Barbara and Robert's Story:

For weeks, I had planned to ask a guy for a date at the annual Sadie Hawkins Day. I wrote a letter to my brother for $20. He sent me the money to spend on my date at the Gusti pizza place. On that Saturday, we all met at Faculty Row. All the boys hurriedly ran ahead in front of the girls. I learned that my guy was out of town on that day. I decided to go to the field watching my girlfriends chasing and capturing their dates. I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and there was a guy. I have never seen him before. He was dashing with a mustache. I assumed that he was a Freshman and I was a Sophomore. The guy was Bob Morrison. 

It was a good thing that no girl claimed him on that day! Bob asked me if I caught a guy. I nodded my head no. He asked me if we could pretend that we were a couple. Just because Bob wanted a piece of the wedding cake. Of course, I wanted some cake, too. So we stood in the line introducing ourselves and made small talk. We signed names on our pretend marriage certificate then we ate our cakes. We parted ways A few days later at a basketball game, Bob saw me sitting with my girlfriends. He sat a row behind me and started chatting with me. After the game, he walked me to the dorm. We have been together ever since. Next July, we will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary.