Your Relationship Timeline

SKP82

Princess and BGR - have you posted an intro?

audrewuh

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[QUOTE]Sometime early 90's: we meet, in passing, at the school my mom taught at. It is a one time thing and we only exchange forced "hellos" at the urging of our mothers who are talking. September 1994: Meet in choir. Become fast friends. 1994-1998: Become the best of friends. Spend tons of time at each others houses. Donald spends the time wanting to murder each and every one of my shitty ass HS boyfriends. Oh, and we both are picked for show choir and spend a couple years singing and dancing our hearts out. We were gleeks before it was cool. 1998: Donald joins army right out of HS and leaves for boot camp. 1999: He is stationed in Germany. I spend time with his mom and family during his few and far between allowed calls home. December 2001: I get knocked up by some other dude. Donald is there for me.<strong> September 2002: The Bean destroys my vag on his entry into the world</strong>. 2002-2004: Donald does 3 tours, including Iraq. We write frequently. 2004: He comes home in one piece but traumatized by his experiences. 2004-2009: We continue to date other people, all the while remaining best friends and never quite approving of either's choices in the opposite sex. He moves to North Carolina, but has re-inlisted in the Reserves in VA, so he crashes on my couch during duty weekends/weeks. September 2009: Donald comes to VA for Elijah's bday party. We get drunk and do the dirty deed. He moves to Atlanta. September 2009-July 2010: Shiz gets awkward and we barely talk. July 2010: He comes for a short visit. Nothing happens. September 2010: He comes for Elijah's bday. We bone some more. February 2011: I travel to Atlanta to visit for the weekend. We spend the weekend boning and go to see George Lopez live and to an awesome dinner. First real date. It was amazing. May 22, 2011: He texts me and says "It's getting harder, every day, to be away from you and Bean." I call, we talk, he confesses his love for me and says he can't bear to be apart. We begin a LDR. May-December 2011: Continue LDR with trips back and forth. December 29, 2011: He moves back to VA and moves in with me. June 1, 2012: We find out we are expecting, but unfortnately lose our little one a few weeks later.<strong> August 1, 2012 @ 3:39pm: I compete in a one woman, wet t-shirt contest, at my desk.</strong>
Posted by beanbot2002[/QUOTE]

<div>I freaking love you. </div>

beanbot2002

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Your Relationship Timeline : I freaking love you. 
Posted by audrewuh[/QUOTE]

And I, you. PPH PPH PPH!

Swazzle

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[QUOTE]Sometime early 90's: we meet, in passing, at the school my mom taught at. It is a one time thing and we only exchange forced "hellos" at the urging of our mothers who are talking. September 1994: Meet in choir. Become fast friends. 1994-1998: Become the best of friends. Spend tons of time at each others houses. Donald spends the time wanting to murder each and every one of my shitty ass HS boyfriends. Oh, and we both are picked for show choir and spend a couple years singing and dancing our hearts out. We were gleeks before it was cool. 1998: Donald joins army right out of HS and leaves for boot camp. 1999: He is stationed in Germany. I spend time with his mom and family during his few and far between allowed calls home. December 2001: I get knocked up by some other dude. Donald is there for me. September 2002: The Bean destroys my vag on his entry into the world. 2002-2004: Donald does 3 tours, including Iraq. We write frequently. 2004: He comes home in one piece but traumatized by his experiences. 2004-2009: We continue to date other people, all the while remaining best friends and never quite approving of either's choices in the opposite sex. He moves to North Carolina, but has re-inlisted in the Reserves in VA, so he crashes on my couch during duty weekends/weeks. September 2009: Donald comes to VA for Elijah's bday party. We get drunk and do the dirty deed. He moves to Atlanta. September 2009-July 2010: Shiz gets awkward and we barely talk. July 2010: He comes for a short visit. Nothing happens. September 2010: He comes for Elijah's bday. We bone some more. February 2011: I travel to Atlanta to visit for the weekend. We spend the weekend boning and go to see George Lopez live and to an awesome dinner. First real date. It was amazing. May 22, 2011: He texts me and says "It's getting harder, every day, to be away from you and Bean." I call, we talk, he confesses his love for me and says he can't bear to be apart. We begin a LDR. May-December 2011: Continue LDR with trips back and forth. December 29, 2011: He moves back to VA and moves in with me. June 1, 2012: We find out we are expecting, but unfortnately lose our little one a few weeks later.<strong> August 1, 2012 @ 3:39pm: I compete in a one woman, wet t-shirt contest, at my desk.</strong>
Posted by beanbot2002[/QUOTE]

