
The first coworker i dated was a mascot where I worked as an iceref, this was over winter break but she was also a teacher. I was days away from dropping out when we finally got to talk face to face, she basically said she wouldn’t date me if I dropped out of college but that she had seen me helping kids learn to skate and thought i would be an amazing teacher. I switched into the education program and graduated last month and am starting my first year next month. I realized though that the
Reasons i haven’t been emotionally attached to anyone since her is because i genuinely loved who she was as a person. Ive dated a few people since who I couldn’t commit to because I just didn’t feel that connection i felt with teacher ex, and i think the same things that made me like her had to do with us both loving educating and working with kids