From The beginning

Well as you know Richie and I are happily married, but like ALL good things there was a beginning to our story.
I met Richie on the night of Sept 1st 2000.
I wasnt planning on meeting anyone new as it was just supposed to be a quiet 'girls' night, but as fate would have it things took a different turn.
It was really late that night and me and my girlfriends were all enjoying some much needed catching up, over a few drinks. We were outside enjoying the summer rain that had settled into the evening, a nice break from the heat of that day. The bars in the city were closing for the night wich ment that people were heading home and sure enough some guys walked past my friends house, we decided to stop them to talk and they invited us over for a drink, we obliged.
At some point one of the guys called Richie and tokd him to come over to join us, I heard him on the phone and was able to convince Richie to come over.
As soon as I seen Richie I had butterflies, there was something about this person that I was just so attracted to, and the funny thing was he hadnt even said hello yet.
After spending the night getting to know each other a bit I gave him my number and hoped that he might call sometime. I wasnt sure that he would though since he had informed me that he had been seeing someone for the last 2 years and I was shocked when he told me and a little disapointed but I figured it was worth seeing.

Well sure enough the next weekend I got a phone call from, you guessed it, Richie.
He told me he had to see me and that he was driving to my place... I was a little confused since there was no way he knew where I lived ( he thought I lived at the place i was that night)
When I told him I lived out of town, he turned the car around and drove the 30 min out of town to pick me up. I thought it was so sweet that he would do that and I got ready to met him again.

When his car pulled up I got the same butterflies I had got when I first met him, we drove around for hours that night, talking about anything and everthing. It was like we had known each other forever and it was only the secound time we even met.

2 weeks later Richie ended his relationship, as he says it was a long time coming and I dont know much about 'them' but after that we finally became an official 'us'