Cordial Chronicles #4 - Digits and Destinies

Right when I said I was able to carve up some free time, life bit me in the ass and prevented me from posting for two straight days. What if I said that I'm slowly heading towards bankruptcy? Would it instantly grant me money or would it speed up the process?

Life has a funny way of working itself out. No matter the language barrier or cultural differences, the phenomenon is global in scale. What happens for a person on one end of the globe has an equal chance of happening to another person on the opposite end. There are many names for it, so I won't even try to begin to list all of them, but it affects all of us.

I met my future wife when we were in elementary school. We were actually classmates from the second to the sixth grade. There's this thing called the "Star Section" where the supposedly brightest minds in our batch belonged to. It's somewhat similar to advanced placement or other structures that aim to segregate people. I only realized what a ridiculous concept it was when I was on the outside looking in during high school. But, that's a story for a different time.

I will say this though, what held me back was that my grades in Mathematics didn't meet the required quota for the honor roll. It's funny because I love Math, but it doesn't seem to return the affection. Don't get me wrong, I love Math, but that doesn't mean I'm any good at it. I guess I just love the concept of it. The numbers, how it communicates the same thing across the universe. I just don't get all of the concepts and procedures involved. I'm not super terrible at it, but I don't have an easy time with it.

Conversely, my fiancee was hailed as a Mathematical prodigy. She spoke Math like it was her native language. Back then, I wasn't all that impressed because we never really talked and I thought that she and the others were just our Math teacher's favorites. When we reunited, I realized that she really was super proficient with numbers.

Speaking of numbers, I wanted to use this post as a sort of "By the Numbers" look at how our relationship fit together. I'll try to be careful not to divulge too much information out of fear of exposing my passwords.

From the start, we should've known there was going to be something between us. We were born one day apart from each other. If I'm being accurate, I would say that we were born only a few hours apart split between consecutive days.

The whole courtship lasted a little over two months, and we became exclusive on the third month of the year. Consequently, our wedding date is going to coincide with our fifth anniversary as a couple. We have never not spoken to each other ever since the start of our courtship, and it looks like that streak is going to go on for a long time.

It took roughly about six dates before we realized how we felt about one another, and I gave about seven major gifts (with little gifts here and there spread between) before she became my girlfriend. We're both born in August, so that covers eight. Nein wasn't her answer when I asked her to be my girlfriend (okay, that one's a stretch). The whole engagement has stretched for a little over 10 months, and 11 is the number of children we want to have. Wait, no... it's one girl and one boy. Sorry about that.

I gave her an album consisting of 12 songs relevant to our relationship as a gift for our first anniversary. Yes, I recorded those songs as I sang it live while playing a ukelele. As to the number of takes it took to get it done, I've lost count. If you want to view them, the only copy is with @randomli so ask her permission. It was entitled "Full Circle" because our relationship was born on Pi Day, and I like how everything always comes together. Everything seems to fall into place. Sure, there are bumps in the road at times, but fate always finds a way.

If you're wondering about a certain missing number, then worry not. We're both fans of Star Wars, so we always bid people a hearty, "May the Fourth Be with You".

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As I mentioned, I've always loved numbers. You can see numerology all over my stories. It's not always overt, but I always pepper it in for those who bother to look for easter eggs. Side note, sometimes I do stories within stories, and not in a sub-plot sort of thing. As a computer scientist, I've always had a penchant for cryptography. So, I've made it a point to tell some stories inside other stories. You can flesh it out by grabbing the letters of relevant character indexes. Am I just making an excuse for my slow writing process? We'll never know for sure. I just hope one day, literary historians would be unable to unearth all of my easter eggs like they do with Leonardo Da Vinci, etc haha!

There are so much more I could list down, but as a blanket explanation, Li's fate and mine seems to be intertwined in more than multiple occasions. We just didn't see the signs when we were younger. Have you ever had that kind of relationship? It could be with a loved one, a friend or a job. Why don't you post about it, then link it in the comments section? If you think that it won't fit as long as a post, then just feel free to comment it right here.

I don't have the luxury of time, and I only have a handful of posts left before I take an indefinite break. It would be so awesome if stories like that welcomes me back. I mean sure, a wallet filled with STEEM donations would be magnificent, but with the way the posts are going (averaging $10 without vote bots) I highly doubt it. It's alright though, my heart is filled because of all the love my posts receive. Genuine interaction is awesome, and if you're one of the few who genuinely comment, then you're awesome!

Again, I apologize for not being as active, but I'm already working on borrowed time. A little over a day before the big day, and the nerves are kicking in.

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