For me, it was love at first sight for my (now) husband. Not so much for him. I was his little sisters friend, strapped with braces and constant tween giggling. He was the older, much much hotter, couldn’t-care-less older brother just down the hall. I obviously had no shot.
Later, we met again through mutual friends, now both of age, no headgear. I was just as star struck, he was still just as cute, and this time I actually had a chance - I wasn’t going to blow it. I invited him to crash at my place after a friends birthday party and….
I had staged the place. I had casually left out a T-shirt of his favorite football team. You know, just tossed on the back of a chair. Oops! How did that get there? I left a CD of his favorite band on my nightstand, because obviously, that’s what any casual fan does. I love them too, duh! I had his favorite beer in the fridge. Yep, I 100000% drink this beer too. It doesn’t taste like piss water to me at all!
Was I a complete weirdo for doing this? Yes. Did it work perfectly? Also yes. It also made for perfect wedding vows.
His sister (a bridesmaid) was only a little miffed to find out I was using our hangouts as study sessions on her older brother. (Just kidding - she thought it was hilarious & knew we all thought he was cute).
ETA: to the people who think this is weird - 1. I already owned the shirt (local school, my dads shirt) & CD because I genuinely liked them, I just made sure they were visible. 2. I don’t care! I’m super into my husband, sue me.
Edit 2: woahhhh this is getting a lot of attention. Sorry so many of you seem to be offended by this! I definitely made this more dramatic for flair than it is, but I guess too much? It was just a shirt and a cd I already owned people! He thought it was funny, and we’ve been happily together for many years. Give the hate a rest!
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