Chace and I broke up a few days before our 4 year anniversary. We got engaged in August 2008 and broke up Jan 2009. Everything was working against us and there was so much and we should never have gotten engaged to begin with.

I will always love Chace because when I met him, I was so broken and he put me back together. He made me whole again and he is the reason I have faith, love, and trust to give to others.

I truly believe he was the bridge that I needed to cross to get to Nate.

He has done so much for me and he says I did just as much for him. So, we were a great team. And he will always be a part of my life and so will his family who is technically MY family not his! It's the reason we are so close. We love each other and forever will.

And I love Dr. Nate too. He's my fairy tale. He puts a smile on my face just by saying my name.

I get to devirginize him this weekend by taking him to meet my WHOLE family. Oh my. I am nervous!

Um. On my list?

I dont know. I've done a lot. Laugh everyday.

By the way, Rose, you're amazing. For dealing with being apart from your love for such a long time. I am glad he is writing you though! :)

Nat (21) 

What is meant to be, will be.

Good morning girls!!

Ugh I almost had death by pretzels!! I went to go get some sugar for my coffee out of the cabinet and a bag of pretzels fell on my head!!

Nat~ I am glad you are soooo happy, and yet can still be such close friends with Chace. Nate sounds like a great guy!!

Rose~ Your list sounds fun! I would probably have to do the whole dinner and movie thing alone, because well quiet frankly I hate to be alone. My mom was just teasing me about that the other day actually. And Bill (DH I figure since everyone else just says name I can too right?) Was talking about maybe going to Nebraska for a weekend to visit his best friend, who poor guy his wife moved back here packed up the kids, the tvs, computers, radios, everything, and left him there alone....But then Bill decided that I hate being alone, and even worse, with out a car, so he decided not to....Sorry I forgot where I was going with that. Thats great you get to see your guy so soon!!

Welcome......I am so sorry forgot your name. but welcome anyways!! I am sorry your family isn't supportive of your engagement, it sounds like you guys are being vry responsible in the planning. Good luck!! What are you going to school for??

WV~ Good to see you back!! How is life going?

So I will re-introduce myself. I am Nessa I am 23, my DH is Bill and is 31 as of yesterday! We got married on May 24 of this year, and the day was everything I imagined and more!!

so we went to look at a house last night, and WOW!! I was a little wary because techanicaly it was on my not so impressed with on paper list, but we were supposed to go look at another house close to it that we both loved on paper, and I figured we were going to be driving that far in rush hour we might as well look at more than one house, so I added that one to our list. Well the house we really wanted to see was already under contract (Which Monday was the first day on the market!) but we still got to go see this other one. I got soooooo lost looking for it because I didn't have a chance to get directions (I decided to start going out and walking with my friend a few days a week and yesterday was the first day...Yay me!) So our realtor gave me directions, but one of the streets she told me to turn on was a dead end, so I ended up just about in Kansas trying to figure out where I was. I finally got on the right road and it was really neat it was like driving through the country. There were all kinds of farms, then there were a couple little fishing ponds, then we foudn the subdivision it was in, and theres a cute little park right across the street from the house. The house was pretty great too, it has 4 beds and 2 baths (very unusual in our price range) and it even had a master suite! (even more unusual!!) It is small, but its nice, and fairly new, it was built in like 2001. So we decided to put an offer in on it, and keep our fingers crossed what happened last time doesn't happen again. So if everyone can send us good house getting vibes that would be great!!

Sorry I am not quiet sure why I am so hyper and scatter brained today, I haven't even had a full cup of coffee yet.....It may be sleep deprivation though!

FutureMrsPrice~ I am glad its not that your parents don't approve of FH tat is always helpful they like him. I don't understand why so many people get so defensive that people should't get married young. Yes there are people that really shouldn't but since being on this site I have seen so many women that are sooo mature and ready for marrage and it breaks my heart when other people belittle them for being to young. You and FH sound like you are doing it just right, and waiting shouldn't be an issue since you have been waiting for a while already.

My family, so far, has been ridiculously, invasively
supportive. They can probably tell that I could never do better than FH. I went
over to my mom's to help her repaint, and she flat out asked me, "So, when
are you gonna marry him?" I told her I thought she'd think I was too young,
and she was said "Anyone who'd say that doesn't know you, so screw
'em". Apparently she mentioned it to my aunt, too, because my aunt told me
out of no where "It's better to get married young, or else you could end
up an old spinster like me." I had no idea how to respond to that, so I
figured the best I could do is share her advice.

I'm starting to be less weirded out by the whole idea. Originally, I was pretty
sure that if I told people who knew me that I was getting married, they'd start
laughing hysterically. Wedding are so sentimental and I'm kind of... cold and
robot-like? That's sad to say but my friends would agree. So Would FH. Anyway,
my anxieties are gradually starting to be replaced with excitement over the
wedding novelties that appeal to me, like the foofy dress and being fussed over
by vendors.

NessaRae - We put an offer on a house today too! It's a "short sale"
however, meaning that the seller is about to be foreclosed upon and the bank
that holds their mortgage gets the final say on our offer. Short sales,
contrary to what the name might imply, take forever. You'll probably have
finished moving in before we hear back from the bank.

