Happy Date-a-versary to me and Rand!!
Today is our 12 year Date-a-versary.
Since I'm the blog author I get to tell the first date story {Rand's story recalls the story just a little bit differently}. The setting, Roy's Restaurant, Hawai'i, 12 years ago and a few days... It goes something like this:
"Hiiii most beautiful Tiffani" (rand)
"Hi Rand" (tiffani)
"Wow you are truly the most amazing girl I have ever seen and I really want to take you on a date, would you like to go and get some sushi?" (rand)
"No thank you, I don't really like sushi." (tiffani)
"Oh, well ok." (rand...feeling somewhat crushed)
Three days later:
"Hiii most brilliant Tiffani" (rand)
"Hello Rand" (tiffani)
"Really you are everything I've ever dreamt of and I really want to get to know you better, pleeeeeeeeeease go dancing with me." (rand)
"Um, not tonight" (tiffani)
"Ok, well thanks for considering the thought, if even for a second." (rand... feeling totally devastated)
Five days later - April 1, 1999:
"Most incredible female human ever created, how are you today?" (rand)
"I'm great." (tiffani)
"I was hoping if I gave you my phone number, you'd give me a call some time and we can get together" (rand)
"Sure, ok, go ahead and write down your number and I'll give you a call." (tiffani)
Actual photo of phone number from Rand:
I took home this little paper with phone number and finally figured "oh, what the heck, I'll call the guy, he's clearly never going to give up!" And so I made the call and asked if this mystery man to my life wanted to get a bite to eat after work. He screamed into the phone, "oh yes, oh yes, I would LOVE to. Thank you, thank you for calling. I can't wait!!!!"
{Truth disclaimer.... the above story has been dramatized a little. :)}
So Rand and I met after work on April 1, 1999. We went to Zippy's (a little Denny's style restaurant in Hawai'i) ate waffles and papaya. And the rest is history. He {and I} fell madly in love. We had so much in common and found our differences intriguing. Thank you for being persistent my Rand! What an amazing 12 years we've had!!
Here's us back in 1999....
Love him. Truly!!
Ow Ow! Check out those legs! You are one hot mama! I am still jealous that Rand got to you first, but totally ok with it because of all the cute babies I get to love.
ReplyDeletelove that you have his number still!!! i'm glad he was so persistent. happy dateaversary! wish i were there so you two could have a date and i could play with the little ones. miss you so much!! xo
ReplyDeleteI love this story, I would now like to hear Rand's story haha!! I will be calling him today, hopefully his number is the same number on that paper! (jk of course) I especially love how cute you two look in 1999, the greatest part is you actually have some color to you, you got your tan on back then!! I love you both!
ReplyDeleteI love this little story! I can still see the two of you all lovey like and a little younger in Hawaii. Love is pretty magical. Sometimes it's tough, but memories like these are what make it come back alive!
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