Okay, here's our story if anyone wants to read.
Casey and I were both members of the University TV station. I worked in news and he was the Entertainment Director (he had an SNL type shown and an Access Hollywood type show.) One time in the staff meeting he announced he needed help taping his shows that week so I volunteered. (I'm helpful like that). Anyway, afterwards he wanted to thank me by taking me out to a movie and paying for it. So we went out, but I just thought we were hanging out, I didn't know this was his secret way of taking me out on a date. So of course I was clueless and we were just friends. We continued to hang out. Finally, as stupid college kids do, one of our mutual friends says to me..."You know, Casey really likes you." And I said ,
Ew, I'd never date him, he's such a nerd!
So it broke his heart. I started dating this military guy who turned out to be a jerk, but he (military guy) knew just what to say to make me feel special. His name was Woody. Its on his birth certificate. Anyway, still friends with Casey I would always talk about Woody this, and Woody that.
Important side story: One of my favorite summertime pastimes with my friends back home was to hang out a local park and watch for shooting stars. Since the park closed at dusk, this also involved hiding from police who patroled the park. But anyway, the important part is the shooting stars. I talked about them all the time. I'd call Casey and be like we saw 2 tonite, we saw 5 tonite, etc.
Okay, so Casey is getting fed up with me talking about Woody and constantly rejecting him. He prays to God about me, because he was so sure I was the girl he was going to marry. He asks God for a sign. At that very time he saw a shooting star, the first he'd ever seen. So he decided not to give up on me.
The next summer I was away at an army camp and Woody and I hadn't really talked much in the prior weeks because he was in Korea, but we hadn't broken up or anything either. Casey writes me a letter, 6 pages typed! It took me like 3 nights at firewatch (where you wake up at 3 am to make sure the barracks don't catch on fire) to read it. That's when something clicked with me and him, but I was still dating Woody.
So I get back from camp and back to internet access. Woody IMs me.
Guess what?
What?
I'm getting married.
What?!
I met a girl here in Korea and we are getting married.
Okay, interesting. So Casey and I hang out, he's of course too afraid to ask me out, so finally, on Oct 1, 2000, I say to him, "Do you like me?" "Yes" "Well why don't you kiss me?" And he started giggling histerically, and then he kissed me. With tongue. I said Ew.

It was his first kiss. Anyway, he proposed in Dec 2001, and we were married in sept 2002.