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My wife and I started dating when we were seniors in high school, but we weren't just high school

sweethearts. We were COVID sweethe sweethearts see we got the chance to

graduate in that weird year we now refer to as 2020 and you know how it all went the last few months

of school were canceled including all the festivities that you would normally have your senior

year of high school a lot of people my age were very disappointed about that,

which I understand, but personally, I loved it because picking up your diploma in a circle

drive is much more efficient and convenient than the long, boring ceremony wearing a weird

hat. The one thing, though, that we still managed to have was prom. And that's not because the

school put it on. They had to cancel theirs, but because some of my friends' moms put on a

mini fake prom for me and my friends out in the country somewhere. And so for this prom, I invited

Gigi, my then-girlfriend, my now wife, to go with me. Now, we had only been dating for a short time. And to be honest, she didn't really know my friends very well. We were kind of in different circles, different friend groups, but she still said yes, that she would tag along with me and my friends for this fake prom. And so we go out and do the thing. You know how it goes. We have the pre-picture time where everyone

stands awkwardly in a backyard and you're pretending you're not sweating through your suits or your

dress and parents are everywhere, cameras are flashing. But then later on, it becomes time to figure out

how are we going to get to the dinner and dancing that are out in the country at some house?

How are we going to carpool? And so get ready. This is where you're going to get to the dinner and dancing that are out in the country at some house. How are we going to carpool? And so get ready. This is where you're going to get to see senior in high school Luke

in his spiritual maturity. I go off and talk to my friends, right, to figure out how I'm going to get

to the dance, whose car, where am I riding, all that stuff. And I kind of just assume that Gigi's doing the same thing

with some of the girls that, again, she doesn't know very well, so I don't know why I thought that,

but I just figure she's got it all under control. So after I figure out how me and my friends

are getting to the dance, I come over and check in with Gigi, who asks me how we're going to get there and who we're going

to carpool with. And I promise you, I don't know why in the moment, but here's how I responded.

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