We often make mention of random milestones in our relationship – meeting in NYC, moving to Virginia, etc. – and we realized that the timing of all those events probably isn’t always clear. So we figured Wedding Week Dos was the perfect opportunity to chronologically recount how boy met girl, they fell in love, moved to the south, got a chihuahua and started a blog. You know, your typical love story…
2004
- June: I start my job as Assistant Account Executive at a New York City ad agency.
- August: Sherry starts her job as a Copywriter at the very same ad agency a month later.
- September: Sherry gets assigned to write commercials for the account I manage. We meet, but rarely interact.
2005
- January – May: Sherry keeps getting assigned to projects with me. We bond over watching bad reality TV and begin spending more time together outside of work, moving past “coworkers” to “friends.”
- July 7th: A casual after-work party turns into an unofficial first date. We cap off the night with a kiss (and although none of our friends believe it, I actually kissed her first).
- Late July: Just weeks after beginning to date, I invite Sherry on a trip home to meet my family in Virginia (!), giving Sherry her first official taste of life in VA. Here we are touring my alma mater UVA:
- October: We take our first vacation together to drive the California coast (from San Diego to San Francisco) with my cousin Travis. It’s one of the best trips either of us have ever been on.
- November: I spend Thanksgiving with Sherry’s family in New York (our first official family holiday together).
- December: We make the decision to move to Virginia together after just six months of dating with zero hesitation.
2006
- January: We interview for jobs at the same Richmond ad agency (we like working together since it’s the way we met). After a bunch of undercover research, I buy an engagement ring.
- February: Our new jobs at the same agency don’t come through. Employers won’t take us seriously until we live in Virginia, so we decide to make the move and find jobs when we get there. Scary!
- February 25: We leave NYC in a minivan (after snapping this photo), arrive in Richmond and move into a new apartment together (which we furnish with mismatched hand-me-downs).
- March: Within two weeks, I land a new job at a downtown ad agency (were I still work to this day). Sherry builds up a client roster and decides to write commercial scripts and magazine ads as a full-time freelancer from home (lucky girl).
- March 18: I propose. Sherry says “yes.” More on that later…
- April 22: Our first weekend of casual house-hunting turns into buying our first home (a little brick ranch that needs a lot of love).
- May 25: We close on our oldie-but-a-goodie house and begin the moving in and renovating process (three years later we’re still at it).
- July 7: To celebrate our one year anniversary of dating, I surprise Sherry with a trip to the Outer Banks.
- October: We take a second vacation together and this time it’s back to California, just the two of us. We marvel that we don’t even fight after a week of non-stop hanging out. Life is good.
- November 28: After months of dog-hunting, we finally find a funny looking chihuahua that needs a good home. Hamburger (aka: Burger) joins the Petersik family.
2007:
- January – June: Crazy wedding planning and prep fills every spare moment and we quickly realize that we like teaming up and DIYing out hearts out.
- July 7: The backyard wedding goes off without a hitch. Travis (the guy who joined us on our first California road trip) officiates the ceremony. “I do”s are exchanged. Happily ever after begins.
- July 10 – 16: We honeymoon in Alaska. A certain small dog joins us for this “family” road trip full of adventure and goofiness. More on that later…
- September: With wedding expenses out of the way, we decide to put a bit of our savings towards a kitchen remodel.
- September 24: I write the first post on a new blog that I suggest we call “Young House Love.” Sherry begrudgingly warms up to the idea of blogging about our home improvement projects in our spare time. The rest, as they say, is history.
Pretty much every milestone after that is documented right here on this blog. We know it may seem fast moving to a new city, getting engaged and buying a house within our first year of dating, but each step felt so natural and we didn’t feel rushed at all. We must admit that now we look back with a bit of amazement! But I guess when you know, you know.
