My fiance’s dad was my HVAC instructor.
I had been planning on getting my HVAC certification before my fiance and I got married, but when she found out she was pregnant, we had to push the wedding date up.
I was still in class and getting ready to take my certification classes.
As often as I had sat and talked to her dad, we never talked about HVAC. He knew I was taking classes at the local college, and had been for the last eight months. I told him I would be going to certification classes this week, and I wanted to get married as soon as they were over. He asked me if I had any positions lined up and I told him no. I wanted to pass the test first. I was still hoping my instructor would offer me an apprenticeship in his HVAC company, but he was getting less optimistic about that happening. At no time did he say he was an HVAC technician. I never got a hint that he knew anything about HVAC. The day I walked into HVAC certification class, I almost fainted. My soon to be father-in-law was sitting at the instructor’s desk. He smiled and told me to have a seat. He was my HVAC instructor, and I was scared to death. He looked at me after the first class and asked if I would consider an apprenticeship in his HVAC company, and my mouth dropped open. I was marrying the daughter of the owner of one of the biggest HVAC companies in our state, and no one told me.