It's hard to believe that I will be married in 2 months. Sometimes I feel like I'm still a teen and that life has just passed me by so fast I barely even noticed the years go by. The funniest thing is that about a month before I met Nape, I had been the main project for most of my friends and cousins considering that I was "getting old" at the ripe age of 23 haha. They all seemed to have "the perfect guy" in mind to set me up with. When I had told them my criteria for a guy they told me that person didnt exist.
My criteria was...
1. He must honor his priesthood
2. Be a return missionary
3. Be able to take me to the temple
4. Knows what he wants in life, have set goals and strive to achieve them
5. He must love my family and have my family love him
6. He must be smarter than me
7. He must make me laugh
8. Preferably Polynesian (Samoan)
9. He must be bigger than me (tall and not skinny)
10. Lastly, he must push me to achieve my goals and love me enough to not hold me back
My friends had told me that first of all I am too smart for a guy to be smarter than me, that all the good guys are either married or related to me, that my dad and my brother probably wouldnt like anyone I brought home and that most RMs my age would probably not be set on their life goals yet. Just when I was about to give up on my search for my "dream guy" my cousin decided to set me up on a blind date. After meantioning about 5 different names that I knew and refused he finally mentioned a name I didn't recognize, Nape. Finally I just gave in and told him he can hook me up with him not knowing who he was. Little did I know, I DID know Nape. I had met him 5 years prior at my cousin Joe's farewell and actually had a little crush on him but never thought I would see him again. After Nape and I got into contact and had our first conversations via internet and phone, I learned quit alot about him. He was an RM, temple worthy, had great goals for the future to get his Masters and Law degree in Accounting, that he had such good grades he had a full ride scholarship for all of his schooling and he definitely had a good sense of humor. By the conclusion of our first date I knew that he had fit 9 of the 10 criteria I had for my ideal guy. Last thing was to meet my family, needless to say after the first day everyone loved him. So pretty much he is everything I wanted in my future husband. I never really thought he existed. I have realized now that there really was a reason I moved to Utah. Although I had almost decided not to come here about 20 times, something told me that I needed to be here. Not only did I grow up more being on my own, I was blessed with meeting my future husband. It amazes me how many small decisions that I had made that could have prevented us from ever meeting if I had chosen their alternatives. All in all I am excited and ready to start a new chapter in my life with him. I finally will achieve my number one goal to be sealed to someone for time and all eternity. I will finally get my chance for an eternal family. That in it's self is something to be thankful for.
1. He must honor his priesthood2. Be a return missionary
3. Be able to take me to the temple
4. Knows what he wants in life, have set goals and strive to achieve them
5. He must love my family and have my family love him
6. He must be smarter than me
7. He must make me laugh
8. Preferably Polynesian (Samoan)
9. He must be bigger than me (tall and not skinny)
10. Lastly, he must push me to achieve my goals and love me enough to not hold me back
My friends had told me that first of all I am too smart for a guy to be smarter than me, that all the good guys are either married or related to me, that my dad and my brother probably wouldnt like anyone I brought home and that most RMs my age would probably not be set on their life goals yet. Just when I was about to give up on my search for my "dream guy" my cousin decided to set me up on a blind date. After meantioning about 5 different names that I knew and refused he finally mentioned a name I didn't recognize, Nape. Finally I just gave in and told him he can hook me up with him not knowing who he was. Little did I know, I DID know Nape. I had met him 5 years prior at my cousin Joe's farewell and actually had a little crush on him but never thought I would see him again. After Nape and I got into contact and had our first conversations via internet and phone, I learned quit alot about him. He was an RM, temple worthy, had great goals for the future to get his Masters and Law degree in Accounting, that he had such good grades he had a full ride scholarship for all of his schooling and he definitely had a good sense of humor. By the conclusion of our first date I knew that he had fit 9 of the 10 criteria I had for my ideal guy. Last thing was to meet my family, needless to say after the first day everyone loved him. So pretty much he is everything I wanted in my future husband. I never really thought he existed. I have realized now that there really was a reason I moved to Utah. Although I had almost decided not to come here about 20 times, something told me that I needed to be here. Not only did I grow up more being on my own, I was blessed with meeting my future husband. It amazes me how many small decisions that I had made that could have prevented us from ever meeting if I had chosen their alternatives. All in all I am excited and ready to start a new chapter in my life with him. I finally will achieve my number one goal to be sealed to someone for time and all eternity. I will finally get my chance for an eternal family. That in it's self is something to be thankful for.