Do you guys have any interesting relationship timelines of your own? Did anything happen super speedily or perhaps quite the opposite? Did you and your bf/husband meet at work or at play? It’s always fun to hear all the different ways we come to the decision to be with a certain person for the long haul, so share and share alike.
PS: For a photographic look back at our life’s timeline (even before we met) you can check out this Flickr set, an electronic version of the clothesline “slideshow” we displayed at our wedding.
Steph. says
I can truly relate to the “first apartment, filled with mismatched hand me downs”. I think most young couples can as well.
Great timeline! My hubs and I are also celebrating our anniversary this month (7.23, 3 years) a timeline is in order. =)
tammy says
I love the timeline! Kudos to you guys for taking so many leaps so quickly!
WilderMiss says
Mountain Man and I met at a climbing wall (go figure) and became climbing buddies before our first real date (sailing and longboarding…again, go figure).
Our relationship milestones include starting a long distance relatinoship after only one month of dating (kind of by accident), a relationship defining vacation, and MM moving across the country. We wont get married for another few years.
amy t schubert says
I definitely need to document our timeline … 6 years from meeting to marriage (and now almost 4 years more).
thanks for the idea!
Angela says
I’m curious, did Sherry ever get a job at an advertising agency in VA?
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Angela,
I built up my client roster working from our little apartment and actually went on to work from home for almost two full years as a freelance copywriter with clients in NY and California (before coming on full time to manage the blog last May). Hope it helps!
xo,
s
jbhat says
Happy Anniversary Eve, Youngsters. You too are truly perfect for one another, and you’re right–when you know, you know.
I met my husband R through my best girlfriend. She and her sig other had a housewaring party where my intended and I met on May 30, 1992. My friend had gone to school with my husband’s roommate at the time, and they were both invited to the housewarming. R and I met that night, became inseparable, moved in together in August of that summer, and have been together ever since. We married in 1998, and are about to have 11 years wedded bliss (plus the previous 6 years of togetherness) in August.
Victoria says
Ooooh, I love wedding week!! It’s always nice to find out who the real people are behind the blog. Happy Anniversary to you two! And yes, my fiance and I met at work. We both worked at a cellular store. He in sales, and me in customer service. We moved pretty quickly too, but like y’all, it felt pretty natural. :) Congrats! BTW, Burger was a super cute puppy..makes me want one!
LeilaMac says
I love the play-by-play! Totally when you know, you know!
My husband and I met at a summer camp when we were 13, and we were pen-pals, both over letters (we both still have them to prove it!) and AOL instant messenger (seriously in the pioneer days with S.L.O.W. dial-up). We saw each other every summer for 2 weeks, a few times in college (we had some mutual friends in college and I came to Virginia for school), and then I lived with one of his ex-girlfriend’s friends once I got a job in DC. He moved to DC a year after I did, convinced me to start dating him, and then we were engaged 6 months later! I may have written in my diary at age 14 that I was going to marry him… :) Life is so funny!
Looking forward to hearing more during Wedding Week II!
Sarah Matthews says
Great timeline! So fun to read about how couples meet. My husband and I met at Disney World, on Main Street in the Magic Kingdom, on September 19, 2005. Five weeks later, he flew home to Wisconsin to meet my family and attend a wedding with me. There, I let everyone know that he was the man I would marry. Six months later, he had the marriage conversation with my father, and on Christmas Eve of 2006, he proposed next to the bakery on Main Street, in the same spot we first said hello!
We celebrate our two year anniversary on December 28th. It’s crazy to think that I moved to Florida for a four month internship, and four years later, I’m still here—married to the love of my life, with two dogs and a house.
It’s definitely true though…when you know, you just know! Thanks for sharing your story!
:::Lyzz::: says
My relationship with my now hubby is just as much a whirlwind as yours were. We are now married and having just celebrate our 2 years of meeting each other in June. A lot had happened in between, with time line very similar to yours, but it feels so right.
You guys make such a cute couple.
