#BuckeyeLove hashtag rounds up Ohio State love stories

Massarah Mikati
Tue, 03 Feb 2015 03:33:51 +0000
Alumni, Area, Campus, Local, #BuckeyeLove, hashtag, love, osu, twitter

Love is in the air among Buckeyes near and far.

Ohio State started a hashtag on Twitter, #BuckeyeLove, prompting Buckeyes old and new to express their love for significant others, friends, work and everything in between.

From college romances turned into marriages, to love affairs with Sloopy’s Diner’s cinnamon rolls, Buckeyes have shown that they have love fever.

.@OhioState: My husband and I met as neighbors in Nosker Hall in 2002. OSU was our matchmaker! #BuckeyeLove

— Courtney Ridenour (@court_ridenour) February 2, 2015

Courtney Ridenour, an alumna of OSU who graduated in 2006, was living across the hall from her husband-to-be in Nosker House. The two started dating in November 2002, got married in 2009 and are now living in Carlisle, Ohio, with their 1 1/2-year-old daughter. “(My husband) means family,” Ridenour said. “He’s not only the person I love, but now I’ve gotten to see him grow into being a good father, and someone who does well in his career and is very supportive as a husband.”

@OhioState I met my husband @thejchjr 10 years ago in Oxley Hall. We were both undergraduates in linguistics. #BuckeyeLove — Jessica Votaw (@jvotaw238) February 2, 2015

Jessica Votaw, an alumna of OSU who also graduated in 2006, said sparks went flying the day she met her husband in a research lab she was working with in 2005. The young couple got married in 2007, and has been together ever since.

“I can’t imagine a day without him,” she said. “We’re just as madly in love as we were 10 years ago.”

@OhioState I met my boyfriend on a Spring Break @BuckISERV trip. He was my trip leader. We’ve been dating for 9 months now! #BuckeyeLove

— Meena Mihalski (@meenaracine95) February 2, 2015

@OhioState I met my wife freshman year (1996) – we have been together since and now have two young #Buckeyes fans in the house. #BuckeyeLove

— John Drees (@JohnDreesJr) February 2, 2015

My #BuckeyeLove story is simple, yet tragic. I fell in love with Cinamon rolls from Sloopys, and after freshmen 15, decided no more. #missu

— Travis Bihn (@WhereYouBihn) February 2, 2015