<div>Pics or it didn't happen.</div>

audrewuh

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[QUOTE]May 2007: Met online, then in person at dog park. Became friends, started exclusive FWB relationship. August 2007: Started back to school full time at community college December 2007: Moved in, as roommate/FWB. Separate bedrooms. September 2008: Uncertainty & conflict over the are we/aren't we together issue. Moved out & to another town to be closer to school. Continued FWB. January 2009: Decided we were dating. February 2009: Said I love you. June 2009: Moved back in, not as roommates. August 2009: Transferred to university to pursue Masters degree. November 2009: Adopted a puppy, my buggledog. March 2010: Had a big fight and broke up. Moved out, and in with friends. Took the buggledog. July 2010: Started talking again, gradually patched things up. Had a lot of conversations about how we felt about each other, what we wanted out of a relationship, and what we needed to do to make things work. Started dating again. March 2011: Buggledog and I moved back in for good. May 2012: Serious marriage talks. Decided to elope during summer vacation. Engaged without a ring, I suppose July 4, 2012: Formal proposal and received engagement ring <strong>July 10, 2012: Got married on top of a mountain. Just the two of us, and an officiant and photographer. Wouldn't change it for the world.</strong>
Posted by buggle2[/QUOTE]

<div>Love. You never did an AW I'm Murried post. Unless I totes missed it by being OOT.</div>

Peaseblossom55

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Your Relationship Timeline : Pics or it didn't happen.
Posted by rdr716[/QUOTE]
lol this.

tuarceatha

I wanna read all of these, but I have god damn errands to run!

TK monster if you eat this--we're done.

beanbot2002

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Your Relationship Timeline : Pics or it didn't happen.
Posted by rdr716[/QUOTE]

Damn. I'm dry now. My bad. I really need to remember this rule for shiiit later on. You'd think, being a photographer, that I'd fucking remember it.

audrewuh

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Your Relationship Timeline : Erm, I did not. Oops. A little late now. Can I put a pic in my signature and call it good?
Posted by buggle2[/QUOTE]

<div>I guess... But you have to do it now. </div>

LilTexasGal

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[QUOTE] <strong>H joins my judo club</strong>. 
Posted by Elle1036[/QUOTE]

Just gonna say <3 you even more for this.

Elle1036

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[QUOTE]In Response to Your Relationship Timeline : Just gonna say <3 you even more for this.
Posted by LilTexasGal[/QUOTE]

:)

CASK85

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Your Relationship Timeline : Erm, I did not. Oops. A little late now. Can I put a pic in my signature and call it good?
Posted by buggle2[/QUOTE]
IMO, it is never to late to AW wedding photos. Especially ones that are from the top of a mountain. 

Elle1036

Bug, that is a teeny tiny picture.  It's beautiful, but I might not even know that little white dot was you if I hadn't seen it before.

Use a close up, dammit.

audrewuh

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[QUOTE]Bug, that is a teeny tiny picture.  It's beautiful, but I might not even know that little white dot was you if I hadn't seen it before. Use a close up, dammit.
Posted by Elle1036[/QUOTE]

<div>See Bug, I wasn't the only one asking for a closer pic. :)</div>

audrewuh

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Your Relationship Timeline : God you guys are demanding. Fiiiiine.
Posted by buggle2[/QUOTE]

<div>LOVE IT!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA!</div>

Hummingbird125

July 2010: Met at a mutual friend's (BF's old college friend) photography show. He and his roommate flirted with me and my roommate. They tried to bribe us with drinks to get us to stay longer, but we had somewhere else to be and left. I thought they were both cute.

