I first met my DH briefly at a church NYE dance. I was extremely shy and he thought I was stuck up. He returned to school while I stayed home to work on prereqs for nursing school.
Fast forward to May of the same year. He came home for the summer and we met at another church dance. During the previous months, I had come out of my shell a bit and was more confident in social situations. He didn't even recognize me.
We finally re-introduced ourselves at the May dance, dated throughout the summer. He returned to school, I began nursing school. We wrote many letters and spent lots of time on the phone. He returned home for Thanksgiving and proposed. We were married December of that same year.
This year will make 13.