Storytime!
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| A word introduced to me by my manager at that time, Sabrina; when finding out that I was slightly crushing on a Skylar Ku (new boy at work)... "so he's your dreamboat huh." |
December 2011
Skylar Ku got a job at Abercrombie & Fitch at the Arcadia Mall.
Background info:
- I had been working there for 2 months.. (since October)
- I was what they called "a model" - basically just a sales associate on the floor.
- He was an "impact" - basically the people working in the back with stock.
The Moment.
I was folding clothes in Women's 3 (the furthest room from the entrance/ the only access to the back stockroom)
when all of a sudden, Skylar (who was being trained for his first day on the job) walks out carrying this big pile of clothes..
I remember staring for the longest time as he made his way through women's 3, to the other rooms.. and I thought..
"He has GOT to be the CUTEST guy that I have ever seen.."
(not being dramatic for story-sake.. this is truly how I felt.)
"He has GOT to be the CUTEST guy that I have ever seen.."
(not being dramatic for story-sake.. this is truly how I felt.)
Weeks passed without us really having any shifts together.. (mostly because I worked nights.)
Until one night he was assigned closing shift and was assigned a task to complete on a table in the same room that I was in.
I think this was when we officially met.
(apparently he doesn't really remember this night.. lol)
Things I learned this night:
- He is half japanese..
- His legal name was Skylor (how he typed it in the system; and how it was seen in our rosters), because the nurse misspelled it on the birth certificate; but he usually went my SkylAr.
- He got the job because of one of our other co-workers
(who we all thought he was dating, and luckily was not. p.s. she was BEAUTIFUL. Looks like Gal Gadot, and I thought I had NO chance.)
- The History of the Philippines was one of the first classes he took in college.
- I had a huge crush. (confirmed)
Fitches and #Friendzone
Everyone who worked with us, or was friends with us, knew that our beginning definitely began with a friendzone. lol
Me having a crush, and Skylar not really seeing it.
[He later defends that it was because I was so tall that it intimidated him, and he thought "I was out of his league"] r
The fact that his house was the PERFECT party house (semi-isolated from other houses.. tons of parking) set the foundations for a strong group that began to form with a lot of the people from our work.We started having themed parties (Cowboys vs. Indians, Zoo Party, etc.), kickbacks...
& this was honestly one of the best times of my life, with the best people..
at this time... my crush on Skylar remained... but it was not really a forefront factor(?)I was okay with being just a friend.
at this time... my crush on Skylar remained... but it was not really a forefront factor(?)I was okay with being just a friend.
(we began talking/dating other people.)
Side Note: & a thing that I tell everyone when I tell the story in person (lol), he started talking to a girl at our work named Skye (If you're reading this, Skye, I hope you don't mind me mentioning you!) & I was like: "Skylar and Skye. Great. They're probably going to get married." - by they way, she is married now and has the cutest little boy..
but at that time, I thought I was done for.
Side Note: & a thing that I tell everyone when I tell the story in person (lol), he started talking to a girl at our work named Skye (If you're reading this, Skye, I hope you don't mind me mentioning you!) & I was like: "Skylar and Skye. Great. They're probably going to get married." - by they way, she is married now and has the cutest little boy..
but at that time, I thought I was done for.
Anyway, from this big work group (that remained consistent), blossomed a smaller group. ZTG.. (aka zip tie gang); which began with a closing shift and a couple of people initiated by a zip tie around our wrists, that we had to keep on.
The groups sparked pranks (that became a big thing.) Since most of our shifts were staggered, one person would get out sooner than the other, which set up the perfect opportunity to mess with that person's car in the parking lot.
Skylar's big thing was balloon animals..
Our cars experienced onslaughts of post-its, saran wrap, strings.. you name it.
We even started a facebook group for fun and answered "daily questions" type thing to get to know each other..
"Give us all a tour of your room via video!"
"tell us all 10 facts about yourself!"
etc.
this made us all get pretty close.
I set up game nights, all-nighter nights.
In time...
we all kind of went in different directions... but a few of us remained close.
(it was mostly because of the difference in shift times... half of the group always worked mornings.. the other at night..)
The half that worked nights (Skylar and myself included) would go to 7/11 after closing shifts, to get snacks and talk...
one night.. the group left, and Skylar and I were having a conversation that sort of just went on and on.... until it was already morning... and we ended up just eating at IHOP..
from midnight to I think 8 or 9 am.
from midnight to I think 8 or 9 am.
purely talking/ a phone call + singing to Liyu sometime around midnight
It's hard to recall how we started hanging out more afterwards... but it just happened; factimeing at night and watching a movie at the same time. Getting sundae on sundays, and him cooking dinner for me..
... and on July 2, he got down on one knee, ring pop in hand, and asked me to be his girlfriend.
It has been almost 7 years since we met, and I look back and it's such a whirlwind!
It has been almost 7 years since we met, and I look back and it's such a whirlwind!
He has become so much more than just that good looking guy at work, and I've learned that he's so much more than what I expected.
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| Skylar joined my family and I on a trip to the Philippines a couple years ago. |
Obviously as a girlfriend, it's standard for me to say he's the sweetest guy I've ever met..
but I can honestly say that with 100% conviction.
I get it all the time, to the point where I always felt like I was unworthy..
but Skylar truly sets the standard for good guys.
I get it all the time, to the point where I always felt like I was unworthy..
but Skylar truly sets the standard for good guys.
Everyone who knows him knows this:He's that guy that stops whatever he's doing to help a stranger on the road who needs help, fills strangers gas tanks, emails a professor a long thoughtful email, thanking them for the class..
I don't remember being sick and him not coming over with soup or snacks.
He remembers small details... like this small comment I made about this sign post I loved and he built it and gave it to me as a Christmas present.
He puts up with art museums and road trips for me.
He is patient with me. Supports every decision I make, but also tells me straight up when he thinks I'm not making good ones.
He makes me feel beautiful when my confidence is the absolute worst.
We've had our bad days but we always know how to communicate and talk through anything and everything.. & I feel lucky every day.
