Grad school. My roommates (randomly chosen for me) happened to be international students and they hung out with the university's "European" club (though it had people from all nationalities). I went to parties with them, and they were friends with ktspktsp's friends, and eventually we all became friends. After several months, our whole group always ended up doing things together, playing in the snow, going salsa dancing, playing board games, watching movies... it was all very platonic and casual. I joined MSN chat at some point, so ktspktsp and I started chatting ALL THE TIME and, I suppose, starting to fall for each other.
There was one really intense week where I had to decide between him and another guy (who ended up being our best man!),
and then we took the big jump at his 24th birthday party... haven't looked back since.
