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1、Unit 4 Section ACollege sweethearts1 I smile at my two lovely daughters and they seem so much more mature than we, their parents,when we were college sweethearts. Linda, whos 21, had a boyfriend in her freshman year shethought she would marry, but theyrenot togetheranymore. Melissa, whos 19, hasnt h
2、ad asteady boyfriend yet. My daughters wonder when they will meet The One, their great love.They think their father and I had a classic fairy-tale romance heading for marriage from the outset.Perhaps, theyre right but it didnt seem so at the time. In a way, love just happens when youleast expect it.
3、 Who would have thought that Butch and I would end up getting married to eachother He became my boyfriend because of my shallow agenda: I wanted a cute boyfriend!2 We met through my college roommateat the university cafeteria. That fateful night, I wasmerely curious, but for him I think it was love
4、at first sight. You have beautiful eyes, he said ashe gazed at my face. He kept staring at me all night long. I really wasnt that interested for tworeasons. First, he looked like he was a really wild boy, maybe even dangerous. Second, althoughhe was very cute, he seemed a little weird.3 Riding on hi
5、s bicycle, hed ride past my dorm as if by accident and pretend to be surprised tosee me. I liked the attentionbut was cautious about his wild, dynamic personality. He had acharming way with words which would charm any girl. Fear came over me when I started to fall inlove. His exciting bad boy image
6、was just too tempting to resist. What was it that attracted me Ialways had an excellent reputation. My concentration was solely on my studies to get superiorgrades. But for what College is supposed to be a time of great learning and also some fun. I hadnearly achieved a great education, and graduati
7、on was just one semester away. But I hadnt hadany fun; my life was stale with no component of fun! I needed ajust any boyfriend. He had tobe cute. My goal that semester became: Be ambitious and grab the cutest boyfriend I can find.4 I worriedwhat hed think of me. True, we lived in a time when a dram
8、atic shift in sexualattitudes was taking place, but I was a traditional girl who wasnt ready for the new ways thatseemed common on campus. Butch looked superb! I was not immune to his personality, but I wasscared. The night when he announced to the world that I was his girlfriend, I went along with
9、him.And then I suddenly thought: Oh my gosh! Am I his girlfriend How did that happen Then hewhispered sweet words in my ear and said, Im going to marry you one day and I will be a lawyer.You will see.5 I was laughing inside and said to myself, Id never marry this guy. Hes a rebel without a goodfutur
10、e. Hes my boyfriend because I hate my boring student life. I just want to have fun.6 Sure enough, the following month, I found out he had failed all his courses. Consequently, hewas going to be expelled from the university. To my disgust, he seemed resigned tohis fate. Iknew there was hope, so I led
11、 him to the college secretary for reconsideration.7 You are going to graduate with a BA in political science from UPenn and proceed to the Collegeof Law, I told him, lodging an appeal on his behalf, which was approved. Butch was grantedreconsideration.And, once we became steadies, he coordinatedhis
12、studies and social life,passing all of his classes. He eventually studied law.8 Despite Butchs somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a perfect gentleman anddeserves a lot of credit for that. True, hed sometimes take the liberty of displaying his love byplanting a kiss on my lips right i
13、n front of my astonished friends who watched and disapproved.But the truth is we had a pure and responsible relationship for seven full years. Sitting by thepalm trees, hand in hand, we would listen to romanticsongs, watch the sunset, and weavedreams of being together with children of our own, forev
14、er.9 Two years passed in a blur. One day, Butch took me by surprise as he knelt down and proposedmarriage holding a dozen red roses! Filled with deep emotion, I confessed my love for him, Howroooomaaaantic! Then my brain woke up from fantasy land. I cried out, Good heavens. No!Were too young to tie
15、the knot. We havent even graduated from college yet! I really loved himbut was pessimistic about our chances for success.10 We married five years later.11 Our faithful journey of love and learning took us down rocky roads of hardship and on smootheasy-going highways. It is a long, romantic, sometimes crazy, love story that sums up a 29-year