July 2010: BF's roommate "friends" me and my roommate on facebook. 

January 2011: Same mutual friend invites me to a birthday party for one of his friends, at a bar in the city. I go, and BF happens to be there too, again with his roommate. I talk with both of them early in the night, but quickly decide BF is cuter, and focus on him. BF tries to dance and backs into a table full of drinks, spilling them all. We end up making out at some point, and I eventually go over to our mutual friend and say "I'm taking him home with me tonight." I do. What a hoar!

January 2011-March 2011: See eachother at least twice week. He stays over my place most of the time, but I start traveling up to his place too (about 45 min away). I like him. A lot. 

Mid-March 2011: We go out for brunch, then go back to my apartment to be lazy. He tells me he wants me to be his girlfriend. I'm elated.

April 2011: He tells me "I fvcking love you! I'm in love with you!" right after some very good sexytime. I say it back, then we're kinda awkward.

April 2011, one week later: He tells me "You know, I meant what I said last week. I really do love you." I believe him now and tell him I love him about a thousand times that day, just to be silly.

June 2011: My roommate and I are fighting all the time. I'm hating my living situation but know it's too early to even think about moving in with BF. I start going up to his place a lot more.

Mid-August 2011: BF calls me at work to give me some crazy news: His roommate's GF is pregnant. They're going to get married and move in with his parents.

Mid-End August 2011: BF jokes about us moving in together a few times. Finally I call him up one day while out with another friend, and say "If you're serious about this, I'm in. But you need to be totally honest with me and tell me if you're not ready." He tells me he wants to live with me more than anything :-)

October 2011: We move into our lovely apartment just outside of the cityl

February 2011: First real vacation together - a cruise to the Bahamas!

Today: Got an invitation to BF's old roommate's baby's baptism addressed to "Mr. and Mrs. [My first name, My last name] BF is amused.

Elle1036

Much better, Bug.

loves2shop4shoes

Late July 2007:  FI and I meet at Boston University Orientation.  He was my student advisor.  He showed me around and helped me pick my classes.  We chat it up.

August 6, 2007:  I friend him on Facebook and we begin chatting online.

Late August 2007:  I bump into FI at BU's welcome weekend.  I look really hot in a way too short dress.  He takes notice and says we should hang out.

September 11, 2007:  I wish FI happy BDay on FB.  We chat online all night.

Mid September 2007:  FI and I start hanging out just as friends.  FI kisses me when he's at my house helping me pick out what to wear to a Rush Party.  We begin hooking up every day.

September 29, 2007:  FI asks me to be his girlfriend.  I am hesitant, but agree.  (I REALLY didn't want a BF at the time.)

January-April 2008:  Rough patch because FI thought it would be a good idea to work 40 hours a week on top of being a fulltime student...and is freaking out about college graduation/the real world.

Summer 2008:  We practically live together because I have a mouse infestation in my apartment.  Rough patch.

Late Summer 2008:  Big blow out fight about him lying to me about porn.  I layed down the law and told him if he wanted to be in a relationship based on lies, he needed to be in a relationship with someone else.

December 2008:  I have a big fight with my mother.  I become depressed.  He is there for me and helps me through it.  I realize he's my best friend and my support system.

Summer 2009:  We live together.  It's gravy.

Winter 2010:  We start talking about getting engaged.

March 2010:  FI moves in with me permanently.

June 2010:  FI buys my engagement ring.

August 2010:  FI proposes.

August 4, 2012:  We get MURRIED!

YogaKate88

Mar-Aug 2009
My best friend and I see boyfriend on college campus (they swam together in high school) I think he's cute but clearly he never notices me

Sept 2009
After dating a total loser, I ask my friend why he's never introduced me to BF, he says he doesn't know but let's go see what he's doing tonight, we do! I am drunk and widly open with my feelings, its funny and luckily BF still wanted to see me.