Heather says
I had a little boy from a previous relationship, he was a bachelor living with his co-worker. We met, fell in love, and house hunted literally 4 months later.
We too moved into a brick ranch filled with mis-matched bachelor furniture and here we are 2 years later with 2 little boys now and we’re slowly whipping this place into shape between his work and my pharmacy courses.
Tenille says
SO sweet :0) i love hearing about peoples courtships! My hubby and i met rafting on the kern river..He was my rafting guide and was very studly ;0) We quickly became best friends and got married 6 months after we started dating! People think were crazy sometimes but like you said…when you know..why wait?! We will celebrate our 3year anniversary in Nov. and were still best friends…
elizabeth says
we actually have a pretty similar relationship timeline (except we sped up some parts)…we met in november 2004, immediately started dating, got engaged in july 2005 and married in may 2006. you never know who you will meet in a parking lot, that’s for sure!
Danielle says
I was just curious, do the home owners that you bought the home from see your changes at all and comment? I am always interested to know if my old home owners drive by and see my changes.
PS, my husband and I are planning a romantic getaway to San Fran in December! Love that city!!
YoungHouseLove says
Wow Danielle, that’s some psychic stuff right there. Just this weekend we got a letter from the girl who grew up in our house! Her mom and dad were the original owners and they have so many great insights about our house and what changed over the almost-50 years that they lived here. It’s amazing to connect with them and of course it’s nice to hear that they love our changes (they think that the house looks “so open and light”). Stay tuned for a big post all about the secrets that we learned about our house from the original owners! Isn’t it funny how small the world really is?
xo,
s
Amy says
So cool to see the timeline of your relationship!
We met in 2002, got engaged in 05, moved in together in 05, bought our first house in 06, got married in 06, moved out and bought our 2nd house in 08… next month will be 3 years for us!
Jenny says
You guys are the best! I’m just curious–what made you two decide to move from New York City to Richmond?
Danielle says
What a great story! I agree, when you know you know!
My husband and I met my freshman and his sophomore year of high school. We were both in the band (I played the flute and he played the trumpet), but I really got to know him while he dated my best friend for about a year. They eventually broke up but I was dating someone at the time, so we never actually dated in high school even though we knew there was something there.
After we graduated high school and moved away to college we would talk randomly over the next few years. I always wondered how he was doing, but no one seemed to know where he was or what he was up to.
Three years after I graduated college I ran into a friend who had his phone number and I called him the next day. After a long conversation we realized that we only lived two hours apart! We planned a time for me to go and visit him and continued to talk on the phone in the mean time.
That first trip was four years ago and we’ve been married for a year and a half. I still say it was the best phone call I’d ever made!
YoungHouseLove says
Good question Jenny! Stay tuned for more on that later in the week…
xo,
s
mrslimestone says
So sweet!!
My husband and I have been together for 13 years so my timeline would not be nearly that cute or interesting :)
Liz says
so cute! love the timeline idea…
my husband and i met at a bar (ugh, typical, we’re from New Orleans) and then after a 2004 hurricane evacuation and about 14 hours together in the car, we decide to move in together…
one year later we were in the car again evacuating for hurricane Katrina…after a very stressful month living in a Dallas hotel room we decided we should move this thing to the next level so when we got back to NOLA, he proposed!
after a little less than a year in Baltimore (when NOLA was unlivable for us), we moved back to NOLA, bought a house and got married!
we just celebrated out 2 year anniversary and we’re still going strong!
congrats, youngsters!
E says
I moved 1,000 miles to Florida for my fiance (who was only my boyfriend then) after college. Scary at the time, but years later with a great job, ownership of a little condo with palm trees outside, and engaged, it was all worth it. :)
Tegan says
We actually met on MySpace (sigh) through a mutual “friend.” He asked me about my name. We emailed for 3 months and then met face-to-face in January ’07. May of ’07 we moved in together, December ’07 we moved 856 miles away (from Sacramento, CA to Spokane, WA) and in June ’08 we found out we were pregnant with our first baby. Skipped over marriage completely… but one of these days. Don’t want to rush things. ;)
Tegan (& Tage)
Christin says
Great post – I love hearing/reading about how couples met and fell in love!
