With us both being halfway through our senior years in college, a distance relationship was the last thing that we were looking for. Donovan was in the midst of applying for jobs all over the country, while Brooke was preparing for her move to Milwaukee.

Her Version: I was so busy soaking up the last 7 months of college with my best friends that a relationship was the last thing on my radar. Donovan saw something more in us though and started to pursue me. He would text me often, asking if he could come back to IU to take me on a date. Once I said yes, he came to Bloomington and took me on the cheapest date that our broke college student budgets would allow - $2 Blue Moons and a cheeseburger that we split.

His Version: I was super excited to have her finally agree on a date with me - had I known that she was going to be my wife some day, I probably would have saved up more for that first date. The date went well, and we started scheduling visits several times a month. After a few months of dating, I met her family over Christmas break and we made it official.

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