Sept 2009-Oct 2009
We hang out almost every day and he texts me every hour he's away at his dad's wedding. I start sleeping over and he asks me to leave a toothbrush!

Nov 2009-Jan 2010
We are in LOVE, we spend every moment together, hang out, sleepovers, he tells me he has a ton of space so if I need to bring more stuff over I can, I pretty much move in. Jan rolls around and we drive to Cali to see his brother and mom.

Feb 2010-Sept 2010
Loving every moment together, just learning more about eachother and having fun. His dad comes out to visit and I meet him, he says he didn't expect me to be so little (I'm 5 feet tall and 110 lbs) because of the way BF spoke of me, I'm a firecracker!
 'Celebrating' our one year anniversary, we didn't do anything. Bad times with the roommate, but we get through it together and decide our next place will be ours! We get our own place together in March and buy cute home things and get rid of his gross college crap!

Mar 2011-Mar 2012
We live together in a sketch neighborhood where our cars get broken into nightly, we feel unsafe and live near section 8 housing, we decide we need to move ASAP. 2nd year anniversary comes and goes, we are just the same in love.

Mar 2012-July 2012
We move into the most amazing place, an old converted school house in the best neighborhood in Denver and are loving it! I am starting to get the wedding itch because my younger brother got married in Janurary.

Present
I convience best boyfriend ever to give up said amazing apartment so we can live at my mom's and I can quit my job, go back to school full-time and study for my LSAT's to apply for law school next year, After much convincing he goes with it and we prepare to leave our amazing place. We talk about getting married and decide in this time we can save for a down payment, wedding, and everything else. 3-year anniversary is in a month but boyfriend says he won't ask me until after I'm done applying to law schools in Dec because he knows I'd be too distracted. I am patiently thinking, hoping, wising and praying, not planning and dreaming! Can't wait for the winter!

JBSMADA10

June 23, 2011 go on to Match to delete my account, see I have a wink from BF. write him a lovely message because I thought it was his brother and not him in the photo. LOL no one knows this June 24start texting June 27 our first phone call at 12:01 am on my birthday. June 30 meet [he drives 4 hours to meet me and help me move home] and he asks me right away to be his gf [he has never been that impulsive this whole year] August 11 one of my best friends passes away in a car accident. I am distraught he drives the hour to come visit me to make sure I will be ok. September 2011 I love you; also meets my son for the first time. Feb 2012 he tells me I am the one May we go pick out a ring and he puts a large sum of a dp on the ring Juneone year, road trip from hell, in and out of the hospital. July my son has a febrile seizure and bf is at the hospital before we even get there [20 mins]. [he works 55 mins away] Future goals November move to Orlando to live together Get engaged whenever, not rushing it.

cmkk

Sorry if formatting ends up off... I'm on my phone. Winter 2009/2010 we meet through a guy in his program Spring 2010 I FWB/date guy in his program. Guy flips out after getting emotional and leaves town for the summer without telling me, so... We are broken up. Summer 2010 hang out in a group with nowBF almost every day. July 2010 one drunken night nowBF and I are with a friend at a trashy strip club because it's all that is open, NowBF asks to kiss me, I say no bc I'd feel cheap having just dated his friend. My friend makes him hang out with us the next day so it doesn't get wierd. August 2010 I go away for two weeks, we text a lot. I come back and we hang out as friends but flirt a lot. October 1, 2010 we kiss for the first time. We hang out a lot over the next weeks. Nov 2010 five weeks into dating we make it exclusive/official. A week later I am hospitalized with a ruptured ovarian cyst. He visits me in the hospital and sleeps next to me in my hospital bed. Winter/spring 201011 my pain doesnt go away. I drop out of grad school. I can't feed myself because of pain and paininduced nausea. In the week he is out of town my weight goes into free fall, becomes unhealthily low. He takes care of me, I slowly improve but the pain becomes chronic. Summer 2011 I move into his house, we get a dog, I have surgery. It doesn't help, but despite the pain, he and I are doing great. We start to talk seriously about the future. Fall 2011spring 2012, life is great, in the spring we get a cat. July 2012 he suggests we ring shop. We meet with a jeweler I love, buy a sapphire and order a ring. Sept 2012 our parents will meet. His cousin gets married, he wants to wait until after that wedding to propose. Then ALL BETS ARE OFF!

