I met Christopher when I was fifteen. And when I was seventeen, five years ago today, he asked me to be his girlfriend.
Except he didn't. He actually just said, "I like you. Maybe we should start dating."
You can imagine how many ways I dissected that one when I got home. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe? M a y b e.
Despite his choice of words, we've been dating ever since.
I hear a lot of people say they're so glad they didn't end up with their high school boyfriend, or that they're a completely different person today than they were in high school, so their relationship then would never work now.
We're both completely different people than we were in high school, but we grew and changed together. Senior year and graduating high school and choosing colleges and figuring out how long distance works...we did that together. Since that day five years ago, Chris has been a part of every change, every big decision, every heartache, every accomplishment, everything. The good, the bad, the ugly. He's been my best friend through it all, and I think that's the most important thing. Because best friends laugh together. They cry together. They figure life out together. And that's what we've been doing for the past five years.
And now, some fuzzy pictures from high school. We were still working with the iphone 1, people.
This is from the first iphone that had the front-facing camera. We had no idea where we were supposed to look. I have approximately three months of pictures where our eyes look like this because we were looking at our own faces instead of the camera.
Happy 5 years together!! Growing together is definitely one of the most important parts of a relationship!
ReplyDeleteI just got married around 3 weeks ago now to my high school sweetheart. We did the same thing, where we had to make long distance work but we've now been together over 4 years as well. I love our story and how, being long distance, we did get to grow on our own, but through being together we grew together and stronger than ever through the years as well. Congrats :)
ReplyDeleteHow cute! You guys make a gorgeous couple!
ReplyDeleteI love it when a couple meets in high school and they still work years later. I don't think my husband and I would have made it if we met in high school, though. Haha. Congrats on 5 years!
How precious! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteHappy 5 years! My husband and I have only been married for two but we have been together since senior prom! 11 years ago! Sometimes you get lucky and meet the love of your life early! When you know, you know!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! It's wonderful that you two could experience life and grow together the way you have :)
ReplyDeleteLove this! How sweet to look back at these photos. Y'all were babies in these photos!
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing all your photos together- you guys are way too cute & have such a sweet story!
ReplyDeleteAw, this is lovely! I love all the old pictures :)
ReplyDeleteThis is darling!! I love it :)
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Oh my goodness those baby faces! I love to look back at the pictures from when Jason and I first started dating and seeing how much we've changed from those first years. :) Congratulations to the both of you!
ReplyDeleteyou guys look like babies in some of these! <3
ReplyDeletealso, I STILL look at my face, or the face of the person I'm trying to take the picture with in the front facing camera. I NEVER remember that I should actually be looking into the camera... consequently- your last photo looks completely normal to me. haha!
You guys look like BABIES in some of this pictures. I think there is a big difference between couples that just dating/married and couples that are best friends. I really don't see how someone can be in a working relationship if they aren't best friends.
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I am LOVING these old pictures of you guys!!!!! So sweet!!! :) (And the fact that you had the iPhone1 when you were in HS makes me feel super old. I had a flip phone... and it was like a pay-per-use phone. AND I had a pager. hahahah). How special to have these pictures to look back on!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on 5 years! I love your perspective on staying with your high school sweetheart, that you grew and changed together. That's so cool!
ReplyDeleteHappy dating anniversary! So cute that you guys met when you were 15!
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awww happy 5 year anniversary. so sweet!
ReplyDeletelook at the little kiddos so young and in love ;) cheers to 5 years
ReplyDeleteahhh how sweet!! you two are adorable
ReplyDeleteHappy five years, you two are the cutest EVER!
ReplyDeletehappy five!!!!!! my high school sweetheart and i will be hitting our 11 years of love this month ;) growing up together can be hard, for sure! but it's worth it :)
ReplyDeleteYou guys are so little! I love it.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to let you know that you guys don't age. And I think I'm getting your book in the mail soon. :)
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