pretty sure THIS one's a keeper

True story:  About a year and a half ago, I met a guy in my singles ward.  We shall call him SWG (or SWAG if you prefer), for singles-ward-guy of course.  Little did we know we had the exact same group of friends in high school, but SWAG and I didn't meet until 5 years later.  We became insta-friends.  Like, insta-best friends.  We spent every day together for 3 weeks.  It was fun.

Then SWAG started dating a girl he was dating right before we met.  Insta-friendship severed.  Don't get me wrong, we stayed in touch and sat by each other every week at church, but that was the extent of our friendship.  

Six months later, I met someone at stake speed dating (shouldn't that have been my first red flag??) who I thought was going to be "the one".  (Now, let me know clarify: I don't believe in soulmates, love at first sight, blah blah blah.  But, I do believe that I will be married only once...hence "the one".)  We shall call him SSDB, for stake-speed-dating-boy of course.  He's the person I titled "pretty sure he's a keeper" after.  Well, after a six-month rollercoaster of a relationship, I ended things.  Yes, I ended them.  Go me!!  It wasn't too much longer after that SWAG re-entered my life in a way I never expected.

Remember that post from fall 2011 in which I posted a picture of me jet-skiing with a boy??  A really tan one??  Yup, that's SWAG.  His name is Wes.  I like to call him Westley James.  He's cute.  I like him.

Anyway...SWAG was patient enough to semi-wait for me while I was dating SSDB over the summer.  And he was patient enough to wait (not semi-wait, actually wait for me this time) while I figured out the aftermath of the SSDB relationship and tried to not date anyone, including him (shouldn't that have been my first opposite-of-red flag??).  What kind of a man does that??  After running out of excuses to not date SWAG, I figured I should give it a shot.  I mean, really--he's cute (in a manly way since cute isn't manly), kind, patient, caring, intelligent, driven, gospel-centered, and he wanted to date me (who does that??). 

Well, 3-4 months later--since we can't decide how long we've been dating--here we are.  And I think I'm happier than I've ever been or ever thought possible!!  Why did I wait so long??

That's all I wanted to post about.  I don't care if you like it or not.  I just wanted to brag.

The end.  

***other possible post titles included "the post in which i ask far too many questions" and "the post in which i use far too many parentheses***