A few days after I met Andy, he mentioned during a telephone conversation that he had a website. He gave me the address (aolson.net – formerly aolson.us). I was snooping around his website when I discovered a category called “blog.” I had no clue what a “blog” was. It turns out that “blog” is short …
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Blog Created
Despite the fact that this does not appear to be the first post to our site, we are creating the site today. Rather than write about what’s already happened under the current date, we decided to post it under the date that things actually happened.
Typical March Weekend
There aren’t many posts for March because not a lot happened. Jessica was working very hard to get clients compliant with a law that was to take effect on April 14, 2004. She was working long hours every day, and was busy most weekends. On a typical weekend, we would get together on Friday night …
Telling Each Other that We Love Each Other
On this day (less than 2 months after we met), Andy and I told each other that we love each other. I think I realized I loved him the day before this day. It turns out that he had loved me after dating me for three weeks or something, but figured he should wait to …
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Men’s Rules for a Relationship
Andy sent me the following email forward on March 3, 2004. Some of it may be inappropriate for younger readers. I think the list works better if you assume that the guy and girl are married. The list is meant as a joke and I think it is pretty funny.
Phase 2
From the very beginning, we both knew that the purpose of our relationship was to see if we should marry each other. Early on, we defined four distinct phases to our relationship. Phase 1 was new friends, just getting to know each other. We were introduced by my good friend Phil, who was dating Jess’ …
My First Haircut
This is a kind of funny string of emails about me planning to get my first hair cut after starting to date Andy and his emotional response. Andy likes me with long hair, as is sufficiently clear below: I wrote: Good morning, Andy! Well, I’m feeling pretty rested. But, I haven’t fully disclosed the reason …
Distraction
Here is a string of emails from February 16, 2004: Andy wrote: You’re distracting me again. I replied: No, Andy, I think it is the other way around. (I was just thinking about you!) Andy replied: There she goes. There she goes again. Racing through my brain. And I just can’t contain. This feeling that …
Valentine’s Day
I knew when I agreed to go out on a date with Andy at the end of January that it was a risky move. You see, I was already aware that Valentine’s Day just right around the corner and that it would be awkward with a new relationship. But, just before Valentine’s Day, I realized …
Call Me Crazy
Here is an excerpt of an email I wrote Andy on February 13, 2004: Hi Andy, Went to lunch with colleagues. I ate way more than I planned to, but it was so good. I kept talking about you at the lunch and I’m sure everyone thinks I’m crazy since I haven’t known you for …