melizabethp

February 23, 2008, St. Louis: I'm sitting at the front of church with the choir, a few minutes before our Sunday night young adult Mass, when I see a cute, skinny guy in a Carhartt walk in. Later, as the 15ish of us who were regulars at said Mass were all mingling in the back, Skinny Guy introduces himself, and we invite him to our usual dinner at a restaurant a couple blocks from church. I sit across from him. (I still remember exactly what I ate.) We talk a little bit & discover we were at the same (small) concert the night before.

March-June 2008: We both go to said Mass regularly & always out to dinner with the gang afterward. We're both paralyzingly shy, but there is gradually more friendly chatting. I have a total soft spot for him. There are also scowls from Skinny Guy at any mention of my seeing other people during this time.

July-August 2008: Skinny Guy gets an 80-hour-a-week job on a political campaign (no more Sundays off). I move about 100 miles away for graduate school.

February 2009, central Missouri: I get a friend request from Skinny Guy on Facebook. My immediate reaction is "awww!"

February-March 2009: Frequent Facebook chatting, mostly about college basketball.

March 31, 2009: I get an invitation + 1 to a high school friend's wedding in St. Louis. Single, I post a Facebook musing about needing a wedding date. Skinny Guy replies. I accept.

April 2009: We talk every single day on Facebook chat & eventually on the phone. After spending 11 hours on the phone with me in the span of three days, he tells me he's falling in love with me. We agree to hit the brakes until we actually see each other at my friend's wedding, but I proceed to walk on a cloud.

May 2, 2009: My friend's wedding. We kiss as we're walking into the reception. Skinny Guy officially becomes SO. (Flame away for our having our first date at a wedding!)

May 2009-May 2010: Long distance. Frequent visits. We are both completely twitterpated. He tells me before the end of 2009 that he wants to marry me.

May 2010: I graduate with my master's degree & take a job in a small town in western Illinois (the Boondocks), about three hours north of St. Louis.

June 2010: SO takes a job in the Boondocks. We contemplate moving in together, but in the end, my landlord doesn't cooperate, so he gets a small apartment about a mile away.

June-October 2010: We see each other every day & spend every moment of every weekend together, making lots of fun memories. We have great friends, and I love my job, but SO hates the Boondocks. This becomes even more apparent when he is hired on a horrible political campaign.

October 2010: SO quits his job & begins spending most of his time in St. Louis. He officially moves back the week before Thanksgiving. I am despondent.

November 2010-August 2011: Long distance. Frequent visits. SO applies to master's degree programs, including one about an hour away from me, but ultimately decides to go with a school in Kansas City that is courting him hardcore.

August 2011: SO moves to Kansas City, four hours away from the Boondocks.

August 2011-June 2012: Longer distance. Less frequent visits, but really quality visits & better phone conversations. SO loves grad school & is happy, so I can't help but be happy for him. SO decides to try to graduate in December 2012 (a semester early), and we start making plans to both move back to St. Louis by the end of 2012. On NYE 2012, he drunkenly tells me he will propose to me in six months. People start mistaking me for his wife and/or asking when he will pop the question.

June 2012: I move back to St. Louis.

June-August 2012: SO has been in St. Louis for the summer. We finally took our first mini-vacation together in June. We have been unofficially living together (again, feel free to flame) & have had a really good summer. He starts classes in KC again in three weeks. We still aren't engaged; I think I'll survive.

May 2013: SO found out he wasn't graduating early, so this is when he is due to graduate with his master's degree. He has an excellent job prospect in St. Louis. We'll see what happens.

RWS2011

Fall 2007: A mutual acquaintance introduces B_ to me at a music event.  After we chatted for a few minutes, he returned to the wall, where he stood and watched and I returned to dancing.  From this experience, I dubbed him "Wall flower."  I thought he was good looking and nice, but I wasn't immediately thinking relationship.

