I first saw David in the Observational Hill dining room, sitting with his first year hall mates. I was sitting there with a friend at one end of the table, and I noticed David was talking and making jokes a few seats away from me. At one point, the entire table was laughing at these jokes. I remember thinking I thought he was funny, too. As he got up to grab seconds of his meal, I thought to myself, "we're probably gonna date one day." It was a strange, fleeting thought, but definitely something I remembered thinking at the time.
The next year, our second year at UVA, we would meet officially at a party. It was nothing more than a "hi" and "good to meet you" and we went our separate ways. For the next two years, I would see David around Grounds between classes, on the way to the dining hall, and in the library in passing, and I thought it was strange that I saw this guy everywhere. He would always wave and say hi to me, but never stop for a conversation, so I was annoyed with him.
Fast forward to fourth year, one of my best friends was having a Thanksgiving-themed party and David just happened to be invited to this particular party. This was odd because he wasn't a common guest at my friends' parties. It just so happened that we began talking and later that night, David would sent an eager and excited follow up Facebook message saying how good it was to talk with me that night. I thought that was weird, but I also found that I liked the conversation we had, so I continued messaging him. The Facebook messages turned into Gchats, which turned into texting and phone calls, and the rest is history!