Banana

A few weeks ago, a FB friend announced her engagement.  A lot of familiar names (or nicknames) congratulated her and "liked" the post and pictures.  Myself included.  It's amazing to see how things have changed.

I've only ever met this person once.  There was a time way back then when we used to chat a lot.  We're the same age.  We were both at school, away from home.  We both came from the same places.  I still remember there were times when we were both up late at night studying, working on problem sets, sharing music and doing stupid things online.

This person is particularly memorable because of something she told me...she had fallen for a friend...a girl.  She struggled with whether or not it was appropriate to tell the girl.  At the time, this was all very foreign to me.  I had nothing against gay/les, but I had no particular thought or feeling about any of it either.  My attitude at the time was "it's your personal life, so do whatever you like".  (Of course, at the time, I never had the slightest thought that any of this could ever happen to me.)  I don't think she ever told her friend, but she seemed to get over it fairly quickly.

She also told me about a guy.  A guy that liked her.  They were both in the same program.  They were both gamers.  They were both musicians.  She struggled with whether or not to start with him.

Low and behold, years down the road, they have now been living together for several years and are now engaged.

Congrats, Banana.
I wish you and Mr. Right all the best.