February 2008: We became Myspace friends (oooohhhhh yeeeaaaahhhh!) and I ask him about a show he performed at.  B_ responded with a mini-novel.

Spring of 2008: We mostly correspond with a few scattered emails over Myspace.  Often I was trying to see if he is coming out to a show.  Then I find out he is dating someone so I back off.  Somewhere in there, he nick names me "Wonder Woman."

Summer 2008: B_ is single again and he emails me about a camp-out event we are both going to.  He is performing and wants to let me know when/find him for a schedule he printed out.

Mid-August 2008: We connect at the camp-out and spend most of the weekend together.  We go to see performances, grab food at my site, and even lay out under the stars giddy with the nervous energy of two people who like each other, but haven't admitted it yet.  At some point he asked me, "What are you looking for here?"  (Meaning with him.)  It threw me off guard, so I said I was just looking to have fun that weekend and he was good company.

Late August 2008: I emailed B_ about what a good time I had hanging with him at the camp and invite him out to dance with a friend and me.  My friend wanted to check him out and help me decipher if there was chemistry there, or if it was all in my head.  It was "Guilty Pleasure" night, music from the late 80s, 90's and early 00's.  When we danced to "Bringin Sexy Back," I didn't need anyone to help me guage our chemistry and neither did he.

September 5th, 2008: We officially become a couple.  Later in the evening we met up with a group of friends at a pizza place.  One of my friends pointed her finger back and forth between B_ and me from across the table and then hooked her fingers to signify "together."  I nodded and she gave the a-okay signal.

November 2008: B_ sent me a text that just says, "<3," to which I responded, "What is three greater than?"  Shortly after, we professed our love. :P  Also, I arrange for B_ to meet my daughter.  The plan: we "run into" each other at an art event.  So, my sister and her BF, my daughter and I attend a video game themed art opening at a local gallery and she gets to meet B_ there.  After a brief bout of shyness where she holds my leg, kiddo steps out and shakes his hand.  By the end of the night, she is having B_ lift her up and chase her to the car doing  "the monster voice."  That was the start of a fabulous relationship between my SO and my kid.

2009-2010: Relationship is going great, we go on many family dinners (my side) and I visit his family in South Dakota, then at their winter place in Texas.  SO and kiddo continue to get closer.

Winter 2010: Kiddo started talking about how great it would be if B_ and I were BF and GF and how maybe we could get married, and a lot of crap about brothers or sisters.

Spring 2010: We outed our relationship to my daughter, much to her delight!

June of 2011: We moved in to our first apartment together.  We settled on a division of chores we could both agree on.  He selected a night of the week to work in his studio.

November 2011: We went ring shopping.

May 18th, 2012:  He proposed.  

cu97tiger

DAMMMNNN I'm late to this party, but I want to go down memory lane, so:

April 5, 2008 - I email H to ask him about living in Phoenix since I was moving there and didn't know anyone. I found him through MySpace by searching for guys in Scottsdale between age 30-40. I thought guys would be more likely to respond. His picture looked normal (and cute).

April 6, 2008 - H emails back and says he hadn't checked that account in more than four months. We start exchanging emails every day.

Late April/Early May 2008 - H asks if he can call me. I reluctantly agree, and think to myself 'this guy is going to want to date me.'

Mid-May 2008 - H asks if he can fly to FL to visit me. I tell him no, I'll be in AZ in two months and I'll meet him then. 

Memorial Day Weekend 2008 - I spend an entire weekend w/ my college girlfriends talking about him, texting him, and talking to him. When I get home, I call him and ask if the offer to come visit me is still on the table. He has a flight within an hour.

June 19, 2008 - H walks off the plane in Tampa. We kiss, and spend the next four hours checking off major relationship milestones (first kiss - check, boyfriend/girlfriend talk - check, I love you - check, sexytimes - check (times three)). He also buys a flight for two weeks later for 4th of July. He buys another flight for two weeks after that.

July 17, 2008 - H and I drive cross country. By the time we get to AZ, I'm confident we'll be together for life.

