Evolution of me and Paul

So five years ago today, Paul and I became a unit. Five years! Funny how things start...

1. I'm dating a guy, let's call him "Portland", but I start to develop a teeny crush on Paul.
2. Portland and I become exclusive. (I thought there was a future with him and Paul wasn't making a move.)
3. Shortly afterward, Paul asks me out. What bad timing! I have to politely decline since Portland was my boyfriend after all. But I really, really want to say yes!
   
4. A few months later, Portland and I break up. I start pursuing Paul, since my crush on him never quite went away, and actually became stronger after Portland and I broke up. (That should have been a sign that my heart wasn't with Portland. But I thought it was just harmless crush at the time.)
   
5. Paul shoots me down. DOH! But we continue to hang out and spend time together.
   
6. On January 15th, 2005, we find ourselves alone and we begin talking about "us". He's not sure he wants to date anyone from work. I say, "Let's just give it a chance, huh? See where it goes."
7. And the rest is history!

Timing certainly wasn't on our side in the beginning. But that was probably for the best. You see, in my younger days, I certainly had a "type". And Portland fit that type. (As did a few others before him.) Paul did not. So if I ended up dating both of them, I probably wouldn't have appreciated Paul then. It took a couple of guys that were my "type", to see that the "wrong" guy was the right guy all along.