Weddingbee Blog

Now that I’ve shared a little bit about our wedding and our inspiration, I figure it’s about time we take a little trip down memory lane and I tell you our story!

… Once upon a time… just kidding.

The first photo ever taken of Mr. Cardigan and me!

Mr. Cardigan and I met in high school. We took Geometry together (he was in the “fast track” and was taking it as a freshman), and he claims he was in love with me from the first time he saw me. He would constantly “forget” his glasses in another class and need to come sit next to me in the front of the room. He would then proceed to kick my flip flops off and draw scribbles all over my notes. So mature.

Site note: I used to wear the same pair of flip flops almost every day in high school, and I recently tried to get rid of them, but Mr. Cardigan wouldn’t let me. Apparently they hold sentimental value for him. Cute, in a really strange way!

Anyways, Mr. C was smitten, and I was kind of annoyed by the curly-haired kid who wouldn’t leave me alone. At the time, I was dating a big-bad 18 year old from another school, so I wasn’t really all that interested in Mr. Cardigan’s pursuits. We did, however, become fast friends and he always made me laugh. He continued to pursue me until he found out I had a boyfriend, and then he was absolutely heartbroken… just kidding. He was a 15 year old boy—he moved on in about 5 minutes.

Fast forward to a year later, and it was the start of tryouts for the One Act Play. It was my first year trying out, so I was very nervous, but Mr. C was a OAP veteran, and he helped me out in practicing for tryouts. Our school was doing Into the Woods that year, and Mr. C and I just so happened to be trying out for two parts that share a love scene. Coincidence? I think not. I didn’t think I even stood a chance for my part against all of the other (older and more talented) girls who were trying out, but I went for it – mostly because I really liked the part, but also because I had decided I might have a little crush on Mr. C and it seemed like a good opportunity to kiss him.

We both got the parts and within weeks we were dating!

In costume at one of our performances. I feel like I should point out that my costume was originally GORGEOUS, and I was in love with it, but my director decided she didn’t like it. So I got that monstrosity. Oh, the joys of acting!

Very soon after we started dating, Mr. C and I knew we would be together forever. We fell for each other hard and fast, and we were pretty much inseparable for the rest of high school. But, alas, I am older than him and I graduated first. We had been dating for a little over a year and a half when I left for college, and we chose to stay together. A&M is only about two and a half hours from where we lived, but when you’re 18 years old, that’s practically cross-country. I had to spend 10 months in College Station without Mr. Cardigan, and I’ll be completely honest: it was really hard for me. We were living completely separate lives and were in very different stages of our lives. It was so hard to relate to his complaints about senior year when I was struggling with my first year of college, being on my own for the first time, and having NO friends up in College Station.

Home for Christmas break – halfway there!!

But, as hard as it was for Mr. C and I to go through that time apart, I am so glad that we did. It made all of the time I got to spend with him so special, and I will always cherish the memories of weekends when he would come visit me—it was like we hadn’t seen each other in years, and it was always so heartbreaking when he had to go home. It also brought us so much closer than I ever thought it would. Our relationship is so much stronger today because of the time that we had to spend apart!

Finally, a year later Mr. C came up to College Station to join me, and it felt like everything was right with the world again!

Reunited and it feels so good!!

Were you and your SO ever long-distance? Did it strengthen your relationship as much as it did ours?