Real Life Lesbian Love Stories for Valentine's Day

To celebrate Valentine's Day we at SheWired wanted to depict real stories of women in love, so we put a call out to our readers on Facebook and Twitter. Below are the wonderfully inspirational, moving and beautiful stories we received. The first story is from Meg and Katie, a couple who recently made headlines when their alma mater refused to print their love story (the university has since reconsidered its position). 

Meg and Katie:

Katie and I met in the fall of 2008, in the first few months of our senior year at St. Joe’s. Even though SJU is a small, rather homogeneous, university, with the amount of interaction and common activities/interests Katie and I had, we might as well have been from different planets. Outside of her Spanish and Psychology classes, Katie lived in the gym or on the river – she was a member of the University’s crew team and had time for little else besides athletics and schoolwork. I, on the other hand, was involved in almost every other activity at the University, in addition to being a Resident Assistant and a double major in Elementary and Special Education. Despite our polar opposite lives, we initially met at an LGBT support group and later at a friend’s party. Katie likes to say that I “set my eyes on her from the start,” but trust me - it was pretty mutual! We’ve been inseparable since that night over three years ago. Somehow – in between Katie’s practice schedule and weekly regattas, and my ‘everything else’ – we were able to spend an inordinate amount of time together and fall in love.

We graduated the following May and remained in Philly – Katie getting her Masters at SJU and me starting my career as a teacher – and began to build our life together. So when Katie asked me to marry her on a wine and cheese picnic in one of our favorite spots by the Art Museum in Philly, it was a no-brainer to say yes (I actually think the words were ‘Abso-f*king-loutely’)! Despite Katie growing up in a suburb of DC and me being from South Jersey, we have made our home in Philadelphia and look forward to our wedding here in the summer of 2013!

Jocelyn and Megan:

Megan and I met in 2010. I was working my holiday job in our local mall in Hazleton, PA. We made a quick glance at one another, than went on with our day! I made a comment to my coworker about how cute she was and left it at that. Later that evening I had a message on Facebook from her. We talked via Facebook for a while, and then exchanged phone numbers, and then finally she picked me up from work and took me for sushi. Megan was not out, she knew she was gay, but at 21 years old she had never acted on it. As a matter of fact, it was months before she even admitted to liking me. But I knew within a couple weeks it was real. We went to NYC to see the tree about a month after we met. That was the moment I knew I was in love. I knew - regardless of the fact we hadn’t even so much as held hands - this was the reason all of my past relationships didn’t work. This woman was meant to find me... and if I could just ride out the nerves and silence.... We were going to be perfect together. And we are! It all happened so effortlessly. She is my best friend, we never fight, we just understand each other on a level that no one else can. Even her coming out was simple and accepted. Her family and I have a wonderful relationship. Over a year since that trip to NYC we are more in love than I ever knew two people could be. Every minute of waiting, confusion, and agony was worth it. 

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