I love Ben and I love remembering and retelling “Our Little Love Story” over and over again…
I was working at the Gap during college and had already been working there for over a year before Ben came along. Ben was a new hire and I remember walking towards the middle of the store to go and meet him. My first thought was “This guy is HOT!!!” and I proceeded to introduce myself.
“Hi, I’m Ruby.”
He then introduced himself and we shook hands. Mind you, I was 19 years old and he did seem a bit older to me, so then I asked him, “How old are you?”
He said, “26.”
I said, “Dude, you are so old you could be my grandpa!” and I walked away back towards the cash registers. Okay, he couldn’t really be my grandpa, but to a 19 year old, 26 was ancient.
Maybe I said something funny like that out of sheer nervousness because really, he was super hot! I tended to say funny things around cute guys because they just made me nervous, but I can tell you it hasn’t happened since. Everyone has paled in comparison to Ben. Guys I thought were once cute, suddenly weren’t. After that day, my life has never been quite the same…
I had been living and working in the Washington DC area (Northern VA) and got laid off Summer 2001. I figured it was the perfect time to move to Southern CA where I had always envisioned living, so I did (thanks to my cousins Lupita, Alex, Gabriel, and Rafael who let me crash and invade their house!).
I couldn’t find employment in what I had been doing (advertising), so in desperate need to have at least some income, I started looking everywhere, and I mean everywhere. After a few odd jobs, and being turned away from every fast food outlet imaginable, the Gap hired me (thankfully I had worked part-time at Banana Republic for a number of years prior).
Within the first few days of working at the Gap, this cute, young, and sassy girl bounces over to the section of the store where I was and introduces herself. She follows this immediately up with a question about my age. Kinda odd, but she was young.
I guess she thought I was old, so she said something like, “you’re old enough to be my grandpa!” What?!! And then this little whipper-snapper bounced away in the same fashion she approached me with her cute little self.
As cute as she was, and as nice as that derriΓ¨re was, it wasn’t “love at first sight” for two main reasons: 1) I had just gotten out of a relationship and that was the last, last, last thing on my mind, and 2) She was only 19!.
But she was very cute, and that derriΓ¨re was very nice…
I was 19 when I met my now husband. He was 26! Now that I am 26, it doesn't seem that old afterall…
Can't wait for part 2!
Oh, this is so cute! It's always when you're not looking, that the one turns up right in front of you!! I was opposite– Craig was 4 years younger than me and still in college and I was already going into my second year of teaching! It took my fellow teaching friends to talk me into going out with him! I thought he was cuter than Tom Cruise and the rest is history!
oh geez brave looks just like you!! How cute, can't wiat for the rest of the story!
Precious! I want more!
At first glance I thought the photo of you was Brave! Haha! Too cute.
Hahahah, love it!!
<3 SO darn CUTE....
=)
I dated a guy who was 23 when I was 19, and I thought wow, I am dating a OLDER man. lol
I like how when guys tell a story there is always an eye catching body part.
Same here…I thought that picture was Brave.
More please…
I figured you guys would be just as adorable as the kids you made!
That's really funny. What a first meeting. I cannot wait to read the rest of this story!
This is too cute! Can't wait to read more x
My favorite blog post of this week! Heck, best little love post I've read in months.
Cuuuute!
I echo everyone's “I thought that was Brave” comment.
And when I was 22, my future husband, who told me he was 29 (we were on a hike as friends) and all I could think was OLD OLD OLD!
But now I am older than that.
Anyway.
Hip hip for the 7-year age difference! Hooray!
Ya'll are sweet.
AWW this is SO CUTE! π I'm glad you're sharing this on your blog with all the details…I remember asking you about it at the cake party, but I don't remember the “grandpa” or “derriere” part of it…happy to be getting all the juicy details here π
gahhh….this is so wonderful! I cannot wait to read the rest of your love story “He said, she said” style!
hehe!! so fun to read both sides of how you met. i love that your hubby mentioned your cute derriere – hah!
<3 hahahah. too cute!
i am totally on the edge of my seat waiting for part two!
you guys are just too cute!!
so cute, i can't wait to read more! π
waaaay to keep us all hanging here! this was so cute – i love it. you guys making the cutest couple!!!
Haha! I met my guy when I was 19 too and he was 24! And his derriere thought was the same lol! This is too cute.
P.S. I would have guessed you and Ben were the same age!
Eee, so cute!! I can not wait to hear the rest!!
Love stories are the best : )
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL LOVE THIS. BEN IS SO FREAKING CUTEEE!!!!!! THAT LITTLE BOY PICTURE OF HIM ACTUALLY MAKES ME MISS HIM!! A LOT!! I MISS MY BROTHER! CAN YOU TELL HIM THAT? OH AND I MISS YOU TOO. π
oh my, this story is so cute. love it!
so cute. i love lovey stories.
That's adoooooooooorable! I want to know the rest! Post! Post! Post!
you guys are so cute and sweet. you making my teeth ache!! I met my hubby who was 32 then, when I was 24 and got married two years later:)
How cute! Love the story! Greetings from Holland.
haha! so sweet and funny! I love hearing how couples met!
Love reading your love story. I met my husband one night at a what was then called a “Ladies Bar” while I was s guest vocalist with the resident band. One of the songs I sang was “It's so easy to fall in love” and fall I did…we've been married for 28 years.
Thanks for posting this! We look forward to the rest of it…
What a cute story! Gap bringing people together π
I love this, and oh.my.goodness….Brave looks exactly like you! π