10 years ago today.........

I went on a blind date, set up by my MOTHER!

I was a senior in HS and Mike was a sophomore in college. In December 1999, my mother sat me down one day and asked me “How would you like to meet a 19-year-old from Nassau (community college)?” My response: “How do YOU know a 19-year-old from Nassau?”

My mother explained that she was referring to one of her co-worker's sons. Now normally I would NEVER have gone through with this, but I figured I’d do it appease mom. I asked her to get me a picture. So she and Mike’s mom exchanged pictures of us, and phone numbers, and a week later, when I was putting up the Christmas tree, he called me for the first time. He asked if I’d like to get together for dinner one night, and I responded with 'Let me check my schedule.' He immediately took that comment the wrong way and made the first of his many sarcastic and inappropriate jokes to me. We set up a date for the following weekend, and agreed to bring friends along to help with the awkwardness.

We met the next Saturday night (December 18, 1999) at a TGI Fridays with friends by our sides. After dinner, we went to a local pool hall. He hated me on our first date, I had a great time. If you ask Mike about our first date, he will tell you that the only time I looked him in the eye was to tell him 'I hope you dance, because I don't date anyone who doesn't dance' (I don't recall this, AT ALL).

Needless to say, I called the next day to thank him for everything, and here we are 10 years later and we're getting married in just over 5 months!!!!!!!!!!!!