Julia Lee, former Lawrence junior, became engaged to University of Kansas campus celebrity White Owl earlier this month. Here’s what she has to say about the wedding.
Kansan: How is your family responding to this?
Julia: They are still kind of struggling with this. My dad wants to meet with a third party so we can communicate about this. He wants to meet with me, my mom and a preacher to sort some of this stuff out. He wants this to end because he is not comfortable with this at all.
K: What was White Owl’s reaction when you started talking about marriage?
J: I was at Target and he would come and visit me while I was working. One day after work I called my friend Laurel, and I told her ‘At the risk of sounding completely insane, I think I am supposed to marry this guy,’ and she told me that I was insane. I drove over to his place and we were talking. I knew he was feeling bad because I knew he didn’t want to push anything on me, but I knew how he felt about me. I told him my phone conversation with Laurel and he fell to the floor. It was really cool.
K: What are you planning to do for money?
J: He gets money for disability, and we are working on some Web sites in the future.
Click here for an earlier profile on White Owl.
Click here to watch White Owl support the Kansas Jayhawks through dance.