My folks and J’s folks have been bestfriends for 30+ years. My folks went to visit his parents in the hospital when J was born. At that time my parents weren’t sure if they wanted another child, then 9 months later I was born! J and I were family friends our whole lives but got to be real friends in college. People always asked us why we weren’t dating. Well, in January of 2006 J confessed feelings for me and it took me a few months but in March I told him he could take me on a date. (His confession surprised me but no one else apparently!) Our first date was March 17, 2006; we were engaged on July 28th of that year and married May 5, 2007. A week after we married (and the day after our honeymoon) we relocated to a new city and are in the same apt. today – our first home. There is nothing lese like being married to your bestfriend. :)
Ashley says
My husband and I met about 5 1/2 years ago in January at happy hour – my coworker brought his roommate (my husband) along. In April of the same year, their lease was up and he moved in with me. Like you said, when you know, you know. My lease ended in July and we moved to our own mismatched apartment and adopted our dog less than 6 months after first meeting. Two years later, we bought our house, and then a year after that we were married on the same exact day as you! Happy (almost) 2nd Anniversary!
MrsEAM says
Thanks for sharing! It really helps to provide some context on your lives together. My husband and I’s relationship came together very quickly as well, although it is a little hard to believe we didn’t meet sooner.
We were born 3 days apart, in the same hospital, delivered by the same OB (we wonder if our mom’s ever sat in the waiting room at the same time during those 9 mos!). We both grew up in Central Florida, he nearly transferred to my high school senior year. I knew his entire family (except for him!) from church and our mom’s taught together. We finally we met in early 2006 at a Bible study at his brother’s home (a bit of a set up we realized later) and we were married 18 months later!
Katie Earley says
Adorable time line!
I spent nine months putting off my friend’s suggestion that I meet her boyfriend’s roommate. Within the next nine months I knew he was the one! A few days before the two year anniversary of our first date (Chili’s!) we returned home from our honeymoon! :)
Rachel says
My husband and I met at work too. He was the manager and after the worst interview of my life, I was hired. He tried to hit on me my first day, but I ignored it. After a couple of months working together and flirting, he finally asked me out. It will be 3 years next week.
We went on a trip after about 6 months of dating and found that we actually liked spending time together and hate to be apart. We work separately now, but would love to get the chance to work together again.
Nikki says
The more I read your blog the funnier it is that you guys are so much like my husband and I! Our meeting, moving in, engagement, etc are SO similar! We met at work, moved in together three months later, were engaged the same year, and got married and bought a house shortly after! The only thing I’m jealous of is getting to be married in your back yard. Sadly, our yard is just now getting to the point where we can host outdoor events after a LOT of TLC, blood, sweat and tears!
Kayla says
Cute blog – love the time line. My husband and I were unofficially engaged after 2.5 weeks and married three months later. Seventeen years later (18 in February) we are still going strong and very happy – when you know, you know.
All the best to you two!
Sarah says
Four months after my husband and I started dating, he hopped on a plane and spent two months in Africa. For two months (only half of our entire relationship stateside) we did the long distance thing. He came back from Atlanta and ten days later we moved down to Atlanta together. Looking back I realized how fast it was, but it seemed so right at the time. When you know you know!! :)
Carley says
Aww.. loverflies.
I have a very similar time line with my now fiance!. We started dating and moved in together within the first two months(whackos! Good reason I promise). 8 months later we bought a drastically similar to THY 50’s rancher (in a very similar location,south of the james, weirddd) , and after a year and a month or so he proposed! Now I’m knee deep in wedding plans and have a question regarding your officiant.. I’ve researched and the conclusion I’ve found is in VA unless the officiant is practicing and appears before a judge, then he cannot officiate. Is this true? Was yours internet ordained or was he the real deal?
