8 years and one week

So with the passing of last weekend (aka the UT/Rice game) went our other anniversary - 8 years of dating. Sure, we knew each other and started going to football games together 9 years ago... but it wasn't until after the Rice game that it *officially* started.

I love that first year (between 9 and 8 years ago) because we got to know each other so well without pretense or trying to impress the other. This is mainly because I had sworn him off as the only guy in this world I would never date. =)

Turns out, we don't remember the actual day. We tried to figure it out the Thursday prior, but eventually settled on it being okay that we just reference the 'Rice game' as the date. I kinda like it that way. We celebrated by going on a date. No re-enacting the scene this year, though: the next Rice home game will make 10 years, so maybe then.