I was a freshman living in Coate Hall at UW-La Crosse and multiple times I had noticed this guy who had stunningly piercing eyes but I never had the guts to ever say anything to him. Instead of mustering up the courage to talk to him, I instead embarrassingly called him my "campus crush" to my roommate whenever I told her that I saw him.

A few years down the road, I saw him downtown at a bar called Old Crow and Facebook happened to notify me that morning that it was his birthday. After all those years of being scared to say hello, I decided I was going to say "Happy Birthday" to him (after a little liquid courage of course). He smiled at me and said thank you but nothing more was said or came about that night.

A few weeks later, I was out with my friends for a holiday Ugly Christmas Sweater party however I had to work the next morning at five A.M. Somehow my friend decided to convince me to stay out and call in "sick" to work (something I never ever did!). But I was sure glad I did. Again, my friends and I found ourselves at Old Crow and I happened to see my "campus crush" there again as well. As I was talking with my friends, he decided to come up to me and pull out one of the greatest question in the history of questions: "do you like that guy's vest over there?" pointing at one of his friends who I happened to know. I answered that in fact I did like the vest and Josh quickly explained back that it was in fact his vest. As the night went on, lots of awkward dance moves were shared on the Old Crow dance floor (I am positive you all will see "The Jish" dance move on the wedding day!) and Josh, the gentlman that he is, took me back home and dropped me off at my apartment.

When he dropped me off, he invited me over for bloody mary's and on a brewery tour with his roommates the next day in which I said that I would love to join. He put his phone number in my phone and said to text him so that he had my number as well. As he walked back to his apartment, I texted him saying that I hoped he made it home safely! I never received a text back so I thought that he didn't have any interest in me. The whole next day went on with no invite to bloody's or the brewery tour or even a text from Josh. By the end of the day, however, I received a message on Facebook from Josh saying that I missed bloody's and the brewery tour but that he hoped I had a fun time the other night and that he hoped to see me again soon. When I messaged him back, we eventually figured out that he put the incorrect phone number in my phone and it was off by 2 numbers! My family, his family, and I still give him a hard time about how he almost blew the chance at this relationship ever having a chance, but here we are now!

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