“I Love You”

Jen: So Ryan had been saying for a really long time that he REEEAAAALLLLYYY liked me, but saying “I love you” was a big deal to him. Although I got frustrated and impatient at times, I realized that I wanted him to mean it, so I waited. One night we were up at my house and he decided it would be funny to smear cake all over my face. It turned into an epic cake battle. We both had to dump our entire heads in the sink before we left to return to Provo. With dripping wet hair, we went out to his car, he gave me some Honduran money from his mission and then he turned all serious and told me that he loved me! :)

Ry: Basically since our first interaction, Jen was keen to saying “I love you.” Sometimes she would try to cover it up by saying it really quickly or condensed; “Love ya” or “k, love you, bye” became common lingo for her. I wanted it to be special when I said I loved her, so I held off until I was sure that it wasn’t just saying it to copy Jen. I really wanted to mean it. So after a fun day being together, I had been thinking about it, and felt a confirmation that I loved her, so I told her so.