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June 14, 2001: Mr. Bruschetta and I had met up at a local diner, and were sitting across from each other in a booth. I don’t remember what either of us ordered, but I do recall why we were there. About two weeks previous (following my uncharacteristically bold move), Mr. Bruschetta had been my prom date. And although I was graduating high school in less than a week, I liked him. A lot. I wanted to figure out if he felt similarly, and if we could start a relationship while I transitioned to college life. We were embarrassingly awkward, but sealed our evening with a kiss — and the intention to refer to one another as boyfriend and girlfriend.
It’s been 2,922 days, innumerable culinary experiences, countless (much less clumsy) kisses, and one proposal since the official start of “us”. And we’ve celebrated annually with Flag Day dates — below, we’re posing for Mama Bruschetta before heading out to celebrate the first year with dinner and a night at the theatre.
Today is our final dating anniversary before we’re married. So how did we commemorate our own elite eight?
Well, that’ll hafta wait for another post — since the story is actually related to some details for our reception.
It’s certainly going to feel weird starting back at zero following the wedding. I keep thinking we should get some sort of “credit” for all those years spent dating!
How long did you and your fiance date before getting married?
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Happy Anniversary! Eight years is a loooong time. Congrats! Mr. Powder Puff and I will have been dating for 2 1/2 years by our wedding day. I don’t know what I would have done if he had made me wait for longer! 
Happy 8! We’ve been dating 6 by our wedding date- aka, forever. You’re forever + 2!!!
I agree, I too feel weird starting at 0. Weirder because I’ve had friends start dating, then get married while we were still only dating… So they’re at 2, and I’m at 0? No fair! 
how cute!
You post totally reminded me of the Rent song - 5 hundred, 25 thousand, 6 hundred minutes! except it’s 525,600 times 8! Plus I love how you measure it in culinary experiences
Happy 8th! We will pass the 8 year mark in July and are tying the knot in October…I too feel like we should get some credit. When some people try to “warn” me of life after marriage, I always chuckle to myself because I feel like the 8 years makes it feel like a marriage already!
Happy 8!!!! We’re getting married 4.5 years and 5 days from when we started dating =D
Carry on celebrating both! More excuses for celebration, and that way you don’t have to lose all your dating ‘points’!
We got engaged on our 3-year anniversary, and were married ten months later. So right now we’ve been together for 4 and a half years, and married for almost 8 months. I’m still counting both!
Happy anniversary! We’ll have been dating for 7 years when we get married and I agree about the credit! I dont know how you’d get it buty I feel the same.
Also I like the elite 8, it make me think of college basketball, it shows that you went to a school with a good team!
Happy 8th! We’re getting married 4 days before our 8th anniversary. I also feel weird about starting from zero again. But at the same time, people don’t really count the years before marriage, even though we’ve lived together for 3 years. So I’ll look forward to starting to count up again!
Happy Anniversary! I’ve been thinking the same thing, suddenly you’ll be newlyweds but you still have those previous 8 years under your belt. I think you should have the “us” anniversary and the wedding anniversary and count both as years pass.
We will have been together for 6 years and 7 months to the day when we get married. We met and fell in love on August 29, 2003 and are getting married May 29, 2010. I just realized last week, after we booked our venues, that the 29th will be a recurring anniversary day for us. Congrats again!
4.5 years for us! I’m glad we didn’t rush into marriage after a year like a lot of my friends did.
10.5 years for us…we’ll be together 12 years by our wedding date Happy Anniversary!!!
Happy 8! We celebrated year #8 just five months after our wedding. And we’ll keep celebrating our dating anniversary, now we just have another one to remember!
I know exactly how you feel… We’ve been together for 9 in August, and our wedding isn’t for 2 more years, so we will be almost at 11 by then! So sad to start back at zero…
Wow, that’s a lot of days! We’ll be married just shy of our 5 1/2 year anniversary and we don’t plan on starting the count over! Don’t know yet if we’ll do the half-year wedding anniversary or continue with our old one (which symbolized the day we decided we were going to only be with each other). The wedding date will always be special, but our relationship truly began & was solidified that day
We celebrated our 7 year anniversary in April, and are getting married in July. I agree with you too, it’s no fair having to start at 0!
Congratulations! We got married last September but we still celebrated our 4 years of being together this year. I just called it “4 years of togertherness”. I’m leaving the “Anniversary” for the wedding celebration now that we’re married.
Congrats! It will be 8 years for us this Friday and our wedding is next month.
Our wedding date is 3 days before our 9 year dating anniversary. So when our first wedding anniversary rolls around, I won’t be able to keep myself from calling it our 10 year anniversary.
We will have been together for about 9.5 years when we finally tie the knot!
Congrats to you guys!
and yes I totally think we need to get some sort of credit, starting at zero is going to be tough!
Wow, and I thought we had been together for a long time before getting engaged. I was getting so antsy! We’ll have been together 4.5 years by the time our wedding date rolls around.
By the wedding date it will be nearly 4 years. We dated for almost 2 before he proposed.
Wow; probably one of the cutest stories I’ve heard. Congrats! and you left me completely curious! Can’t wait to read about what you did and about the reception soon!
We’ve been together 6 years and will celebrate 7 just before the wedding. Our anniversary is March 11, so it was only appropriate we get married on the 13th (the next Saturday). I like it that way…I kinda feel like we should get credit for the time leading up to the turning point too. Haha So, it will be easier to keep accurate track!
Happy Anniversary! We were together 5 years before we got married. I also don’t think it’s right to start back at zero because we wouldn’t be where we are now if we didn’t have those years…BUT…it’s still an ongoing battle with the Mr. in regards to celebrating both. If your Mr. is up to it, I think you should still celebrate both next year!
Happy Anniversary! We went out for 7.5 years before we tied the knot.
This is such a sweet post! Happy anniversary to you! It’s so wonderful to have met the right one at such a young age and be able to keep the relationship going stronger and stronger for so many years. Congratulations!
wow amazing!!! two years for us. two difficult, challenging years, but we’re here!!!
congratulations and happy anniversary!
We got civilly married only 1.5 years after we met and are having our “white wedding” 2 and a quarter years after we met.
Congrats! My fiance was my prom date too! We’ll be getting married next year, just a couple months past 6 years.
Congratulations! My fiance and I will have been together almost five years before we get married!
Congrats!! My FI and I will be shy of 4 years when we get married in September. I can’t believe how fast time has flown by.
@Miss Bear Cub: LOL! Yup, leave it to me to measure our relationship by the amount we’ve cooked and number of times we’ve dined in amazing restaurants.
@ all: So impressed by your lengthy courtships, as well! I’ll hafta see if Mr. Bru is receptive to celebrating both our wedding and “togetherness” (love that, evelinej) anniversaries.
Such a cute post! Belated congrats on celebrating your 8th! My guy and I will have been together just four months shy of 6 years by the time we get married.
We will be marrying a year and a few months after we first started dating. However, we have known each other for several years and even lived as roommates before we discovered our love for one another!
We’ll be together for 7 years and 11 months when we get married! Mr M was my prom date too! Its definitely weird when friends that have been together for a lot less time are already celebrating their wedding anniversaries!
That’s great!! We have been dating for 13 years this May! (i know that’ basically most of my life LOL) we met when i was 14 and he was 16, but it never feels like its been that long, which is why he is definately the love of life! Can’t wait to hear about the follow up post to this!!
We are getting married on our 7th anniversary… it was very important to us that we didn’t ever feel like we had to “start over” and so we decided to make sure we always had our “dating anniversary” to celebrate and value and keep it as our wedding date. the mr. in particular is very excited about this : )
Once we get married, we’ll have dated for roughly 1 year and 10 months.
We’ll be 5 years and 8 days the day we get married. I realized that after we chose the date and wished we’d chosen a week sooner, then they would both basically be the same anniversary. I think I’ll just count years married, knowing that we never would have gotten to this point without the 5 years preceding.
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Mrs. Bruschetta, Philadelphia
Age and Occupation: 25, Communication Professional
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Physical Therapy Graduate Student
Engagement Date: November 30, 2007
Wedding Date: August 2009
Venue: St. Thomas of Villanova Church & the F.U.E.L. House
About Me: I’m a self-proclaimed grammar geek who loves singing (like, really belting it) in the car. My mister and I are planning a vibrant summer soiree celebrating our passions – including food and Philly – and when we make it official, we’ll have been together for eight years! Being super competitive is in my nature, and talking excessively is in my genes. I’ve got a terrible sense of direction, but can always easily find my way into Mr. Bruschetta’s arms.
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