My husand and I were best buddies for the first 2.5 years of our relationship. It was purely platonic. I dated guys and would tell him all about it. He gave me a lot of advise about dating. After a while, I got sick of dating and I felt disappointed with it. I gave up on men for a while. But he was still there for me as he'd always been.

After going on for a while with no love life, I started to see my good friend differently. I began to realize that the man for me was right under my nose the whole time! I learned that all the high ideals I had for the man that I thought I WANTED, wasn't really want I NEEDED. It was then that I began to fall in love with him. He was such a good friend to me and we had so much in common. During our platonic relationship, out of all the stupid dates I went on, I always enjoyed spending time with him the most. I called him on the phone everyday and loved talking to him. I felt stupid for not seeing what he really was sooner.

However, I know that if I hadn't dated all those rotten apples, I wouldn't have grown enough, and had the maturity to finally appreciate the angel that had always been by my side.

While hanging out with him at his apartment one day, I paused the movie we were watching and I confessed my love for him. He confessed back! Shortly there after, I moved in with him. We dated for about 2.5 years and got married April 2005. I'm happy that I married my best friend. Its great, because eventhough we have a great romantic relationship, our original friendship hasn't changed. He's still my best buddy and my most favorite person to hang out with. ^.^

Am I gonna get flamed for saying all of this? T^T;