Jill

We met in late 1995. Started dating in March 1996.  We were both working at a hotel in Charlotte.    Funny thing is, I couldn't stand him when I met him.  He would annoy me and always try to talk to me.     He finally got me to agree to go out with him and we have been together ever since. This is our second go around planning a wedding.   The first one was in late 1998. I had gotten as far a purchasing a dress but we called it off.  Actually, we broke up for about 3 months and then got back together.   We are best friends, he is the one person in this world that knows almost every thing there is to know about me.  All of my secrets, all of my dirty laundry, all the good and the bad.   We have changed a lot over the years.  We have had some terrible times and some wonderful times.    We love each other very much.  When you have been together for a long time, love changes and matures.  We are not the giddy, always playful people we were 16 years ago.   Not to say that we don't still have fun, but when responsibilites and real adulthood(mortgages, children, bills) come into play it forces you to act like a grown up.   We do still have date night.   We also go on a vacation with just the two of us.    You have to work at it to keep it alive.