1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: I was shopping for rings but found my girlfriend was 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: dating me out of pity, but what happened next was 3 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: way worse. Pity is stronger than love. So I've had 4 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: a mega crush on my girlfriend ever since the school 5 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: days we were in the same school, although she was 6 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 1: one grade ahead of me. Now, my crush was so 7 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: big that everyone in my school knew, like if I 8 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: was anywhere near her people, they would give a mischievous 9 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 1: smile to the both of us. In short, it was 10 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: impossible for her to not know about my crush, but 11 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: I never had the courage to ask her out. After school, 12 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: we moved to different parts of the world for our education, 13 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: and even worse sam they weren't even Facebook friends. Around 14 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: three point five years ago, I was attending the birthday 15 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: celebrations of a friend when I saw her again, Yo, 16 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: was she looking fine? It was her alright, She had 17 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: become even more gorgeous and bedeus so she got finer 18 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 1: with time, like a fine wine. So the friend whose 19 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: birthday I was attending was a mutual friend from our school, 20 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: and he, of course knew about my crush. There were 21 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: two or three mutual friends there that also knew, and 22 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: they kept encouraging me to go talk to her. I 23 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: finally went up to her with my heart in my 24 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: mouth and had some small talk with her. She of 25 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: course recognized me from school, and we had a nice 26 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: talked and exchanged numbers and socials. It was with great 27 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: trepidation that I did some light detective work to find 28 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: out if she was single or not. But to my 29 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: great relief, I didn't find the presence of any guys 30 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: in her feed, so my hopes went up a little bit. 31 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: I reached out to her to hang out, fully expecting 32 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: her to turn me down. She accepted. We hung out 33 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: and I found that we have a lot in common, 34 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: and we decided to have another meetup. Things picked up 35 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: from there and eventually we became boyfriend and girlfriend. She's 36 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: everything I expected and more. Plus she's extremely happy with 37 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: our relationship. We've been discussing marriage. Last weekend, we hosted 38 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: her bff and husband for a dinner at her house. 39 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: The BFF is someone who I've also known since our 40 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: school days, and she's a good friend of mine too. 41 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: After dinner, we were shooting a breeze and except me, 42 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: everyone was pretty drunk. As they were staying the night 43 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: at our place. Oh wait, are we getting to Sauceland? 44 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: So we were talking when her drunk bff suddenly turned 45 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: to my girlfriend and said, look how happy you are today. 46 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: I feel some sense of pride looking at you too. 47 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: But then she continued talking to my girlfriend and said, 48 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: you didn't even want to give this guy a chance, 49 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 1: and only agreed when I pestered you to go on 50 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: a pity date with him. And your plan was to 51 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: just let him down easy after that date. But instead 52 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: you guys are sitting here talking about your future together, 53 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: and it makes me so happy I convince you to 54 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: take a chance on him. Oh jeez, can you imagine 55 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: if I stuck with the original plan. Her husband, by 56 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: now realized the awkwardness and led her away to sleep. 57 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: I could see in my girlfriend's face that she was 58 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: visibly stressed, so we went to bed too, and when 59 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: she came to bed after changing clothes, she was already 60 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: in tears. She took my hand in hers and said, 61 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: please don't mind her friend's words. I asked her if 62 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: it's true, she admitted, yes, it was. My girlfriend always 63 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: knew that I had a massive crush on her, so 64 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: when I asked her out, she didn't want to be 65 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: mean by turning me down too harshly, so she discussed 66 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: it with her BFF, who was also her roommate at 67 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: the time, about the situation. The BFF knew me, so 68 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: she tried to convince her to give me a chance, 69 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: but my girlfriend was not convinced. Finally, the BFF asked 70 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: her to go on just two or three dates with 71 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: me and then let me down easy, and the girlfriend agreed. 72 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: But then she found out we really clicked together and 73 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: wanted to continue dating, and well here we are three 74 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: years later. I hugged her and said, it's okay, don't 75 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: worry about it too much, as it's water under the bridge, 76 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: but it's bothering me, and I think she has started 77 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: to catch on because she's been extra attentive and loving 78 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: to me since the incident. Yo, man is complaining about 79 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: her being extra attentive. Oh, my girlfriend's too amazing. On 80 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: the one hand, I'm the guy who is literally going 81 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,839 Speaker 1: to be engaged and eventually married to Mike, and it's 82 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: even better because our relationship is just how I imagined 83 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: it to be, only ten times better. But on the 84 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: other hand, it does thing a little to know that 85 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: she only agreed to go out with me because she 86 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: pitied me. Please knock some sense into me before I 87 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: self sabotage this wonderful relationship. There's an update, so I 88 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: guess I should tell you what happened after I made 89 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: the post. The morning after, the BFF apologized for insensitive 90 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: comments the night before. She said she got too drunk 91 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: and she just wanted to take credit for setting us 92 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: up and playing a game of Matchmaker, but being drunk, 93 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,119 Speaker 1: she blurted out some unnecessary things. I said, of course, 94 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: you don't have to apologize, as I have to thank 95 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 1: her for getting me and my girlfriend to go on 96 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: that first day after the BFF left, I went to 97 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 1: my girlfriend and shared my feelings and asked her why 98 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: she was hesitant on going out with me. She then 99 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: took my hands in hers and told me that it 100 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: just felt awkward to her. She had known me for 101 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: years and had known that I had a crush on her. 102 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: On top of that, I was younger than her. Her 103 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: friends from back home sometimes used to tease her by 104 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: talking up my name, and almost all of our mutual 105 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: friends know about my crush on her, So when I 106 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: asked her out, she fell awkward. Because one I was 107 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: more into her than she was into me without going 108 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: on a single date, and two I had her on 109 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: a pedestal and she was certain that reality was never 110 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: going to beat my fantasy, so she wanted to avoid 111 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 1: going through that. Although she thought I was a weirdo, 112 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: she admitted it, lol. But after my BFF went to 113 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 1: bat for me, she decided to go out with me 114 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: and then let me down easy after two or three dates. 115 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: Then I asked, well, what changed after the first date, 116 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: and she said, well, you didn't give off any weird vibes, 117 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 1: and yes, you were very happy and nervous as a result, 118 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 1: but I just didn't get any creepy vibes. You were 119 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 1: just a guy with a crush with whom I had 120 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 1: insane chemistry even on the first date. And now three 121 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: years later, I think I have a bigger crush on 122 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: you than you've ever had on me. After having this conversation, 123 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: we went out to have some dinner at the same 124 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: restaurant we had our first date, and even tried to 125 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: order the same dish, but alas they discontinued it. Then 126 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: we decided to order something entirely new, which we've both 127 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: never had. Thank you everyone for reminding me how lucky 128 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 1: I am. Lol. If you thought this story is crazy, 129 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: check out this one. Or ODP proposes but they say no.