We met in school! 🙂 we actually lived in the same neighborhood for a year or so long before that, it’s pretty funny–
This is the story of how we DIDN’T meet.
The middle school was within walking distance from that neighborhood, and in Florida it was really common for people to have fruit trees in their yards, and my favorite were loquats, which are hard to find in stores.
So little eleven year old me saw no problem snagging a small handful from someone’s backyard tree, especially when the tree produced more than anyone could eat, as evident by some having dropped to the ground.
The first couple times I was really cautious, making sure no one saw me, checking the porch chairs, the hammock. But with time, i grew lax… and one day when I was grabbing a couple, someone suddenly sat up in the hammock! I immediately bolted of course.
Time went on and of course over the years I’d more or less forgotten about the incident. I had moved away, moved again, moved back to the same town… Now my wife and I are in high school and dating, and it’s gotten pretty serious.
We were driving by going to the post office, and she told me she used to live in that neighborhood. I said that was funny, i did too! We kept talking and realized that it was even at the same time.
Then she pointed out the house she used to live in, and I laughed a little and mentioned that I used to steal fruits from that house. She started telling me a funny story about how one night she decided to sleep in the hammock out there and saw somebody take off running from the back yard.
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