Meeting my husband

I met my husband on the telephone. I was dating an upper classman who liked to call me on the pay phone in my dorm late at night. One night, we were talking when I heard a lot of laughing that sounded like my boyfriend was horsing around.

The next thing I knew, I was talking to this guy who said he was the Assistant Dean of Men. I told him I didn't know him and never heard of him. I could still hear guys laughing in the background. He told me he knew me, so I asked him to describe himself. He said all I needed to know was that he always wore a red carnation. Then he proceeded to tell me that young ladies should not be on the dormitory phones after 9:00 at night. He put my boyfriend back on who was laughing hysterically. I knew this was all just a joke and I wanted to meet this alleged Assistant Dean of Men. So I asked some friends who lived in the dorm and they told me who he was.

The next day, I went to the florist, bought a red carnation, and delivered it to his dorm for him. He wasn't there. But a few weeks later, the old boyfriend was history and the guy with the red carnation was taking me out on our first date.