How we met and the lead up to us getting married

i was a Stake YSA Representative Secretary at the time. And we had put on a 'get to know you' activity for all the Ward YSA Reps in our stake. So me and the male and female reps decided to do a putt putt golf thing. It was pretty exciting because I was meeting people that I had never met before. So I was giving everyone who came a huge kiss and hug to welcome them to the activity and introduced myself and everything. And then there was this guy who looked shorter than me (only cause I used to guys towering over me) and he had driven one of the ward reps to the activity. He had curly brown hair, a small and pointy nose, dark skin, pretty toned body, and the hugest smile you could ever see. I gave him a kiss and hug and introduced myself and he said that his name was Tangi. Well, let me tell you now, I thought he was pretty cute and that I would see if he was single. hhaahaha. Talk about eager. Well to honest, I always thought I wasnt too bad looking myself, but wondered why I didnt have much dates with guys from church. I was pretty toned and skinny cause I was going to the gym, I had darkened up because of the sun capsules, I was dancing every week with Fusion, I was really looking after myself and going to church every sunday, going to every activity and yet, there was still no one asking me out. I was baffled and annoyed at the dumb idiots who were too scared to ask anyone out. So I tried a little searching myself instead. Tangi was one of the many guys that I checked out, being a YSA who just wanted to get out there. The next time that I saw Tangi was at a YSA dance in Huntly. I was with a few of my friends there, and was just dancing how I normally did. And he walked in....... with someone on his arm. And man, I was taken back by this. I watched him for a bit, didnt go up to him to say hi in case his girlfriend got a bit jealous of me. And i noticed that he was watching me the whole night too. After a couple months we would just see each other every now and then at activities or dances and stuff. But then, me and my flatmates had a falling out and I decided to move back to my parents place. My parents told me that someone else was moving in at the same time too. So I was sweet with that. I found out later that it was Tangi who had moved in a week before I was going to move back iin with my parents. crack up. We would talk occasionnally on his way out or my way out. But he was constantly going back to Tokoroa every weekend. the Weekdays were busy for me, cause i was working then straight to the gym then out with my friends. Until the weekends, then it was sleep in on saturdays, get up, go out with friends and do whatever. It wasnt until one particular saturday that Tangi decided that he would just stay and try it out for one weekend here in Hamilton. thats when we just talked for hours and hours. it felt pretty good to have someone to talk to because at the time, my friends werent reliable in that aspect. We were getting really close, that a couple times, he'd be in his room, I'd be in my room and we'd text each other to see if the other was hungry and then decide to grab something to eat just cuase we could. And then we'd talk some more. It was pretty awesome. The entire time this was going on, he was still dating his girlfriend. And he was loyal to her right up until they broke up. It took him about 5 -6 months to get over that relationship. We were both living at my folks house for about 6 months and me and my mum were hitting heads too much so I decided that I would move out again. But this time to Temple View. Tangi would still keep in touch through texting and tell me that he missed me being around. Him and my bro Jax would hang out heaps and they'd both ring me up to come over to my folks place for dinner. I started going thru a pretty dark time, I ended up not going to church and I was drinking and smoking. I was seeing a couple non member guys but was getting more and more depressed each day. I'm still not sure why it was that I was getting like that. I think it mayve been to do with, I needed to do something to fill this space inside but nothing was working. I stopped eating for about a month and a half. Would only eat once a day, and I was dropping weight fast. Me and Tangi had gone to the beach, I was telling him that I was ready to move on with my life, to start a family and settle down, I was sick of being single and having no one reliable to talk to. I wanted kids and a husband to share my life with. Then started complaining that the only guys who wanted to date me were inactive guys who I wasnt interested in anyways. Tangi was like ' but there are guys who like you' and i asked him ' so tell me one guy who does like me then' and he was like ' oh umm well i ' and i said to him ' see there is no one, you're wrong, they all just pussies, too scared of rejection'. We worked in the same building in the centre of Hamilton. Different floors and different companies. We would email each other and it was pretty sweet. One day, my car broke down and I needed a new battery but couldnt afford to get one but still needed to get into work somehow. So I rang up my friend who lived down the road, but he would purposefully go straight past my house saying he forgot about me and couldnt turn around. So I rang up Tangi to see if he could take me to work. He didnt hesitate at all. So he dropped me off at work, he started at 12.30pm so we would meet up at lunch time and he'd give me the keys to take the car home and then come and pick him after work. that was a pretty sweet agreement. We were hanging out a lot more, after i would pick him up, we'd get something to eat and then he'd drop me off at my house. I asked him if he wanted to hang out first, and Tangi was sweet as with it. The first night, we were talking about what we would do if we had someone to love. Tangi blew me away with all the things he would do with the person he loved. He said' I will make sure that she knew she was the most important person to me, that she wouldnt hesitate to say that i'm his number one and no one else. I will want her to talk to me about everything and anything and that what she has to say is very important to me. I want her to feel safe with me, to know that everythings going to be alright. I will love her and kiss her and cuddle her cause thats what I like too' When he said all that, I was like ' dayemmmmm what a guy!!!!!!! He's a keeper this one'. haha. The next day, we would email each other once he got to work, until it was time for me to knock off, then go pick him up. I told him about me not being able to eat much, because I felt like I didnt deserve it. He made me promise to eat a whole banana for breakfast, we were looking up at the stars and he showed me his star. We were out on the balcony of my house, and he came up and stood right next to me so that he was touching my arm with his arm. For me ' i was like hold up, is this guy doing what I think he's doing'. so i took a step away from him. Waited, and then he took a step closer to me so that he was touching me again. Man, did my skin tingle like anything. I couldnt beleive that Tangi had feelings for me. the next day my car was working so I didnt need to catch a ride, I had parked my car. We did the usual email each other at work. I finished work and was walking to my car, and i saw a piece of paper on my windshield. I honestly thought that it was a ticket. Ripped it off my windscreen and saw that it was a note from Tangi saying that because I had a banana, he will treat me to tim tams and hot chocolate on a cold night and that i needed to ring him to collect my reward. so i rang him once i got home and left a message on his phone since he was working. he rang me back straight away and all i could do was giggle...uncontrollably. He started laughing while talking to me sexy as because i was giggling. We confirmed time and place and everything. Man i felt like a dork who was still in high school because of how i reacted when he was talking to me. After we hung up, I started making him a card. I cut up a piece of card, glued some flax onto it and some paua shells and it looked pretty flash. Write in it just saying how much i appreciate him and what he does for me and that we seem to awesome times with each other. i had to crawl over everything in his room (which was the garage outside my folks place) to get ot his bed to put the card on it. He picked me up later that night and took me to the hill behind my folks place. Its called Tills Lookout. Tangi told me to wait in the car, while he went and did something. He came back and said ok lets go. So got out of the car and started to walk around the bush to get to the base of the hill. Where it gets steep, Tangi says ' hop on my back' me ' i'm not hopping on your back, i'll break your back or worse, you'll drop me' But tangi kept insisting so i jumped on his back and he piggy backed me all the way up this steep hill. man, what stamina and strength to carry me up that hill. hahahaha. At the top of the hill, there was a picnic laid out with hot chocolate and tim tams. it was wonderful and it was under the stars and it was definately cold. he also had an extra blanket there just for us. It was awesome. And he definately got my letter, and thats all he could talk about. hehehe. By the end of the week, I was gushing hard out for him. but thats enough for now, will have to continue this story later. hahaha.