1999 seems like ages ago…
...but that was when they met. She was 18. He was 19.
They were classmates during their junior year in college at the University of
Santo Tomas. They became close friends. He admitted he was in love with her.
She rejected him as she was getting over a broken heart at the time. He went
emo for a while, but didn't quit, and she eventually relented when she was
ready. October 12, 1999 became their anniversary as boyfriend and girlfriend.
And so the years passed, and they grew up together. They
graduated college and started working. They coasted for years - they always
knew they would only get married when they were already in their 30s. They
wanted to enjoy their 20s to the hilt. They started out very young after all,
and they knew they had a long way to go.
They broke up in 2002, but it was a very brief one (just
a couple of weeks) owing mainly to their youth. They broke up again in 2009,
which really seemed like the end then. He had been stuck in a rut for some
time, while her life was undergoing major change and turmoil. It became a year
of self-discovery for both of them - of finally growing up, figuring out what
they wanted in life, and mending all those kinks that needed fixing. All that
time, they stayed in touch, still caring about each other while they were far
apart. At the end of that year of pain and heartbreak, they simply tumbled back
into each other's lives. It was as easy as it was when they were teenagers in
1999. After a year of getting to know each other all over again, he finally
asked, and she said yes.
Indeed, it has been a long time since 1999. It has been a
long and arduous, yet also beautiful and glorious journey. It is now 2013, and
on April 21, after years of carefree summers, of hardship and heartbreak, of
adventures both big and small, of quiet triumphs and resounding pitfalls, of
navigating the real world, of love lost and found, Aleq and Julls are finally,
finally, finally, getting married.
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