Want to know how I met my fiancé in high school? Here is the love story of how I met my fiancé on a cruise during my spring break in 2003.
How I Met My Fiancé on a Cruise
In April 2003, my fiancé and I both went on the Carnival cruise for our high school senior spring break. I flew in from Connecticut and Brandon traveled down to Florida from Tennessee. On the first night of the cruise my sister L, best friend T, and I were trying to make new friends. By trying I mean we sat at a table, sneakily drinking our spiked diet cokes, and said HEY! to every male that walked by.
I spotted the tall, cute, brown haired guy waiting by the elevator, so I ran over to find out his name. I was suprised to hear a southern accent as he said his name was B from Tennessee. Then he jumped on the elevator and disappeared. =0(
I went back to the girls to reveal the hottie tottie’s name, and my stupid sister called ‘dibs’ on him. … even though I hunted him down… and he looked too old for her… and at that point he didn’t know she even existed. A little while later he came by with some ugly girl (she was probably cute but the enemy is always ugly) and I introduced L and T to the new love of my life. And that was it – he was gone again.
The next night after a few L.I.Teas and dancing at Carlos n Chucks, I went on a wild goose hunt for B. I had to see him again – but I couldn’t let L and T know I was breaking the #1 girlfriend rule – if your bff says a guy is hers, he is OFF LIMITS! Fortunately, L and T were too young to get into the Teen Disco on the ship and that is exactly where B was hiding.
Welllllllllllll…..we ended up talking until almost 4am, and the only reason I went to bed was because T’s Dad thought the cruise left me in Cozumel and ransacked the boat until he found me. When I woke up the next morning I knew I was in love…with Mr. Tennessee. And I couldn’t tell anyone! I thought L would kill me…which she almost did when she found out T and I were holding hands and frolicking around the cruise ship like the lovestruck teenagers we were. (Let’s just say L recorded a 10 minute video about me being a scandalous liar and that video has been destroyed.)
We spent the whole week together, flirting, fighting, talking. On the last night of the cruise we stayed up to watch our boat sail back into Miami. He snuck into my cabin and laid with me until I fell asleep. When I woke up and discovered he was gone I was hysterical…and I continued to cry until we got back to Connecticut. I thought I was never going to see him again.
After going our separate ways, we realized we missed each other way too much to call each other “friend” – but our distance was an issue and we knew we couldn’t be anything more than friends. Thank goodness for cell phones with free long distance. (And the graduation road trip B and his friends took to Boston – of course he stopped by CT!)
He was the first person I told that my parents were on the brink of a divorce, the only person I texted on my first night at Uconn, and the secret stranger I spent an hour talking to after the ball dropped on New Year’s Eve.
A year later, fate brought us back together. We were reunited on spring break once again – this time as freshmen in college and on land in Fort Lauderdale.
Almost 6 years later, we are more in love than we ever have been and thankful we found one another on that big boat.
Jenn says
how cute/sweet/hilarious! My roommate in college called ‘dibs’ on my fiance, but she tended to do that with most guys she met, so I went out with him anyway! All was okay after I told her, and now look at us 🙂
Awesome story!
Ahh, that is so cute! Thanks for your comment yesterday! 🙂
oh my goodness. that is such a sweet story. that is fate.
What a sweet story!!! I was laughing about the part where your sister called ‘dibs’ on him. I had a friend who called ‘dibs’ on my FH, I finally said screw it and pursued him and the rest is history.
Love love love stories, especially those that begin with Carnival Cruises:)
That is so sweet and funny!
BTW, we had pumpkin, pecan, chocolate and millionaire pie at our wedding! 🙂
Apparently I had never read this before…SO SWEET!
Soooo cute! My husband and I met the first week of college when we were both 18! Your love story reminds me of us!
I. love. this. story! It’s so adorable!