The Delay Game Was On

When Taryn Brown and Nicholas Blatchford first met in 2005, he was giving her a tour of the Bronx high school he was using as a makeshift base for New Heights, a basketball-focused youth development program he had started a few years earlier.

A mutual friend thought Ms. Brown, then working as a political fund-raiser, might be able to help him with donations for the organization.

But both quickly realized they had more than a professional interest in each other.

“As soon as the elevator doors opened, she lights up the room and I was like, ‘Wow,’” said Mr. Blatchford, 47. “I just picked up on that energy.”

Ms. Brown, 42, felt the connection, too. “He looked at me and his eyes, his blues eyes, just struck me. He gave me this look and I was like, ‘Oh my God, we’re going to go on a date,’” said Ms. Brown.” I just knew.”

Source: The New York Times

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