How I met my Husband

As you know I've been looking at writing a book and i've been thinking of writing a romance that can go any number of ways so I've been thinking about characters and It got me reminiscing - how I met my husband.


It's amazing what you can find in Tesco's! Now I don't want you thinking I went shopping in the frozen food aisle, found a man along with a tub of Hagan Daz Belgian chocolate ice cream (although I'm sure I can put that in a story somewhere that's if it hasn't been done already).

My husband and I originally met in our third year of secondary school, he was my secret crush you know the one you never reveal because you don't want him to ever find out from friends with good intentions who would try and fix you up and find out he wasn't interested.

We had some classes together but never saw each other socially and when we left school I probably bumped into him a couple of time and said hi and as the story goes life went on.

I met him again after 14 years, late one Monday night in September I'd finished work late and headed to Tesco to do my weekly shop it wasn't my usual night, because I was on a Karate course all weekend. As I put the shopping in the boot of my car I look up and see Tony. He was just as I remember except a lot hotter gone was the curly hair and black NHS specs he wore as a teenager standing before me was an older version of my school crush.

He was at Tesco on beer and ice cream run with his flatmate we exchanged numbers and arranged to meet for drink. Now your thinking ahhhh first date but no, I was a bit of dimlow as I wasn't sure when I told the girls in the office the next day about him whether it was a date or two old school friends going for a drink.

I have to say I was a bundle of nerves, he was the type of guy I was attracted to and if I was honest with myself always liked but didn't usually end up going out with, he was tall, with some alpha tendencies, or what I described to the girls in my office who tried to fix me up with anything that was male with a pulse, as a proper bloke with a good heart who I couldn't intimidate. Which is probably why most of the dates I went on never went passed a first date.

So we met for a drink and it ended up being a date and we've been together ever since.

We got married last year and celebrated our first wedding anniversary this weekend. So when anyone asks where did you meet I always start with it's amazing what you can find in Tescos!