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 derrière 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 derrière 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! 🙂 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 😉
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! 🙂
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. 🙂
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 😀
I love this, and oh.my.goodness….Brave looks exactly like you! 🙂