Our dating anniversary is in September, and it’s been 18 years since we started dating, and since I’m 36, that means we’ve been together
HALF. MY. LIFE!*
Young, dumb, and broke Kim and Steven, in October 2002
Exciting? A milestone? I don’t know; I was just proud of myself for doing the maths and wanted to share. Ha.
Steven and I met randomly, at a frat party in college. It was the Friday night before classes started my freshman and his senior year. My new friend Ashley from orientation and I had gone to whatever freshman activity they had at the sports complex and were kind of bored, and she mentioned her roommate** was going to a frat party, so we tagged along. Steven tagged along with friends of his, and we started talking and he walked me back to my dorm and asked for my number! Aww! He called the next day (!!!) and invited me to watch a football game at this friend’s house, which is funny since neither of us are in to football… but he wanted to see me. Super aww. Ashley and I both went (safety!) and I saw Steven every day after that.
We were friends for two and a half weeks and then started dating and have been together ever since. We only went to one other frat party together after that – it wasn’t really our scene! But we’re both so glad we randomly went to the one*** where we met!
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Old, dumb, and broke Steven and Kim, in September 2020
*Since Steven’s older than me, he’ll hit this milestone when he’s 44
**Totally not relevant to the story, but her roommate who was NOT from my hometown was hooking up with someone from my high school because they were in marching band together. Small world? Or maybe not. It was a state college, after all.
***I cannot even remember which fraternity it was, I just know it wasn’t Steven’s!
Ok, wow, your timeline “freaks” me out because it has some similarities to my own… I told my husband Jon last night that yesterday was the day that he’s known me half HIS life.
We met in College when he was a freshman (I was an exchange student from Germany) and we were friends for about three weeks before it was clear we were more than that. We’ve been married for 14 years. He turns 38 next month.
And yes, I’d say that’s a milestone! Congratulations!
P.S. I came over from Stephany’s blog. I’ve been reading for a while, but this post prompted me to comment 🙂
Oh wow! Our timelines are so similar. And that’s crazy you were just saying that to him last night!!! Thank you and congratulations to the two of you as well – 14 years! Awesome!
Thank you so much for commenting! I am off to check out your blog and to find more of your story 🙂
Aww, that’s so exciting! Congrats! I remember when I was in college, freshmen weren’t “supposed” to date for the first quarter of the year. It wasn’t an enforced rule by any means–just a suggestion that since we were going through a big transition in our lives, starting a new relationship at the same time might not be the smartest idea–but I do remember them saying that. I’m glad things worked out much better for you than people at my college worried they’d work out for a freshman starting a new relationship at the beginning of the school year!
Thank you! That is a good suggestion. Do you think they were thinking about the emotional toll on students, or the distraction from studies (when many are learning to study on their own), or the chance that you won’t connect with as many people? I get it. I was lucky my program had a one year prep year and then the four years of intensity once I got in to the architecture program were when we were long distance. I would have been able to focus and get my work done, but probably not as much. Steven helped me a ton that first year though – he showed me all the places in town I could buy supplies to build models, and told me where to get the cheapest books, etc. And he introduced me to Jimmy John’s. Ha!
Happy half-your-life-iversary! Just you. Not Steven.
Thank you! Me only! Ha! I will have to remember to post for Steven when he hits 44 😉
Awww, that is such a cute story (and cute pictures to go with it!) – congratulations on being and staying together for half your life! Wishing you much happiness for the next half!
Thank you! That first photo is from my mom and grandma coming to campus and meeting Steven for the first time! I think we went to Jimmy John’s. LOL.
Wow! Half your life! Kinda crazy to think about that! Congrats! <3
I often think of age in that type of context though. Like when I was 30, I was 10x William's age (3).
Thanks! I think about those comparisons often too, like how old I am now and how many kids Mom had at this age. And then the ages I know of other parents, etc.
That is a long time to be together! I love the story of how you guys met. My husband and I met at a college party. It was a college that neither of us attended, how random is that?
Thanks!
Ha! That’s so random! How did you both end up there? And how fun we met our partners the same way 🙂
Wow – what a milestone! I love the picture of baby Kim and Steven! I love hearing origin stories for couples because it always seems SO serendipitous! All the stars had to align just so to make things happen, and it makes me all mushy. 🙂
It really does feel that way, right? We started watching About Time last night and were talking about how it really is chance (and okay, time travel and altering the past in this instance) that makes two people come together!