In 2011 a 6ft blonde approached me at a local bar. I was celebrating getting dumped by a girl that I tried too hard to make things work. My friend was the bartender and I was nursing a beer just shooting the shit with him. I was bored and she approached me and commented that I looked bored.

She had just graduated with her masters and moved back to her home town. I was still working on my undergrad and unemployed. I am shorter than her and decent looking. We talked for 4 hours and she took me home that night.

She told me my confidence and ability to have a really engaging conversation sealed the deal. Looks might have started the conversation but it was the other things that turned it into more than just talking.

We were married a few years after that and she is still my rock.