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I had a hard time dating my wife when I was in high school. In fact, she didn't want to have anything to do with me at first. She sat behind me in history class. The first time I saw her, I asked her out on the spot. But she turned me down.

I wasn't discouraged, though. The next time I asked her to go out with me, she told me, "Get lost." But I asked her the next day too. Then she said, "You're wasting your breath. I'm not going to go out with you." I even asked her friends to fix us up, but they all told me, "Forget it. She doesn't want to date you."

Although my friends were in favor of me quitting, I kept up my pursuit of her. At lunch, I made a point of trying to sit at the same table with her. If none of her friends made room for me, I tried to sit at the table behind her. Still, I had no luck.

Then one day, I fell asleep in class. The teacher was calling on students at random to answer questions, and he called on me while I was sleeping. My future wife noticed I was sleeping and tried to wake me up by shaking my shoulder. I must have jumped when she touched my shoulder because I fell out of my chair. Of course everyone laughed at me. I guess she must have felt a little sorry for me because after class, she told me, "I'm sorry I pushed you so hard. I guess I didn't know my own strength!"

"No problem," I replied. "As a matter of fact, I like strong women."

She laughed and asked, "Do you want to go to the dance this weekend with me?"

Of course I said, "You bet!"

And, to sum up, we have been together ever since.