How I Know
the Couple...
Although I went to high school with Gabe, and Chuck, for that
matter, they were both a couple of years ahead of me. I met Chuck when
I was hanging out at the Golf Gallery, and one drunken night we all went
to an after-hours party at a friend's apartment wherein Chuck decided to
insult my intelligience, blatantly so. That did not go over well, and I
lit into him. However, the next time I saw him, we got talking and I realized
what a fun person he was to hang out with. And even more so, I realized
what a good guy he was - how he would listen to what I was saying, and
of course throw in a typical Chuck comment, but listen just the same. We
started to hang out more and more, and he quickly became one of my closest
friends.
I remember the first night Chuck "saw" Gabe, so to speak... He had
always known of her because her friend Felicia has been dating Chuck's
friend Pete for years... Anyhow, Dan, he and I decided to head to Touch
of Texas one weekend night... Gabe was there with her girlfriends from
work, and they recognized each other and talked for a brief bit. I remember
Chuck saying how good Gabe looked, and how he had always thought she was
"hot". I think there was another weekend after that where we ran into Gabe
again at Touch of Texas and they talked some more. Then all of a sudden
I got a phone call from Chuck saying that he had gone out with Pete and
Felicia and Gabe was there as well, and the two of them hit it off...
And since then, it's been Gabe and Chuck... Initially, Gabe had no
choice but to hang out with me as well, because I was always going out
with them. She and I hit it off as well... Over time we became extremely
close, and she is now one of my closest friends... At the St. Anthony's
Bazaar we got talking and she mentioned that it feels like I have been
in her life forever, and I feel the same way.
I love Chuck and Gabe, as a couple, and as individuals, and am so
happy the two of them found each other and recognized what a special thing
they have going and have chosen to spend the rest of their lives together...
It's been fun watching them grow as a couple, and it will be fun,
and inspirational watching them grow as husband and wife. I am so thankful
for the presence of both of them in my life...