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Carley,
Good question! Travis went through his fair share of work to get a bona fide one day license from the state or the county (can’t remember which) for our wedding day. He also had to put down a deposit and pay a small fee that wasn’t refunded, but it certified him to be a one-day officiant so it was fully legal (and we’re forever grateful). I would suggest that you call your county and tell them that you’re looking to learn about how a friend or family member can get a one-day license and go from there. Hope it helps!
xo,
s
Megan says
My guy and I met at work too, and started dating as a result of some sneaky match-making on his boss’s part! We celebrated our 5-month anniversary last September by closing on a 1920s cute-as-a-button house in Historic East Nashville. Like you, we’ve been DIYing like crazy since the minute we closed. This October 10th, we get married! We’re so excited!!! Here’s our little website: http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/MeganWebb&BillyGreer
Beth says
I don’t think you guys moved fast at all – listen to this: August 1996 I move back to the states after 2 years teaching abroad.
November 1996 I meet my husband in an online chat room.
New Years – I fly out to CA to meet him (I was in CO). I was out there for five days, and he proposed.
February 1997 he flies to CO to meet my parents.
March 1997 I move to CA.
June 1997 we get married.
It was 12 years in June! (and two boys have been added).
Notesfromthegrove says
The very first time my husband came over to my house we completely fell in love. I moved to another state with him two months later (and subsequently moved back after a year) and we’ve been married now for almost a year! Life has sure been a crazy ride for us…he’s in the army now and we are enduring five long months apart. Our story is so special and magical to us and I can’t wait for him to come home. We’ve picked out a new house that I will be closing on and moving into while he’s away. Your blog has been a great source of inspiration to us!
Congrats on the wedded bliss, you two!
Jen Z. says
What a great story (aka timeline). Me & my husband met at our present job through a mutual friend of ours. We are together for 5 1/2 years, married for 2 1/2 years, bought a house 2 years ago and we are still working on that house. Lot’s of TLC this house needed. My husband is my best friend. When someone is the one, they are just the one and you know it. My husband and I are soulmates. Can’t wait to hear the rest of your great love story.
Jen says
Thanks for sharing! I may do this as well :-)
Our timeline: Meet in Sept 2005 after I move to MA to start my new job. We become friends…for a while.
Feb 2007: first date
Dec 2007: decide to get hitched
Jan 2008: “real” proposal (even though we already had a photographer and a date…)
July 2008: marriage!
August 1st 2008: move halfway across the country to start brand new jobs!
Marriage and moving within a year is a lot, I wouldn’t recommend it, but we’ve been blessed.
Allison Harris says
My husband and I started dating when we were sophomores at the NCSU College of Design, both studying to be architects. After only a few months of dating I realize we only needed to buy one set of textbooks because I was pretty sure “my” library would become “our” library.
We got engaged after 17 months of dating (which seems perfectly reasonable, but we were still only juniors and our parents were a little nervous). I figured being in design school together – spending all of our time in class, studying, in studio and socializing – that we had effectively crammed 4 years of dating into a year and a half. Plus we had smoothly collaborated in studio without a hitch!
4 and a half years later we are married and shopping for our first house!
Sara says
What a cute story, happy anniversary!
My hubby and I officially met in sixth grade, but didn’t become friends until high school. We started dating at 17, married at 22 and now have been married 5 years.
We have a couple crazy connections like when my husband’s mom was pregnant with him she was so sure she was going to have a girl and name her “Sara” spelled without an “H” like me. Our grandparents also lived two doors down from each other back in the 60s in a differnt state than both of us were born in but our families ended up moving to when we were both in elementry school.
