Met in high school (equivalent of Sixth form here), and both of us dated other people while admiring each other from afar. Finally, after a few sneaky encounters, we began dating each other openly.
Then, after I’d finished my first degree, we got married, and she began paying my way through all of my subsequent academic work.
The wedding was 18 years ago, and I just finished a post-doc this past year. 😯
Lucky we like each other.