Tabitha

John and I first met at church when he was about 15 and I was 17. We didn't start dating then, just because we never really got to know each other very well around that time, but he was always kind of in the back of my mind until, about a year later we started dating.  Our relationship moved along pertty quickly once we were together because, it turns out, we had both noticed each other but neither of us thought the other one was interested. We knew after about 2 or 3 months that we wanted to get amrried and spend our lives together. He got me an opal promise ring for my 19th birthday. He got my first "engagement" ring the first Christmas we were together. It was from JC Penny and turned my finger green. The ring I wear now, the one I got this past Christmas, is from Walmart, and there have been no ill-effects. Walmart has decent quality jewlery. We didn't start seriously planning our wedding until this year because he wanted to wait until the three year mark was approaching because they always say that the first three years are the hardest. So, we're nearly there and I finally got him to agree to start planning. It seems our timing is pretty good because we have three mutual friend who are married or getting married. It's really great because one of my best friends since high school is planning her wedding at the same time I'm planning mine and it's awesome to have that kind of connection.