Elizabeth says
My grandparents story is v v romantic… they met during the first weeks of WW2 in a dance hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. My grandmother was billeted there for the war effort, building warplanes. My grandfather was in town for 2 nights as his warship took on provisions. They danced together all night & my grandad decided he would have to marry her. He walked her home, 3 miles out of his way.
The next day he called on her & she told him to go away! He managed to persuade her to let him pick her up that night for more dancing. They (once again) danced all night, the following morning, his ship set sail, not to return for 3 long years.
Over the next 3 years they courted by letter, he even proposed to her via letter!! 3 years after they first met they had their 3rd date – their wedding day! They were married for 64 years until his death this year & have 5 children, 12 grandchildren & 3 great-grandchildren.
Joyce says
I really enjoyed reading your story! I love that picture of Burger laying on John. My chihuahua does the same. Ah, those big paws, they really do grow into them.
My husband and I met in college, but eventually lost touch after I transferred (to UVA). We reconnected 2+ years after college through a mutual friend and the rest is history. We have been married for almost 2 years.
Jeannine says
We met about a week after I got the Charlottesville, at the opening of our concert pavilion, but he assumed I was dating the friend with whom I went to the concert. Months later, he asked me out via email while I was on a business trip. I agreed, saying I’d check my email when I got home and meet him where ever he said to (this was pre-Blackberry). I never got the email and thought he flaked. He sent the email, but it got bounced back to him hours later (after he left work for the day). He sat outside a restaurant for over an hour with a box of Gearhart’s chocolates, thinking that he was being stood up.
We tried again a few weeks later and it took. :)
Thanks for sharing your story, you two. You have such a charming way about you and it’s so fun to read your blog.
Jessica Lynn says
loved this post. thanks for sharing! :)
Christel says
My love saw me at a holiday party and told his friend “she will be mine.” He came up and shook my hand and has never let go! He asked the big question after 8 months of dating and set the date for 1 year away. Right after the date for the big day was set we moved across the state for his job. We bought our first house less than a week before the wedding. We were happy where we were living but going to open houses for fun. I saw the house and knew it had to be ours. Our wedding guests were shocked to hear we had put an offer on the house only days before the wedding. They thought we were nuts! We then did a total gut on the house for us to move in 2 months later! Talk about late nights, high pressure, and TONS of fun!
We got transfered after only 2 years in the house. It broke my heart to leave our “love nest.” After being gone from it a year and a half we still talk about that house weekly…..someday I will buy it back…..
Christina says
You guys are so cute. Happy Anniversary! (today is mine! 7 years)
And a random ?- Sherry, do you EVERY wear that beautiful hair of yours down? I am sure I’ve never seen it that way.
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Christina,
Happy 7 years today! As for the hair question, I actually get that semi regularly. I guess I’m just a low maintenance (read: lazy) gal who’s always painting or drilling or doing other things that hair gets in the way… so I usually just toss it up into a ponytail (and sometimes a messy braid if I’m feeling fancy). But there is one picture of my hair down on the blog, in this post about our photoshoot with The Nest:
https://www.younghouselove.com/a-behind-the-scenes-look-with-the-nest-magazine/
Enjoy!
xo,
s
Carrie says
I love it!!
My bf and I actually got (fake) engaged before we were even dating!
Brian and I went to school together at the University of Richmond (yay Virginia, yay Richmond, yay Spiders!!) but NEVER met until after we both graduated in 2007. He had classes with some of my best friends and worked about 20 feet away from me (me in the library coffee shop and him at the library front desk) but we never managed to meet.
After graduation our groups of friends managed to merge and we met for the first time in July 2007. In August 2007 we were out with friends at a karaoke bar (Easy Street) and staged a “Fake engagement” in front of the whole place. Bri sang Mariah Carey’s “You’ll Always Be My Baby” and “proposed” to me right after. He gave me back my own ring, we had our first dance, and even managed to capture our first kiss on camera. We ended up with a lot of free champagne and celebratory shots. Needless to say it was a fantabulous time and I was instantly smitten with my “fiance” on a totally new level. You can see pics on my blog :)
We started officially dating shortly thereafter and have been together ever since. We bought our first house this past May (we consider this our “real ring” for the time being…although according to Brian’s mom we are already engaged and have been since 2007) and have been inspired by you guys to blog about it!!
