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Dan and Jeanne - Half A Decade of Love
by editor
Dan and I met through some mutual friends back in 2003. He was a junior, I a sophomore. We became really good friends, were talked on the phone until midnight every night, and got up and saw each other at school all day. We made each other laugh and just genuinely understood each other and listened. I knew Dan felt stronger about me than just a friend, but I tried being more than friends with friends in the past, and never worked out and the friendships became awkward after and eventually just deteriorated.
One night on the phone, Dan brought the subject up about him liking me more than just his friend. I told him my past experiences and I just wasn’t sure if I would be able to take that next step. Disappointed, he said, “That’s okay. I understand, but Jeanne, I will wait for you, for however long, until you decide.”
A couple of days later, we spent some time together after school, and he put his arms around me and I just felt this amazing connection with him. It wasn’t one of those weird moments where you are thinking, “uh, bud, back off, this is uncomfortable!” I felt safe.
We spend every single minute together from then on out. We were always together at school, at home, with friends, whenever, wherever.
In November of 2006, I was 18, Dan was one month shy of 20, we moved into our condo. It was the best of times, the worst of time, but in the end, all the fights, tears, laughs and joys, I would never trade them for anything. It made us stronger and brought us closer. We are not only soon to be husband and wife, we are a team.
Finally, after four and a half years of being together, on February 24, 2008, Dan proposed. We were on vacation, changing and getting ready to go down to the hotel’s indoor waterpark and there on the bed, next to him, was a magazine and a little black box. When I noticed it, my mouth dropped, my eyes started filling up with tears. This, right now, was the moment I was waiting for since I was a little girl. The moment that I dreamt about and fantasized about the day I would marry my price charming. It hit me, next to that box, was my prince charming, I looked at Dan, and said, “Are you serious?” He replied, “No, Jeanne, I’m kidding around!” I approached the box and the magazine with the title of “Brides” across the top, picked up the box and in the box, was the most ugly, cheap Wal-Mart vending machine ring you could ever imagine. I looked at him puzzled and asked, “Um, what is this?” He proceeded to pull another box out of his pocket, got down on one knee and said, “I figured you wanted something else, so Jeanne, I love you, will you be my wife?” I was in shock. I was in love. So many emotions filled my head in that moment. I jumped on him and said, “YES! I love you so much!”
Now, instead of him placing the ring on my finger, I was so excited, I couldn’t believe he had the ring, I took the box, and placed the ring on my finger and starred at it in awe. This was the ring I dreamt about, and was one of a kind. I looked at him and asked, “This is mine? I can keep it?” “Yes”, he assured me.
I never thought that I could possibly feel a love for the way I feel for Dan. He is my best friend, he is my soul mate, love and soon to be my husband. I can’t imagine life without him. We never did have an official date of when we became a couple, but for us, we never needed it, we just knew we were meant to be.
