How we met, Tabby Edition

A few years ago, I was at a point where I just needed change in my life. I was living in an apartment that was nice but had no insulation in between the floors (not only did I hear everything my neighbors said and did, they heard me as well), as much as I liked my job I hated a lot of aspects of it and couldn’t enjoy it anymore, I was meeting all the wrong kind of guys, and most of all, I was very unhappy. So, I bought a house. Then I quit my job and started my own firm with some colleagues (yeah, I know what a thing to do).

Though I made some changes, I still didn’t have anyone to share it with. After all my complaining about having no one, my friend who had had some success with online dating, set up a profile for me and searched for guys who I might be interested in. Most of the guys turned out to be more than a little strange and crazy, but one of them didn’t seem so bad. His profile was witty, he was just quirky enough to interest me without scaring me off, and he was easy on eyes.

We started to email each other and the more I found out, the more I wanted to know. After many emails, we moved on to instant messaging. After this had been going on for a few weeks, I realized that he was never going to ask for my number. So one day, I just gave it to him and told him to call me. We had a few really good phone calls, so I suggested we meet (based on prior experience with the phone, I knew that I would have to be the one to ask hehe). I’m not going to say how it was love at first sight or how I knew we were meant to be together. But I can say with every meeting, I wanted another one. I don’t know exactly when I knew, but one day I just couldn’t see my future without him in it.

My mom once told me that the perfect guy for me would be the one who wouldn’t let me run over top of him, one who could look past the “tough” exterior to see the softie inside and wouldn’t take advantage of that, one who could be sweet, who would “give in” when I needed it but had the nerve to argue with me as well, and most of all they needed to be mind reader to keep it all straight. I laughed when she told me this, but there was some truth in what she said. I wasn’t sure if that kind of guy existed, but then one day I met Eugene. And somehow he knows just what do and when… well, most of the time he knows just what to do but I wouldn’t change anything. My life has become entirely too much fun to change anything.