We were friends for months, she worked at the college I attended, she lived out in the sticks 3 miles out of town and I lived in a dorm. I was out being a miscreant at 3AM and ran in to her on her way to her 3:30 shift, it turns out she had been walking to work in the snow every night for two weeks because her car broke down and she was too proud to ask for help. I made her stay in my dorm, I slept on the couch. We made a pillow fort to watch movies, we played Dungeons and Dragons many times a week, ate poorly, just lived our lives together for weeks. My roommate came in one day and asked if I like her because she was definitely in to me. I hadn't given it any thought honestly, and as soon as he asked that, I just thought, "oh my gosh, I am completely in love with her." We hooked up that night, I asked her out the next morning. Three weeks later at the end of the semester, we got an apartment and I have spent every day with her since. It's been 8 years, married for 5 years next month. We have never had much money, so we are going on our first real vacation over our anniversary. I going to ask her to renew our vows on the spot we got married (outdoors in a beautiful park).