How Rachel and John met…
Hey guys! We did an Instagram poll asking you what our second blog post should be, and the story of how we met is what won… This story is a doozy.
To this day, my mom still thinks that John was the one who reached out to me first…not the other way around. : )
The year was 2009. It was a few days before Christmas break. A girl that I used to dance with in high school’s brother got it a really bad car accident. My mom asked me to check in on him and see how he was doing. I wasn’t really sure what else to do but to look him up on good old Facebook. I went to his page and couldn’t find anything on his main feed, so I clicked on his pictures. The first picture that popped up was a picture of him and John. Right away, I turned to my roommates and said, “he’s cute!”. I was feeling pretty bold that night so I decided to message “gymnast boy” (as I called him back then).
Clearly I had game. lol
We started messaging back and forth and John asked me out on a date that Friday night. He was going to go back to North Carolina to visit his family for Christmas break the day after our date. I was so anxious and excited to meet him, I didn’t think I could wait that long…
The night before our date I decided to go over to his apartment to meet him at about 11:00 at night. (In hindsight, that wasn’t the smartest move. He could have been a total creeper. Thank goodness he wasn't!). Also in hindsight, I am SO glad that I went over there that night because the next night was a bit of a disaster. More on that soon!
When I walked in the his apartment, I met one of his teammates and John offered me and oreo and milk. I accepted it, but I was wayyyy to nervous to actually eat it. We watched Monsters Inc. and talked for hours and hours. It was truly the perfect night. I went home so excited for our date the next night!
The following night, we went on our first date to an Italian restaurant. It was a very nice date. We went back to John’s apartment afterward and that is when things got interesting…my stomach started to get really upset and I spent the next longgggg while in the bathroom. Clearly the dinner didn’t sit well with me. After a little while John offered to go to the store and get me some medicine. I said YES please! I needed the medicine and was also happy to have the apartment to myself. Little did I know, his brother was his other roommate and was home the whole time!
John got back with the medicine and offered to drive me home after I took it. I told him that I didn’t think I would make it back home without getting sick in the car on the way. So I stayed until it passed through and I knew it would be “safe” to go home.
I was SO SO SO glad that we had met the night before and had such a wonderful time talking and getting to know each other. Can you imagine if our date night was the first night that we met!?!? Thank goodness, he overlooked the experience and wanted to continue our relationship from there.
And that is the story of how Rachel and John met. I told you…it’s a doozy. : )
