The Story

Ben and I met during a crazy crazy time in our lives. We were both currently in Tallahassee, FL; I was attending FSU and he was at TCC. I was living up the college life at the time- going out every night and dating around. After two years of partying and not meeting a guy worth my time I decided that it was time to buckle down and move back to Boca to concentrate on school so I could actually graduate in this century! It was January of 2005 and I as planning on moving in July; I was going to spend that time being with my friends, doing things that made me happy and not worrying about the typical Tallahassee loser. So, of course, what happens? 
I went to a local bar with a good girl friend of mine and while we were there two guys came up that she had previously met. They were both cute but the tall one really caught my eye! They asked us to come sit with them but me being that hard headed latina I am told them we were talking and we would stop by their table when we got a chance. After a few hours we ended up at their table and had a great night. I really hit it off with Ben from the start- we had similar taste in music and movies and the same "life" frustrations. The night ended and that was that.
A few days later I was at a show at another bar with some of my girls and noticed Ben there with some of his friends and some random girls (army of skanks). Our stories differ from this point on- in my opinion I played the perfect hard to get game, kept our conversation short and sweet and made sure he noticed me having the time of my life with my friends. According to him I was a big too-cool-for-school biatch. However, at the end of the night I said goodbye to him and slyly slipped a note in his pocket saying: "When your done hanging out with lame girls give me a call" and left my number. He of course didn't call me until weeks later claiming that he had just finished laundry and found the note. He invited me over to watch a movie and we've been together ever since. 
I did end up moving away that July and it was one of the hardest things I had to do. At the end of the day I had to do it from my sanity though and we promised to work on things until they would no longer work. After about two weeks, Ben called me and said he wanted to move down here. We both knew it would be a big step so I told him yes as long as he had job and a license (he is a true Chicago city boy that never learned to drive up there!). Easy enough. After 8 months of long distance hell he moved down here and we started this new wacky stage of our lives. We've been living together for 3 years now and are the proud parents of our two furbabies Rufio and Harrison. We can't wait to get married and expand our family!