We've been married for 17 years. 15 of them wonderful, 2 proved we have a strong marriage. We met in college and started out as friends. He helped me through a very difficult time and I knew then he was someone I could always depend on. Our first date was to his friend's wedding and since he was in the wedding party I sat with his mother and father *gulp* and ended up dancing with his father! Our second date was a week camping in the Thousand Islands with his entire family including aunts, uncles and cousins! Talk about being thrown to the wolves. At some point our friendship turned into love .