WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!

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How We Met (Her Version)

By Rachel

I met Kaleb for the first time in our Introduction to Abstract Math class at UNO in the fall semester of 2018. We didn't speak much through the beginning half of the semester, but we were eventually placed in the same small group for class (thanks Dr. Matache) and that is where we started to converse more regularly. And by regularly, I mean during class and in passing. :) I remember always having to switch how I was sitting in my chair and accidentally kicking him under the table and feeling so bad because I was probably the most annoying person ever. 

Eventually, near the end of the semester, a group of us were discussing our next semester's courses. I mentioned that I was not planning to take the Introduction to Analysis course until a later semester. Kaleb convinced me to take it the next semester so I wouldn't 'have to take it alone and not know anybody.' That sounded very reasonable to me so I switched around some courses and we ended up being in the same class again. This time we got to pick our seats and I remember being so giddy because Kaleb decided to sit in the seat behind me. This is where we really started getting to know one another, and where I started to develop the biggest crush known to man. I remember being so excited to go to class early because I knew he would be there and as the semester progressed I desperately hoped he would ask me out (I was too chicken to make the first move).  

The last day of class was quickly approaching and I was so nervous that this would be the last time I would see this boy - and I didn't even get his number! Until one of our mutual friends asked about forming a communal study group for our future math classes. SCORE! I obtained his number without having to ask him directly. AND the icing on the cake was that after the final exam - HE APPROACHED ME and asked me out on a coffee date! Wow! I was so excited and I literally felt like I was dreaming. I remember immediately calling my mom on the way home from class and just gushing 'he asked me out!!' 

Fast-forward to July 2019 and we officially started dating after a romantic night out to Shakespeare on the Green. Instead of just being passing strangers in a college math course, something beautiful bloomed between two people - that just so happened to be in the same class at the same time. It's even more of a crazy probability problem considering I transferred universities and we met during the first semester I started at UNO! Now it's been 5 whole years since that day and I still feel so lucky that I get to have Kaleb in my life, and as my forever partner.

The Proposal

By Kaleb

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