I Love my Wife (or Husband)

My wife asked me on our first date! That's how I tell it anyway.

I was new in tow and had a fender bender in N.M. on the way to moving to her town in CA. I was in the military being stationed there. So, I go into where she worked which was one of those copy/fax/mailbox places so I could fax a lawyer back in N.M. working on my behalf for the accident.
I gave her the fax number and the paperwork and she told me to just leave my cell # and she would call when the reply came in. She called hours later to let me know there was no reply. I asked her what there was to do around this town while I waited and she said she could meet me for a cup of coffee. If you ask me, that's a date. She disagrees and says that since I asked her what ther was to do in this town, I asked her out. I never asked what is there that "WE" could do. However, I did propose on the 3rd date. I asked her to marry me as we were cuddling and she replied with something like," Yeah, I could see myself marrying you. How long do you think we should date first?". I told her that I didn't want to date her, I wanted to marry her. I just knew.
Whoever it was that suggested a first date we have been together 17 years, 5 deployments, Hurricane Katrina (destroyed our condo), a wildfire that burned 360 around our house and miraculously spared it, 2 awesome kids later.
I have acted like an idiot and she should have divorced me but she's a saint and I tell all of my young friends and coworkers the importance of finding a good woman and treating her right. There were times when I should have been kicked to the curb but she never gave up on me. We were both raised in households that saw no divorce and we made the decision that no matter what you don't call it quits.