The Day that Doug and Jessica met…

Doug and I met on Friday, September 13, 2002. It was the beginning of fall semester at BYU and there was a big campus event called Fall Fling. Doug went with his best friend Rich Lopez, and I was with some friends that I met through my Resident Assistant job. We decided to go to a comedy show called Divine Comedy. You had to have wrist bands to get in and I was the only one that had picked one up in advance, so I volunteered to save seats for my friends while they got their wrist bands.

As I was saving seats a tall, dark and handsome guy caught my eye as he sat in my row. As people continued to pour into the auditorium for the show, someone announced over the microphone that saving seats was not allowed and that everyone needed to move to the center of the rows. I was really upset, but moved into the center of my row and sat down and muttered, “I promise I have friends.”

The guy now sitting next to me sensed my frustration and said, “What was that?” I explained that my friends had to get wrist bands, and I was supposed to save seats for them. We continued talking and then one of my friends finally showed up and said that we could just go to the later show. I whispered to her that I was talking to and sitting next to a cute guy and would meet up with them after the show.

So, Doug and I continued to talk and had a few connections. He had served a mission in Ukraine and knew Scott Odle, a family friend who also served in Ukraine. I was also shocked to find out that he was born in Omaha, Nebraska while his father attended Creighton for dental school. Most people have not been to Nebraska, and the few that have been to Nebraska usually have just driven through its cornfields. We had fun talking and laughing throughout the show. I remember Doug touching my leg during the show but to this day he claims that I must have imagined it.

After the show I walked off to leave and Doug stopped me and asked for my number. I gave it to him and he went away with Rich, and I went to find my friends. I was very excited that he had been confident enough to ask for my number and hoped that he would call me soon.

So, to sum it up, I ditched my friends to sit by a handsome stranger that is now my husband. It was love at first sight!