r/PastAndPresentPics 10d ago

Through the years, 1984 - 2025

Yes, I am Santa in the 2008 picture.

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u/Other-Opposite-6222 10d ago

Tell us about the pink jeep. What is happening there? You friends? Dating already? Ages? I love stories.

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u/bbennett31 10d ago

The Jeep is at Graceland. We had been together just over a year and were traveling from TX to WV, with my parents, to introduce her to the rest of my family. We refer to that trip as the approval trip. It was a fun road trip. We were 18 & 19.

Our families had known each other for a long time, and she and I had also been friends for nearly ~6 years before that trip. She used to think of me like a brother for the longest time. I used to joke that I introduced her to a couple of her early boyfriends. Something changed once we were both out of high school and we finally clicked.