May 2009 - I officially move in. I've stayed at H's every single night he's been in town, so there's basically no growing pains.

November 2010 - After seeing an interesting ring design in an airline magazine, I give H my grandmother's ring to take the diamonds out of. 

May 2011 - H lies to me about meeting his friend for a drink one afternoon and goes to a jeweler instead. He does a terrible job covering it up, but I don't let on. Later I look in his drawer and my grandmother's ring is gone.

July 1, 2011 - H asks me to marry him on the patio of a beautiful resort we go to occasionally in Scottsdale. Six hours later, he suprises me with an engagement party that several of my friends flew across country for. 

March 24, 2012 - We get murrried.

August 1, 2012 - I'm happier than I ever could have imagined.

August 2, 2012 - We win sh!t-tons of money in Vegas and live happily ever after.

SKP82

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_your-relationship-timeline?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:ee29575d-23d6-41e0-8bfa-a05dfec12f3ePost:32c3a676-43bd-49e0-87d2-b11fa6cb6b38">Re: Your Relationship Timeline</a>:
[QUOTE]DAMMMNNN I'm late to this party, but I want to go down memory lane, so: April 5, 2008 - I email H to ask him about living in Phoenix since I was moving there and didn't know anyone. I found him through MySpace by searching for guys in Scottsdale between age 30-40. I thought guys would be more likely to respond. His picture looked normal (and cute). April 6, 2008 - H emails back and says he hadn't checked that account in more than four months. We start exchanging emails every day. Late April/Early May 2008  - H asks if he can call me. I reluctantly agree, and think to myself 'this guy is going to want to date me.' Mid-May 2008 - H asks if he can fly to FL to visit me. I tell him no, I'll be in AZ in two months and I'll meet him then.  Memorial Day Weekend 2008 - I spend an entire weekend w/ my college girlfriends talking about him, texting him, and talking to him. When I get home, I call him and ask if the offer to come visit me is still on the table. He has a flight within an hour. June 19, 2008 - H walks off the plane in Tampa. We kiss, and spend the next four hours checking off major relationship milestones (first kiss - check, boyfriend/girlfriend talk - check, I love you - check, sexytimes - check (times three)). He also buys a flight for two weeks later for 4th of July. He buys another flight for two weeks after that. July 17, 2008 - H and I drive cross country. By the time we get to AZ, I'm confident we'll be together for life. May 2009  - I officially move in. I've stayed at H's every single night he's been in town, so there's basically no growing pains. November 2010  - After seeing an interesting ring design in an airline magazine, I give H my grandmother's ring to take the diamonds out of.  May 2011  - H lies to me about meeting his friend for a drink one afternoon and goes to a jeweler instead. He does a terrible job covering it up, but I don't let on. Later I look in his drawer and my grandmother's ring is gone. July 1, 2011  - H asks me to marry him on the patio of a beautiful resort we go to occasionally in Scottsdale. Six hours later, he suprises me with an engagement party that several of my friends flew across country for.  March 24, 2012  - We get murrried. August 1, 2012 - I'm happier than I ever could have imagined. August 2, 2012 - We win sh!t-tons of money in Vegas and live happily ever after.
Posted by cu97tiger[/QUOTE]

August 3, 2012 - You have hangover sex and get KTFU! ETA: With twins! (fingers crossed)

And good luck with that tomorrow.  Last time I was in Vegas, I won $100 and was ECSTATIC.

kaitlynmichelle

September 2004 - Meet in our classes together - music and history (I was in grade 11, he was in grade 12)

December 2004 - Started dating

June 2005 - Prom.  Yes, I'm lame, I still consider our prom one of the best nights in the early years of our relationship.  It was really fun!

