Don't you love government
paperwork? What, you don't? Well, you should, because you have it to thank for
being here tonight. Yes, some couples meet at a bar, some meet online, others
remember gazing across the room, at a party, and locking eyes with the one they
would marry. Not, this couple, though...
Listen to how John tells it:
"I was changing departments at work, and while checking out of one
department, I needed her signature (among many others). She was the only one
who answered her phone, so I went to her office." Now, if that is not the
stuff of bodice rippers, I don't know what is...
Of course, humor aside, the
truth is, that it does not matter how you meet. And, I did leave out the slightly
more interesting part of the story. Ashley happened to be wearing a t shirt,
rather than her military blouse that day, due to the heat, so John saw her
tattoos, and he being no body ink slouch himself struck up a conversation, and
they compared notes, or skin, as it may be.
Regardless, that type of
initial meeting is just fate; there is little you can do to control that. What
matters is, what happens next. Do you just squander the moment, or do you act
on that fateful encounter, and forge it into destiny?
This couple chose the
latter. As Ashley says, "There was an instant connection. Since the day we
have met, we have spoken, literally, every day... John and I have traded some
of our deepest, most personal secrets, stories and fears... It's almost like we
can read each other's minds." Wow. They did NOT squander the moment.
And, though I said humor
aside, you have to have humor to make a relationship truly great. As Ashley
says, "We make fun of each other, in a loving way... He knows every single
button of mine, and he pushes them to no end... I know all his triggers too, so
it can get fun."
That tells me, that this is
a very mature relationship, which means that, though Ashley and John are very
much in love, it is not just love they share. They share a deep friendship too.
As John indeed says, "Ashley is above anything else, my very best
friend... Our dynamic is stellar." That is why Ashley can comfortably say,
"Before John, I never really thought I would get married, but after being
with John, I now know I could not marry anyone else."
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