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A Ninja Love Story

The story of how Girl Ninja and I came to fall in love is not the typical fairy tale that we all read about. We’ve had our ups and downs, but after four years of dating we are excited to commit our lives to each other. I hope you enjoy our love story.

It was spring of my Freshmen year. I, like most single college guys, was interested in two things. Food and girls. Five months in to my Freshmen year, I received a voicemail from my best friend (let’s call him Blake). He said “Ninja, I just got done hanging out with my girlfriend (let’s call her Ashley) and one of her friends…” He went on to tell me about how Girl Ninja had blonde hair, blue eyes, and was an amazing person. After speaking with Blake, I also learned she was only a junior in high school.  And to make matters worse, she lived in Washington state (I attended college in San Diego). I thanked my friend for looking out for me, but told him I was on a mission to find a girlfriend and wasn’t about to wait two years for Girl Ninja to begin college.

Nine months later (and still single), I flew to Seattle for Christmas break. Blake and Ashley insisted Girl Ninja and I meet, so they planned a double date for us. We baked cookies, played board games, and had an all around good time. Although Girl Ninja and I enjoyed each others company during the date, I don’t think either of us were convinced we were destined to be together. We wished each other well and I headed back to San Diego to finish out the school year.

Fast forward another nine months. I’m frustratingly still single and Girl Ninja starts her Freshmen year at my college (I’m now a Junior). About once a week we would chat online or wave to each other in passing. That was the extent of our friendship.

A few months in to the school year, I learned from Ashley, that Girl Ninja was not adjusting well to college life. She was feeling pretty homesick. I decided to ask Girl Ninja out, on a date, to hopefully brighten her spirits. We went rock climbing, shopping, to dinner, and watched a movie together. It was a lot of fun, but there was still no spark between us.

Immediately after our date, Ashley and Blake, called to see if I fell in love with Girl Ninja. I’m pretty sure I could hear their hearts break, when I told them I wasn’t interested. They finally got the point and realized maybe Girl Ninja and I weren’t supposed to be together.

One night, during spring semester of Junior year, I invited Girl Ninja over to my apartment to watch “24” with me and my roommates. When she came over she sat down on the couch next to my friend Nate. The oddest thing happened, I felt jealous. Why didn’t Girl Ninja want to sit next to me? I didn’t know why I was jealous, it’s not like I had a crush on her. Did I? Turns out, I did.

After a few weeks of trying to convince myself I shouldn’t date Girl Ninja cause it would be too weird, I finally gave in and asked her on another date. We went to the mall, walked around for a bit, and eventually sat down for dinner. Before our meal came, I decided it was time to tell Girl Ninja how I felt. I said, “I know we have hung out a few times before, but today I asked you out for a different reason. Over the last two years I have had Blake and Ashley tell me how wonderful you are, but instead of hear it from them over and over, I’d like to get to know you better myself. I know there is this awkward pressure of us getting married, I’m not interested in that. But to be perfectly honest, I do like you.”

At this point, Girl Ninja turns bright red with embarrassment because she just thought we were going on another casual date. I totally caught her off guard and she didn’t know how to react. Let’s just say she didn’t necessarily respond by confessing her undying love for me. She was, however, open to the idea of getting to know each other more.

This is where things got interesting. I learned, over the next few weeks, that Girl Ninja had actually been seeing another guy. I realized it was time to step up my game and force Girl Ninja to fall in love with me. I wooed the crap out of her, frequently surprising her with flowers, her favorite Starbucks drink, and other little presents.

After four months of intense pursuing on my part, she still had feelings for the other guy. I had fought a long and hard battle, but realized I just couldn’t convince her to be my girlfriend. I decided to write her a loooooong letter (yeah I know, kind of an emo thing to do) telling her I tried my hardest to show her that I respected/appreciated/cared for her, but I had to throw in the towel and move on. I was ending my pursuit.

A week after I sent that letter an awkward thing happened. We had to fly to Seattle together to participate in the wedding of my friend Blake, to her friend Ashley (we were both in the wedding party).  Let’s just say the plane ride home was a little uncomfortable and not much was said. The next day, at our friends rehearsal dinner, I literally ignored her all day, because it was too hard for me to pretend like I wasn’t frustrated with her.

The next day, at the wedding, I pushed the bitterness aside and just enjoyed myself. Turned out this worked to my favor, Girl Ninja loved watching me interact with my friends, and she definitely couldn’t resist my awesome dance moves. That night, I had unknowingly won her heart.

A few weeks after our friends’ wedding, we had the DTR (Define the Relationship) talk when I officially became her first, last, and only boyfriend.

