Ralph and I met my first (his second year) at the University of Cincinnati 9(We later discovered we had been inthe same place at the same time amny times during high school, but never "met"). We were friends fromthe start, but he was dating someone and by the time they broke up, I we were on different quarters at scgoll ( in engineering you had to alternate between work and school for your middle 3 years of a 5 yr program). So by the time I changed majors and was at school the same time as him, I was dating someone. After a not so hot summer with that guy, Ralph and I started talking more ( by now he was in his 5th and final year, I had 1 to go after that), so I broke up with the other guy, but was dating both of them ( Ralph knew, the other guy didn't ) Finally after my birthday I got rid of the other guy all together and before Ralph graduated we made it exclusive. We got engaged about 1 1/2 after that and married another year later. We have been "together" for 5 years and married 2 1/2.