ha!! great story!!!

How my wife and I got together (short version). Also, happy birthday to my close personal friend, Mike Birbiglia. And 7 other things worth your time.

There’s a a comedian named Mike Birbiglia. Maybe you know him? A while back, he asked people to share how they met their significant others.

My wife and I have a pretty good story, and since I can’t keep my mouth shut, I emailed it to him. Short version:

• We met during our first week of college.

• Started dating senior year.

• Broke up, didn’t really see each other for nearly two decades.

• Got back together as a result of our 20-year college reunion.

• Four months later, engaged; eight months later, married.

Things turned out great. We’re happy and healthy; we have a daughter; we live in the suburbs; we drive a sensible family SUV. As crazy as it is, it also feels like this is exactly how everything was supposed to happen.

Back to Birbiglia. My wife is a fan. So after I submitted our story, I was both surprised and thrilled that he replied.

Here’s the email he sent me, start to finish, in its entirety:

“ha!! great story!!!”

Just three words, right? They probably took about 10 seconds. But a small pa…