Cheers to love <3
Abby says
The hubs and I met immediately after I accepted admission to a graduate school 5 hours away. We dated for three months before I moved and he stayed to finish his schooling. Our friends that we were crazy for continuing what was supposed to be a summer fling into a long distance relationship, but we couldn’t help it. Two years went by and I graduated and moved back into a home we bought together. Again, our friends thought we crazy for buying a home together after living 5 hours apart for nearly our entire dating history. It all just worked for us. We’ve lived together two years now and been married 9 months now with no regrets.
Christina says
YAY! Thanks for the link; just as I thought it looks fantastic.- I’m UBER “lazy” too, it’s just always in the way for one reason or another.
Kristi W. says
Cutest post ever. Thank you for sharing. :)
Stephanie says
File my husband and me under “Just the Opposite.” We met in high school and got married just about a week shy of our nine-year anniversary.
Our timeline:
Spring semester ’96: shared a class, I had a crush on him
October ’96: shared a class, went on first date
June ’97: I graduated (the hubs is younger so he had to stay behind and, you know, finish high school)
August ’97: I went to NCSU, 2.5 hours away from the hubs
August ’98: the hubs joined me at NCSU
September ’03: engaged!
June ’04: bought our first house
October ’05: FINALLY married
November ’08: moved into second house
Emily says
I LOVE your blog! And your timeline isn’t all that bad! While we haven’t bought a house yet (we’re looking!), in the past year and a half, my husband won a job with the President’s Own Marine Band in DC, moved out here (January 2008) while I finished my masters at Indiana University, where we were both in school for clarinet. In May I moved across the country – with literally whatever could fit in my clunky old car. He asked me to marry him in August, I got a job teaching school in September, and we got married in December. The August-December stuff was crazy with a new job and planning a wedding! We originally hoped to buy a house at that time as well, but decided we could wait a year for our sanity. Now we’re starting to look and I love perusing your website daily for inspiration! I see that you’ve mentioned Northern Virginia several times on your blog – did one of you spend time living here? I love being so close to DC and having access to lots of great things about Virginia (a wonderful state, we’re learning), but wish this area were just a bit more affordable!
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Emily,
I actually grew up in Northern Virginia (Fairfax area, to be exact). My experiences there as a child and teen probably aren’t a perfect example of what living there as a young adult is, but I certainly love the area and all the things that you have access to. But it certainly has some drawbacks (cost, traffic). My little sister is just moving back to the area (Arlington) and her apartment is actually more expensive there thant he one she rented in downtown Philly. So it unfortunately means you might have to settle for a little less space, or something a bit further out of town – but I still think it’s a wonderful place to live. Hope that helps!
And Kim – totally a small world! How funny. That is definitely the Travis you knew, although he’s now a married father of 1 (that was his newborn baby Elsa we featured back on Saturday). He lives in the Arlington too, so another person who might have advice on life in NoVa.
-John
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Emily,
John’s family actually lives in Burke (Northern VA) and it’s also where John grew up so we find ourselves in that neck of the woods often. It doesn’t hurt that there’s an Ikea up there either! I totally hear you about the affordability thing. It’s definitely a bit pricier than Richmond but the close proximity to DC is great!
xo,
s
Kim says
What a small world!! I live in Charlottesville. Started reading your blog last year… I think a co-worker recommended it to me. Anyway, was reading your relationship timeline today. And then “hey! wait a minute!” Did a double take. I know cousin Travis – we went to Georgia Tech together in Atlanta. Both did the Oxford Program in Europe the same summer. Checked his page on facebook and sure enough, there are your names!! Definitely a small world.