~Love Stories~ How did you meet the love of your life?FReeper Canteen 1-11-07

[fatima]

~Love Stories~ How did you meet the love of your life?

At Last My Love Has Come Along Dedicated to To My Dear Husband, Peter by Anonymous My husband is currently serving in Iraq, and I dedicate our love story to all the soldiers whose love crosses the world this Valentine's Day. At the end of my first date with a man named Peter, I heard a perfect stranger telling him "he had better marry that girl".

The story goes like this.... I was asked out on during summer break by a man with whom I attended college. I was a nervous woman, but we had a fabulous time together in downtown Houston, Texas. Our night ranged from a Chinese restaurant for dinner, to St. Petes Dancing Marlin for strawberry cheesecake, until we arrived at a jazz cafe named the Red Cat Lounge. Peter had been a perfect gentleman all night, and I let him know I was ready to leave the jazz cafe as the night wore on. He kept stalling and saying that we would leave soon. After our agreed upon thirty minutes, I stood up and told Peter "Let's go". Well, that's when the lead singer of the band looked at me and said "You can't leave yet". At that moment, the lead singer looked at me and said "This is for the woman with the beautiful green eyes" and began playing the song "At Last" by Etta James.

Peter knew that was my favorite song and had apparently secretly requested it be played for me. He had never heard the song before, and did not even know it was a love song until he heard the chorus that night. "At Last My Love Has Come Along, My Lonely Days Are Over, and Life is Like a Song" is the chorus, and little did we both know that night the song actually had come true in the beginning of our love relationship. At the end of the song, the lead singer turned to Peter and said "you better marry that girl".

How pleased would that perfect stranger be to know that "At Last" was the first song that Peter and I danced to as a newlywed couple exactly two years later on May 29, 2005. Since we have married, Peter and I have longed to visit Hawaii to celebrate our love and our marriage. The thought of lying on the beach at night, sipping margaritas while lying in a hammock, while feeling the ocean breeze on our faces is a dream. To walk along the beach at night, explore the lushness and the vegetation, and to experience the mystery of the island would be a priceless experience.

I am planning on surprising my husband with a trip to Hawaii when he returns from his tour in Iraq. After being apart, I can't even envision the joy it would bring to be together in a fantasy land "at last".

I used to work as a probation officer in western Washington State. I had one difficult parolee who kept reoffending. I was forever convincing him to go to the eastern side of the state—out of my jurisdiction. Once there, he'd reoffend and another parole officer would get him to move back west! Finally, this other officer and I decided to meet to discuss the problem. "This other officer" is now my wife. We didn't invite the probationer to the wedding. —Bill O'Connor, Anchorage, Alaska

Late one night I heard someone banging around in the hallway outside my apartment door. It was so loud, I finally got up to investigate. When I opened my door, a man fell into my kitchen—passed-out drunk. I tried to shove him back into the hall, but he was too heavy. Instead, I left him on the floor, went to my bedroom, pushed the dresser in front of my door, and went back to sleep. Not long after, I married the lug.

[tubebender]

She was in another car at Morrows Drive-In, Eureka Ca, July 1956. Married Feb 1st 1957

Morrows has been torn down but we're still married...

[fatima]

Your our first eharmony,congrats rface.

[luvie]

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[MelonFarmerJ]

Circa early 1967: My kid brother was throwing a party, lots of loud music. He put on a LP of a totally wigged out (even for 1967) group called Red Crayola and the Familiar Ugly. The cut called Hurricane Fighter Plane came up, it was ghastly, and it drove my soon-to-be love of my life and I out onto the front lawn, and we talked about many things that night. Upshot, we have been joyously married since late 1967. Early on we bagged the copy of RC & the FU from my bro, to keep for nostalagia's sake. Played it once some time ago, it's still ghastly, but it brought back happy memories of another place and another time.....

[Lady Jag]

Hi Fatima!

[luvie]

Good evening. Sorry that I missed you.

That sign is just perfect for you! LOL!

((((hugs))))

See ya soon? :D

[fatima]

What a wonderful love story TXnMA.Kiss her before she goes to the mailbox-wow,Thank you.

[RightOnline]

I was a young (21 years old), brand new Second Lieutenant in the Air Force, fresh out of the Air Force Academy. Drove a white, convertible '72 Vette. I was in pilot training in Lubbock, Texas. My roommate was a bud from the Academy; drove a white '76 T-top Vette. We were deadly. :)

We went to a local place one night......very nice, classy restaurant/disco (this was 1977). He and I were sitting together in the 'bar' section, just talking. Next to us was a larger table full of people.......men and women........laughing, talking, having a good time. We decided to walk over and introduce ourselves. I wound up standing next to this girl......very short blonde hair, but very cute. Turned out they were all air traffic controllers from our base. She and I talked a long while.....then she stood up.

Towered over me........6' in her bare feet; I'm 5' 8".

Everyone giggled......but I was smitten. Apparently, she was as well.

We all decided to move the 'party' to my buddy and my's apartment. The only one of the group that took me up on it was this long, tall drink of water.......

She and I sat up all night long talking. Just........talking. Literally all night. Just talking, getting to know each other.

We were never apart after that night; married 6 months later. Our 29th anniversary is next month.

[fatima]

You got her groanup:)(((Hugs)))Thanks for the story.

[AUsome Joy]

This has been fun to read!

Met mine in a girl's fire drill.

When I was a college freshman, my roommate and a guy from her botany class were studying in the lobby of our all-girl's dormitory. There was a fire drill and all the girls rushed out wearing the required raincoats and towels on our heads. My roommate and the guy were out there and she introduced us. We began dating and knew almost from the beginning we would marry. We were married 2 years later. We just had our 3rd granddaughter.

[fatima]

Thanks for the music and the bump Mama_Bear(((Hugs)))

[fatima]

Nice,Thanks Sundog.

[fatima]

(((Hugs)))LUV W.

[swmobuffalo]

How did I meet the love of my life?

He managed the first Pizza Hut I ever worked at and I was first on the list to be fired after he took over! But he gave me a chance and I turned out to be a pretty good employee.

Had he known the reaction I had when he actually spoke to me the first time, he may have fired me anyway! You know the phrase, "your heart falls to your feet?" Well believe me it does!

We just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary back in December.

[luvie]

((((hugs)))))...back atcha!

How are you doing? Is the weather pretty where you are?

[TASMANIANRED]

You can grieve yourself to death, my Dad nearly did.

He found love again at 64 after my Mom, his wife of 42 years died.

[fatima]

You used the corny line trick:)(((Hugs)))

[Springman]

Way back in Dec. 92, when a used car salesman was elected President; a new girl was hired for Christmas help at Sears.

I worked 6:00AM to 2:30PM (great to watch Rush's TV show at 5:00AM), she worked 2:00PM to something? Said Hi to her, when she started. (Later, I found out I was in trouble, I checked her out!!!)

After the new year, we worked together, found out about each other and our tempers. (Dang don't tick her off, she can throw a pillow box!!!)

Well, we went out and for 11 years, she has been Mrs. Springman.

[TASMANIANRED]

There is a lot more to it than that.

I left out the part about the tornado.

I wasn't ready to settle down.

[Springman]

Forgot to ping you to post 218, sorry my Friend:(