April 2006 - Went on a music trip to Chicago 
June 2006 - Graduated high school together

September 2006 - Started at UWO together

October 2007 - "Officially" moved in together, even though BF stayed at my place most of the time in first year.  My BFF also lived with us

May 2008 - Moved in with BF/his family at their cottage for next few summers

September 2008 - Living together alone for the first time (roommate left UWO)

June 2010 - Graduate UWO together

August 2010 - With no idea of what to do with our lives, we make a drastic decision to move out to BC

September/October 2010 - Drive across the country and settle in BC

Winters 2010/11 and 2011/12 - Work at a local ski hill together

Current - Living together in BC, trying to save up money/get more stable jobs so we can start thinking about an engagement

cu97tiger

In Response to Re:Your Relationship Timeline:[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Your Relationship Timeline:DAMMMNNN I'm late to this party, but I want to go down memory lane, so: April 5, 2008 I email H to ask him about living in Phoenix since I was moving there and didn't know anyone. I found him through MySpace by searching for guys in Scottsdale between age 3040. I thought guys would be more likely to respond. His picture looked normal and cute. April 6, 2008 H emails back and says he hadn't checked that account in more than four months. We start exchanging emails every day. Late April/Early May 2008 nbsp; H asks if he can call me. I reluctantly agree, and think to myself 'this guy is going to want to date me.' MidMay 2008 H asks if he can fly to FL to visit me. I tell him no, I'll be in AZ in two months and I'll meet him then.nbsp; Memorial Day Weekend 2008 I spend an entire weekend w/ my college girlfriends talking about him, texting him, and talking to him. When I get home, I call him and ask if the offer to come visit me is still on the table. He has a flight within an hour. June 19, 2008 H walks off the plane in Tampa. We kiss, and spend the next four hours checking off major relationship milestones first kiss check, boyfriend/girlfriend talk check, I love you check, sexytimes check times three. He also buys a flight for two weeks later for 4th of July. He buys another flight for two weeks after that. July 17, 2008 H and I drive cross country. By the time we get to AZ, I'm confident we'll be together for life. May 2009 nbsp; I officially move in. I've stayed at H's every single night he's been in town, so there's basically no growing pains. November 2010 nbsp; After seeing an interesting ring design in an airline magazine, I give H my grandmother's ring to take the diamonds out of.nbsp; May 2011 nbsp; H lies to me about meeting his friend for a drink one afternoon and goes to a jeweler instead. He does a terrible job covering it up, but I don't let on. Later I look in his drawer and my grandmother's ring is gone. July 1, 2011 nbsp; H asks me to marry him on the patio of a beautiful resort we go to occasionally in Scottsdale. Six hours later, he suprises me with an engagement party that several of my friends flew across country for.nbsp; March 24, 2012 nbsp; We get murrried. August 1, 2012 I'm happier than I ever could have imagined. August 2, 2012 We win sh!ttons of money in Vegas and live happily ever after.Posted by cu97tigerAugust 3, 2012 You have hangover sex and get KTFU! ETA: With twins! fingers crossedAnd good luck with that tomorrow.nbsp; Last time I was in Vegas, I won 100 and was ECSTATIC. Posted by SKP82[/QUOTE]

I'm Tiger and I approve of this message.

GoldenPenguin

Tiger, I never heard your whole story, but I love it. I may or may not have teared up a little bit.

LoveBug82510

I'm a little late to this, but here is mine...

August 2010 get random message from BF b/c of my status on facebook.  He finds me in the corner of the bar with a couple of my girlfriends...he hangs around for a while and then disappears w/out a goodbye.  NBD. Few days later (still August 2010) he messages me on fb and says that he was sorry for leaving w/out saying good bye that he had a family emergency and asks me out for dinner that evening.  I respond yes and we set plans.  About a week later, I invite him over for dinner at my home.  He asks me to be his gf.  YAY. 
Labor Day 2010 - I meet his parents
Christmas 2010 - we break up for a week and a half...get back together a few days before NYE.
July 4, 2011 he helps me move into my new apartment.
August 2011 - one year anniversary
September 2011 - drive to Chesapeake VA to pick up our GD puppy
November 2011 - move to a house that we are both renting
Current - happy, had a few rough patches but are planning an awesome cruise vacation in December. Can't wait.  We'll be celebrating our 2 year anniversary really soon....