July WAS a good month

I first met Alan when I was a sophomore in college (1998). I worked in the computer lab, and he would come in and talk to me and flirt with me. I had a serious boyfriend at the time and didn't even realize he was interested in me as anything more than a friend.

Then, last March (2002), we were both back in our college town, and were re-introduced by a mutual friend. I was there on a date with another guy, so we pretty much just said hi, and found out that we were both living in Milwaukee now.

A few weeks later, he calls me... our mutual friend had given him my phone number... we started hanging out together, doing things from time to time... I was skittish because I'd just had a VERY BAD thing happen to me relationship-wise (what do you mean you've been married for 3 years?) so even though he wanted more, I kept it on a very low-key, just-barely-dating level... but as the months went by I realized I liked him a lot more than that, and I shouldn't let my experience with married-boy wreck things with Alan.

July 5th, I suprised him by asking him if I could call him my boyfriend and we could be exclusive

November 1st, I moved in with him

And we are hopefully getting engaged this summer