No Seven Year Itch 'Round Here

7 years ago today, Jess FINALLY asked me to "be his girl". I pretty much liked him off and on all through high school. Never REALLY "off" though, I just never thought he liked me that way, so I'd forget about it for a while.

I dated a guy for 3 years that I knew I wasn't at all compatible with, but I was too wimpy to break up with him because he was so nice. Finally one fourth of July we were all hanging out and Jess asked me for my email. We left the next day on a family vacation, and my boyfriend came with us. I kept checking my email during the trip, hoping to have one from Jess. (He did NOT email me I'll have you know). So I realized I obviously liked him, which meant that even though I had no idea if Jess liked ME, that it was time to break up with the boyfriend. I had to do it while I had the courage, so I broke up with the poor guy in the middle of our vacation, with MY family. It sounds cruel, but I had to seize the moment. Plus I think he was just continuing our relationship out of habit too, so it's not like I broke his heart. A few weeks later Jess finally emailed me, and from then on we emailed and talked on the phone almost every day. We started visiting each other, mostly him visiting me because I was scared (and rightly so) that I would get lost trying to drive to him in Phoenix. After a month of that he got the courage to ask me out. I knew as soon as we got together that he was going to be my husband.
He was the best ever then, and he just gets better. I love you Jess.