it. We are never giving up. Love works through things. Love is a sacrifice. Put yourself aside and put your husband, or wife, first. Make God the head of your relationship and you've got this.

All images were taken by the lovely Andie Avery