Our relationship has been slow moving from day one. Eighteen months of hearing about each other, but never hanging out. Followed by, five months of friendship. Another five months of winning her heart. Heck, we didn’t even kiss until three months after we became “official” (I’m GN’s first and only kiss). Now after four years of dating, we couldn’t be happier and are super excited to embark on this new part of life together. If it wasn’t for Blake and Ashley’s annoying persistence, Girl Ninja and I would probably never have met, and I’d probably still be single. I freakin’ love the heck out of this girl and can not wait to show her that every morning, day, and night.

Booya for love!

p.s. We were both in Blake and Ashley’s wedding party, and they will now both be in ours 🙂

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26 COMMENTS

  1. what a sweet story Ninja!! I have been following your blog for agggeeesssss (but not stalking you!! i promise!!) I have enjoyed following your wedding story and love reading about all the bits and pieces that go with it.. and that story was just beautiful!!

    I hope that your big day is everything that you and girl ninja wish for and that your lives together are happy and joyous!!

  2. Awwwwwww. That was the sweetest. Our courtship was quite fast. I recall telling him something along the lines of “I will give you a trial.” Luckily, he passed.

  3. Congratulations on the nuptials but more importantly, congrats on finding each other and giving yourselves the best possible start (friendship first) to what I hope will be the most gratifying and loving relationship.

  4. We’re going to a wedding in CO 2 weeks. It’s going to be so fun.

    My relationship started with a year long friendship as well. We both continually convinced ourselves that we weren’t each other’s type. What can I say, we were in denial. Friends first relationships are great because you get to see the person for who they really are before you start dating. It’s much better than trying to figure out if someone’s acting this way because they’re trying to win you over or if it’s because they genuinely are cool.

  5. Great story! I think that the relationships that take time to develop often turn out to be the best kind. That’s the case for Mrs. Beagle and I! We met randomly at a bar, a place where for years I had no luck whatsoever. We chatted a bit, exchanged numbers, and parted ways. We talked occasionally and I could tell she was sort of interested, but being that there was an age difference (I was 29, she was 21), I thought there was too big a gap. Sort of like with you, after she started dating another guy, I started becoming a little more interested. When it didn’t work out between them and she invited me to a concert that she had bought tickets for her and the ex, I accepted. She was surprised given my lack of interest. We had a great time. Even after that, it took another couple of months before we became official, and as they say, the rest is history! That first meeting took place seven years this month!

  6. I LOVE this story! Thanks for sharing it! I’ve been waiting on pins and needles. 🙂 It’s so sweet that you were her first kiss! You better show some headless wedding photos to us when you get back from the honeymoon! 🙂

  7. That was such a sweet story. Reading that was such a great way to start the day. Thank you for sharing!

  8. “I know there is this awkward pressure of us getting married, I’m not interested in that. But to be perfectly honest, I do like you.” Awwwwww…I’m tearing-up over this! lol – congrats on the impending nuptials and here’s to a lifetime of loving your GirlNinja!

  9. That’s so sweet! Have a fantastic wedding and future together!

    Mr. BFS and I started as board gaming friends for a couple of weeks. Apparently (I learned much later) he thought I was cute but also had a crush on my friend. My friend thought he seemed sweet so I tried to hook them up…while singing his praises, I realized she couldn’t “have” him. She laughed at me and said I could go for it. We’ve been together ever since. Boys are easy. 😉

  10. i *love* the “how we met” stories. will always delight in reading them.

    mine, too, was a little convoluted combination of friends trying to set us up, us finding eachother on our own, me dating other people, him throwing in the towel, me realizing i was dim, us getting together decisively and forever. at least ours only took about 2 months 🙂

  11. Ummmmmmmmmmmm……… I would like to request another guest post from GirlNinja: same story, her point of view! 😀

    Cheers!
    -kates.

  12. Awwwww. (But I’m confused, if she was seeing someone else, doesn’t he count as a boyfriend?)

    • She had been casually going on dates with that guy, but they never became boyfriend/girlfriend or kissed or anything like that

  13. Adorable! I have to say, you two seem like extremely patient people.
    Now, will you stop blogging and get on with the wedding festivities! You are getting MARRIED in a couple of days..enjoy this time and step away from the computer;)
    Trina

  14. Cool story Ninja. Now I just need to find (Girl Eric?) that makes me find the same way. Apparently if I find the right one, you are proof that hard work pays off. Oh, that and sweet dance moves.

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  16. Aw, I love love stories lol. Just fyi, got linked here from Eemusings, can’t resist a love story =]

    Also, love your use of Girl Ninja ^^

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