~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.

[Just another Joe]

Living in the Philippines while in the Navy.
Went into a sari-sari (small convenience) store for a pack of smokes.
Saw the cashier and was smitten. The thunderbolt had hit me.

Went back daily until she knew me as a regular customer.
Our first date was to make American style chili.

She put me on my back with a leg sweep early in our dating (long story).

We've been married almost 24 years now.

The Navy counselers said we had a 97% chance of divorcing before the first 5 years. HA!

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening fatima.

Hug

[TheMom]

My sweetie & I were married withing two weeks of meeting each other in a night club.

After 21 years we are not sure this marriage thing will work ~ we have agreed to give it another twenty years or so.

[fatima]

Nice SandRat.

[TASMANIANRED]

Can't slip things over on some kids..

Glad she loves them.

[fatima]

Thank you saying hello altura.

[1FreeAmerican]

My golden retriever "Bart" introduced us to each other about 7 years ago, at a beach called Kanaha. She lived on the mainland and her job took her to Maui almost monthly. She would stop by to see if he, Bart, was there. Little did we know that we were made for each other, but Bart knew from day one.

We were married May 4th last year, and Bart was the ring bearer. He was old, arthritic, and blind, but he lived to see me marry the most wonderful woman on the planet. He is buried in the front yard now, a Plumeria tree planted on top of him, and we have a new golden retriever named "Zeke". But I will never forget my best friend, a we will always thank him for what he gave us, his unconditional love, and each other.

[fatima]

Neat-looks very old.

[fatima]

Thanks TASMANIANRED.

[fatima]

I will pray fieldmarshaldj.

[ShadowDancer]

You will. And it will come from the least expected place and time. Sounds corny but it's completely true.

[republicangel]

My mom wanted me to spend the summer in 1979 with my sister and brother-in-law on Guam (he was in the Air Force) . After a few weeks of being a beach bum, I went to the bowling alley on base with a couple of other teen-aged girls. My future husband heard my southern drawl and asked to be introduced to me.

My heart literally skipped a beat. I can still smell his cologne. I can tell you the funny shirt he had on. I never let him throw it away. It is still in our attic and has survived many moves with the Coast Guard. We will be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary this September. We are now much older and we have two beautiful (and smart) daughters.

It is so strange, because we both knew almost immediately that we would one day be married.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

As Ms B~ would say....he is "every other beat of my heart"!:)
You remember that line??!!
LOL
Ms.B

[fieldmarshaldj]

I guess tragedy just runs in some families. Sometimes I wonder if there is any way to escape it. For a brief time, when I had my fiancee, I thought I had... I guess I was fooling myself.

[oldfart]

My wife introduced us.

[fatima]

You did OK-7 months later married:).Thanks for your story ChildOfThe60s.

[fatima]

That's so nice Connie.You were friends for a long time.

[HiJinx]

You remember that line??!!

Are you kidding? How could we forget something as romantic as that!?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Most kind of you.

[fatima]

So beautiful Patton@Bastogne,thank you.