We didn't make the cut for the actual magazine, but the editor emailed me after to say that they were going to put all of the "rejects" online. The Texas Exes site emailed me this morning that our story was live on the website. Here's the link to our story that was posted on February 10, 2011 and is on page 4 of the article (if it's sorted by newest stories first). But I am going to include our story just in case:
James and I met our freshman year at The University of Texas. It was the night of a party thrown by a girl who lived on the same floor at Dobie as his high school friends and my high school friend. I remember meeting him in passing outside in the hallway but didn’t see him again until later that night. For some reason, a group of us went outside to Littlefield Fountain and spent the rest of the night talking about whatever people wanted. Years later, James told me that he thought I talked too much, while I thought he was too quiet. Since our high school friends spent quite a bit of time together, James and I ended up hanging out too and got to know one another more over time.
Our sophomore and junior year, we began to spend quite a bit of time together. Through our common love of Longhorn sports, we went to and watched many games together. Then, there were dinners, parties, clubbing, and all the other things college kids do. We both had some uncertainty about our future careers and found comfort in talking with one another. We even talked about relationship problems we were having with other people. We were able to talk about everything and anything. James and I became very close—best friends even.
Towards the end of our junior year, we were having lunch at Castle Hills Café when James told me he had to tell me something. He told me that he was starting to have feelings for me and wanted to let me know, but that he didn’t expect anything from me. I had been in the predicament before where one of my good friends became attracted to me, but had always been too scared to risk the friendship. But for some reason, this time was very different. I kept thinking that maybe we should try dating, but of course, we were both worried that it would ruin our friendship. But at the end, we knew we had to try because it might lead to something more.
And sure enough, it did. James and I have been together ever since 1997 and have not forgotten our Longhorn roots. We took our engagement pictures at Littlefield Fountain and the Tower. When we were married in 2004, we had a Longhorn groom’s cake and ended our reception with "Texas Fight" and "The Eyes of Texas." In 2008, we had our first son, Andrew, who is already bleeding burnt orange. He throws up his Horns all the time and sings "The Eyes of Texas." This past fall, we took him for his first tour of campus, including Littlefield Fountain. One day, he will know the significance of that fateful fountain—how it was where it all began for his parents. I sent a few more pictures to showcase our story, but it caused my email to be too large, so they didn't get to include all of them. But here are they all are.
Dobie Casino Night 1995
Mardi Gras 1997
Sydney's Graduation 1998
James's Graduation 2000
Engagement Photos 2004
Wedding Photos 2004
UT v. North Texas 2006
March Madness 2008
Six Month Photos 2008
Eighteenth Month Photos 2009
Christmas 2009
National Championship Game 2010
Campus Tour 2010
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