This story is, hopefully, the first of four or five stories based on true events from my life. I have changed names but it is all true. The main characters in this story are me, Pete and my wife Sam. We started to go out when she was 18 and I was 20. We married a year later and we have been married for 45 years, so we are now in our sixties.
This first story is about when we first met and got married. I was in my first year at University and Sam lived nearby, she came along to the University Christian Union where we first met. It was not love at first sight but when I saw her I thought she was stunning, she still is. She had dark brown eyes, shoulder length brown hair, she stood five feet six and weighed about eight stone (112 pounds).
I knew almost straight away that I wanted to be with her always, I know that sounds corny but it was and remains true. Along with other students, I was invited to Sam's 18th birthday party. We talked for quite a long time at the party and I felt more and more drawn to her. I think she felt the same way because one afternoon Sam came round to see me in my university room. She knocked on my door and when I opened it I was very surprised to see her. She came in and I made her a cup of tea.