So I met Bill

I met Bill in May 2013 at a silly little business party my older sister had invited me to. You know, the typical pyramid scheme "business". I had really wanted to meet people and honestly, take a tiny adult break from my one year old. I was a single mom and devoted all my time to my daughter. We don't become prisoners to our homes when we have children. You can still be a kick ass parent AND have fun, a concept that many have yet to figure out. I was looking to have fun and most of all, interact with other humans that knew more than a handful of words. This is the part where I tell you I fell madly in love with Bill and blah blah blah, however, it didn't go exactly like that. Bill was a friend of my sisters boyfriend who had tagged along on this "business" event for the same reasons I had. When I was first introduced to Bill...I thought he was GAY! Ha! I know, I know, judging a book by it's cover but he was so nice and he talked with his hands. Obviously my gaydar was way off. Soon after we met my suspicions of his sexuality definitely flew out the window, he would not stop hitting on me. I had Been out the "game" for a long long time so I didn't know how to handle it. He asked me out countless times and I brushed it off. I didn't even give myself a chance to be interested in him because of my own insecurities when it came to men. At the end of a long and extremely eventful night, I went home and parted ways with Bill but he didn't leave empty handed. I received a text message from Bill a day or so after the event. It was a photo meme of Gandalf that had some funny words I can't recall on them. I laughed, he was obviously listening when I told him I had enjoyed fantasy movies/books. We conversed throughout the day and into the night. Bill asked me out again that night (or day..I don't really remember) to go to Shakespeare in the park. I accepted but was really afraid of everything. At the time I was discussing going away for school to a technical college program and honestly...I didn't think I was ready for anything. The day before we were supposed to go I started my period and was experiencing horrible abdominal cramps. I canceled. I knew that it wasn't because of the cramps. I told myself I wasn't ready for dating someone and I wasn't sure I was into him. For the next couple days we continued to converse via text and I agreed to go to the Zoo with him and our kids. I guess you can say...the rest was history? Spending time with him in an environment we both found familiar helped blossom our relationship. We had grown so fond of each other very fast and our spare time was spent with eachother that summer in 2013. 

Our girls at the Zoo

Bill and I