I thought I would tell you the story about how we met. Most of you probably know already because I love talking about Bob. But for those of you who don't know, here goes:
It was during my daughter Jessica's junior year in high school, I started thinking about when she goes away to college, I will be alone, just me, my Mom and my cat, Weenie. I had quit the dating scene to raise my daughter without distractions, but now it was getting time to think about me. Jess had wanted to create a "MySpace" page because all the other kids were doing it. I didn't know much about it, so I told her that after I made one up and learned more about it, she could have one too. I found that it was a really creative and fun thing to do. Then I found out that you could do a search of people with certain perameters. So just out of curiosity, I did a search for a male, around my age, who was a Christian, and lived near me. I didn't get much to choose from. So I moved the zip code out a little further, and still not much. So I kept moving it out until I was an hour away from where I live, but alas, there was nobody that interested me at all. I was about to uncheck the Christian box, but then I decided to go just a little further and there he was! But he lives in Acton, which according to MapQuest is 70 minutes away.
I wasn't really happy with the fact that he lived so far away and it said that he was 5'11" and that's pretty tall for me. I'm only 5'0". So I didn't do anything for a while, but I kept going back to look at his picture and read his profile. He loves his kids, he likes to read, he's a Christian, he likes the same music that I like and he's doing the computer thing. I love computer stuff. Well, maybe I could just say hi. So on 7/20/06 I sent him a message, not expecting a reply. The next day I got a message back telling me all about himself. He had 2 cats and 2 dogs and they had fleas - wow, a real person! He was very polite and very nice. I wrote back. We kept writing every day until we decided to IM each other - that's instant message, instead of waiting for emails, you get to 'talk' back and forth in real time. That was fun. I couldn't wait to see him online after he got home from work. We did that for quite some time and it was months before we got up the nerve to talk on the phone. It sounds silly, but I had talked to some other guys online before and had run into so many perverts, that I was being really careful. But this guy was different. He answered all my questions just right. I was falling in love with someone I hadn't even met yet!
It was December and my daughter asked me what I wanted for my birthday. Just kidding, I said that I wanted to meet Bob. Little did I know she was going to take that to heart. On the 16th (the day after my birthday), she took me out to the mall and bought me a new outfit, paid to have my hair done and bought me lunch. I thought that was a pretty good present. But then she had her friend, who had a license, drive me to an undisclosed location. As we got closer to NH, I was pretty sure I knew what was happening. Actually, I think I sort of knew a few days before because she was acting so giddy, what else could it be? We arrived at the Olive Garden in Newington and she confirmed that we were going to meet Bob. I was so nervous! What if we didn't like each other? What if just one didn't like the other? I didn't want to lose my penpal and also the hope for more. Every person that walked through the door, I compared to the one picture I had seen. Would I even know if it was him? When he did walk through the door, he looked at me with a big smile and I was in heaven! He looked even better than in the picture.
The waiter seated us together and put Jess and her friend, Sarah at a table nearby. They sat there taking picture of us. We were so nervous. We found out that we liked the same food and talked about how our kids had gotten us all ready for our date. He has 4 kids who are all grown and his ex had been gone for a couple of years and he was new at this dating thing. He had talked to some women online, but none of them ever clicked. The girls had the waiter send over a piece of that deadly chocolate cake for my birthday - yum! Then we went over to the mall and the girls went shopping while we sat in the food court for hours just talking about everything. It was getting late, so we said our goodbyes and we went home. I was on cloud nine!
We continued to talk online and I wondered if he was ever going to ask me on a second date. It was near Valentines Day that we went out again. He gave me a framed photograph that he took as a Valentine's present. I was so happy that he actually give me something! Later, Jess laughed at me because it was a picture of some mushrooms on a tree! I guess she didn't think that was very romantic, but I didn't care. We went out to dinner and were going to go to the movies, but we missed it because we were talking so much. We went to the bookstore and had some coffee and talked some more. When the bookstore was closing, we went back to our cars. Then
suddenly I realized that I couldn't remember which way to go home. He hopped back out of his car and came over to me in the moonlight and before I knew it he picked me up and kissed me. It was so beautiful out that night under the stars. I knew then that this was the beginning of something really good. And we have been together ever since!