So someone asked what everyone does for a living, and I can't resist: My boyfriend is
and auctioneer and appraiser, and I am a stripper.

My parents were insanely supportive too. They adored Chace and they adore Nate. They still thought I was young but I always got what I wanted and I am stubborn!

As for jobs and what we do. I am a student going into 4th year in Politcal Science and History. I am pre-law. My boyfriend is, clearly, a doctor. I also work at my ex's family company in the legal department.

I am actually at work right now. I am pulling in as many hours as possible since I will be gone for such a long time. They need me. Glad I trained Julian in my stuff because if no one knew how to do the things I do, they would be screwed.

I got a haricut. I trimmed the ends and got disconnected layers which I LOVE! She did a greattt job!
I bought some new dresses. One for Saturday, a summer one, and a cute LBD for my great-grandmother's party! I love them!

Speaking of, I should pay my credit card tomorrow.

Nat (21) 

What is meant to be, will be.

Rose - it's so cool that you and your FH are writing every night, and that you are getting to do all these things you have on a list. I never quite had a list, but because I was 100% single for over 10 years, I did everything I could think of to do before I was attached. This includes dining alone, going to a movie alone, and going on a mission trip with complete strangers. Since Nathan and I got together, we have been basically inseparable. Our friends got together about 2 weeks before us and have been married a year now, but they lived 4 hours apart until marraige. In some ways this is good, as you and your FH are experiencing now, getting to know each others heart without the distraction of physical love. Our friends had this and it makes me wish that Nathan and I could go deeper in the talking side of our relationship, but instead we are always busy going and doing things.
I think so far my favorite place that I have gone is Italy, but I only got to see a little of it, it was in fact the above mentioned mission trip. I want to go an see all of it and be able to spend more time in towns being with the real people, as well as going to see the attractions.
As for the Honeymoon, we don't have any real plans yet, we have tossed around one idea. There are these tours that are like 17 days long, 1 day travel, 5 days in London, 5 days in Paris, 5 days in Rome, then 1 day travel home. I would love to do something like that, only not on a guided tour telling me where to go when, I want to take my time. So I am friends with a Travel Agent and we were thinking of asking her if she can get us something like that at a decent price. It would be so fun!!

Nessa - Good luck with the house, it sounds like it could be nice!

Future Mrs Price - welcome to the boards, I also agree with the way you and Luke are handling the engagement and timing of marriage.
As for jobs, I am a bookkeeper for small businesses, it's not a lot of work right now, but it's growing. My bf is a computer repair tech and home theater installer. Actually, he is just a really handy guy to have around, so people pay him to do things that they either can't or don't want to do. It also isn't as busy as we would like, but growing little by little. He is planning to apply at Starbucks to cover the basics and then we can have more money to save for other stuff.

EDIT: In my last post, I recommended the wrong website to see how fun weddings can be. The site I meant to say is Offbeat Bride, at www.offbeatbride.com. It's run like a blog with daily updates of real off-beat couples, unique ideas, and cool vendors. "Off-beat" is a a very broad term that basically defines anything non-traditional when it comes to weddings, so check it out for interesting ideas and fun ways to do things at your own wedding. I just joined their Ning community, the Offbeat Bride Tribe, this past weekend and I LOVE it! I swear I don't work for them, lol.

Nessa: GOOD LUCK with the house search! Let us know what the news is tomorrow!

So we didn't get the house. I am getting sooo frustrated. Our lease is up the end of this month, and if we go month to month it goes up over $100 but if we resign, then it goes down $30. I think I had a panic attack last night because it seems everything is against us on the house hunt. We haven't even gotten to see half the houses we are interested in because they sold before we got a chance. The houses we have seen are horrible. The few we fell in love with one was already sold when we saw it, one someone offered $45k over the asking price, now this one someone offered $15k over the asking price. I was a little worried about our offer because it seemed to high looking at the comps. The only houses in that area that were going anywhere near what the other person offered were fully redone with wood floors, ceramic tile, stainless steel appliances and what not. This one wasn't in very good shape. So now I don't know if we are even gonna keep wasting our time because we found out the HUD homes we have been putting offers on the bank WILL not pay closing costs, and we don't have $3500-5000 to throw down. We're using an advance on the $8000 for a downpayment since we don't even have that. So our realtor was suppose to speak with our mortgage broker and see what we should do. DH just wants to give up, and part of me does to. But I was looking forward to getting a dog soooooo bad, and DH is dead set on you do not have a dog in an apartment. Plus even if I could confince him its ok, our apartment doesn't allow dogs. For some reason all this is hitting me sooooooo hard and I can not stop crying like a total retard.

Sour~ It took me 9 months to plan my wedding, and quite frankley, about 2 or 3 months before the wedding I was totaly over planning. I hated it and wanted nothing to do with it. I am like you and I hate being the center of attention, so I dreaded the wedding. But it turned out great, everyone had a great time. And apaarently my Grandpa has been bragging to my uncles that couldn't make it that they missed a great wedding. It was even better than my cousins who cost a hell of a lot more than mine. I think your idea sounds great! I was watching House Hunters, or My First Place (I forget which one) the other day and the couple was actually here in my town, looking for a house to have their wedding at. They wanted to do it all in the back yard, so a big yard was a must have for them.

Well I better get back to work!