He was a stripper and it was ladies night. What more can I say?
Alright, well, not exactly. I think it's interesting to note how we both ended up on the singles website. I had been talking to a mission friend (丁姐妹）and she told me about the luck she'd had on that website. I'd done the internet stuff before and had found a couple decent fish. I'd also found some weirdos. If you are one of the weirdos, you're probably not reading this because we don't keep in touch.
I guess I owe our meeting to me being a teacher. I'd been on the site for a week or two when I got a message from him. For those types of websites, you have to pay a meager amount in order to read your messages. After checking out his profile, I decided that the $15 was worth. And boy was it ever. He asked a question about my students picking up on me. I didn't respond right away. But the next day, one of my students did pick up on me. I thought of the email Ryan had sent me and emailed him back either that day or the day after and told him my brief story. Our "get to know you" emails exploded from there. Ryan is an excellent correspondent and is great at asking questions. He's in the business of getting to know people. Seriously, his job title is: Get to Know-er. He remembered a lot of things I'd said and continued to ask questions. Well, emails eventually led to phone calls which led to "Hey, it'd be cool to meet sometime," to "Surprise! I'm 2 hours away from Sacramento" on a late Friday night, days before we were supposed to meet.
Emails and phone calls continued after that. We were able to spend the holidays together. He made another surprise visit (I am still in awe that he pulled it off so well) in February, accompanied by a surprise "question" and now in a matter of weeks, he'll be here again.
Life together is going to be great. I'm so excited for our future, honey.
