My brother-in-law’s now-wife agreed to be interviewed for this piece. Then, she volunteered my brother-in-law. Classic! It was fun learning about their evolution from friendship to relationship.
Though Jennifer Ramirez and my brother-in-law Mike met in high school, nearly 20 years passed before they became romantically linked.
“I had a couple boyfriends in high school, but we never actually went anywhere because I wasn’t allowed to date.” Jennifer explained that her “overprotective Mexican parents” wanted her to focus on her education. It’s the same reason she and her siblings never got jobs—school needed to be their focus. “They said we could date when we graduated, but even then, we had to ask permission.”
During high school, Mike, on the other hand, only dated sporadically and in the short term.