It was during my daughter Jessica's junior year in high school, I started thinking about when she goes away to college, I will be alone, just me, my Mom and my cat, Weenie. I had quit the dating scene to raise my daughter without distractions, but now it was getting time to think about me. Jess had wanted to create a "MySpace" page because all the other kids were doing it. I didn't know much about it, so I told her that after I made one up and learned more about it, she could have one too. I found that it was a really creative and fun thing to do. Then I found out that you could do a search of people with certain perameters. So just out of curiosity, I did a search for a male, around my age, who was a Christian, and lived near me. I didn't get much to choose from. So I moved the zip code out a little further, and still not much. So I kept moving it out until I was an hour away from where I live, but alas, there was nobody that interested me at all. I was about to uncheck the Christian box, but then I decided to go just a little further and there he was! But he lives in Acton, which according to MapQuest is 70 minutes away.
I wasn't really happy with the fact that he lived so far away and it said that he was 5'11" and that's pretty tall for me. I'm only 5'0". So I didn't do anything for a while, but I kept going back to look at his picture and read his profile. He loves his kids, he likes to read, he's a Christian, he likes the same music that I like and he's doing the computer thing. I love computer stuff. Well, maybe I could just say hi. So on 7/20/06 I sent him a message, not expecting a reply. The next day I got a message back telling me all about himself. He had 2 cats and 2 dogs and they had fleas - wow, a real person! He was very polite and very nice. I wrote back. We kept writing every day until we decided to IM each other - that's instant message, instead of waiting for emails, you get to 'talk' back and forth in real time. That was fun. I couldn't wait to see him online after he got home from work. We did that for quite some time and it was months before we got up the nerve to talk on the phone. It sounds silly, but I had talked to some other guys online before and had run into so many perverts, that I was being really careful. But this guy was different. He answered all my questions just right. I was falling in love with someone I hadn't even met yet!
It was December and my daughter asked me what I wanted for my birthday. Just kidding, I said that I wanted to meet Bob. Little did I know she was going to take that to heart. On the 16th (the day after my birthday), she took me out to the mall and bought me a new outfit, paid to have my hair done and bought me lunch. I thought that was a pretty good present. But then she had her friend, who had a license, drive me to an undisclosed location. As we got closer to NH, I was pretty sure I knew what was happening. Actually, I think I sort of knew a few days before because she was acting so giddy, what else could it be? We arrived at the Olive Garden in Newington and she confirmed that we were going to meet Bob. I was so nervous! What if we didn't like each other? What if just one didn't like the other? I didn't want to lose my penpal and also the hope for more. Every person that walked through the door, I compared to the one picture I had seen. Would I even know if it was him? When he did walk through the door, he looked at me with a big smile and I was in heaven! He looked even better than in the picture.
The waiter seated us together and put Jess and her friend, Sarah at a table nearby. They sat there taking picture of us. We were so nervous. We found out that we liked the same food and talked about how our kids had gotten us all ready for our date. He has 4 kids who are all grown and his ex had been gone for a couple of years and he was new at this dating thing. He had talked to some women online, but none of them ever clicked. The girls had the waiter send over a piece of that deadly chocolate cake for my birthday - yum! Then we went over to the mall and the girls went shopping while we sat in the food court for hours just talking about everything. It was getting late, so we said our goodbyes and we went home. I was on cloud nine!
We continued to talk online and I wondered if he was ever going to ask me on a second date. It was near Valentines Day that we went out again. He gave me a framed photograph that he took as a Valentine's present. I was so happy that he actually give me something! Later, Jess laughed at me because it was a picture of some mushrooms on a tree! I guess she didn't think that was very romantic, but I didn't care. We went out to dinner and were going to go to the movies, but we missed it because we were talking so much. We went to the bookstore and had some coffee and talked some more. When the bookstore was closing, we went back to our cars. Then
suddenly I realized that I couldn't remember which way to go home. He hopped back out of his car and came over to me in the moonlight and before I knew it he picked me up and kissed me. It was so beautiful out that night under the stars. I knew then that this was the beginning of something really good. And we have been together ever since! 
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