~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.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Kevin, for your service to our country.
Prayers for your safety and success of mission.

[SevenofNine]

MONK this came before Arnold decided run for Governor of california this cold but funny ROFL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqyPMmqgqz0

[TASMANIANRED]

I'm impressed.

[fatima]

Oh what a wonderful story jerry639,Thank you so much for our troops as I know they are reading this thread,fatima

[dleecomeback07]

Actually we met when we were 9 and 12 and he became best friends with my older brother.

As we became teenagers and then adults there was "always something there" but he moved out of state when he graduated college.

About 10 years ago he moved back here and we were both available and that "something there" quickly grew into love and we will celebrate 9 years in June as a married couple and have 3 kids.

[dleecomeback07]

This Saturday I am going to the 3rd wedding of a couple I know who met at match.com.

[fatima]

Heeheee,Great story,Thank you,fatima

[SevenofNine]

Rack Dubya and Triple H

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HyPOGPrcOE

[LowOiL]

LOL, yall probable don't know yall are rubbing in the fact we had 3 boys and no pretty girls...

No sugar and spice, just puppy dog tails.

[fatima]

Heeehhee,Stop:)Thank you najida.

[trussell]

Thank you Meg
Hugs!!

[dleecomeback07]

My grandfathers served together in WW2 and my parents met a a big family reunion of their batallion.

[SandRat]

My Dad taught me, just as I taught my son, and when he has a son he'll teach him.

Scout's just reinforced what Mom taught me, to be kind and help others.

[fatima]

Night Springman.

[antiunion person]

It was four years after my divorce. After getting totally screwed over by my ex-wife, I swore off marriage forever.

All I wanted to do was have a few drinks and a few dances. I went to the local Legion Hall in Salinas, CA. Old folks lined the dance floor sitting at tables and standing at the bar. That was the scene I loved to see every Saturday. No women my age acting like idiots and no guys wanting to fight.

I went there for over a year. I grew to know almost everyone there. One night, one of my elderly drinking buddies said he had a daughter, unmarried and just a couple years older than me. He said he thought we would get along greatly. He wanted me to meet her. I wondered what kind of girl needed her dad to set her up and his daughter thought what kind of kind hangs out at a place for old folks.

A short time later his daughter came into the bar to meet me. We talked for hours and the night ended with a small kiss and an exchange of phone numbers.

My first thought, contrary to swearing off marriage forever, was I am going to marry this woman and live happily ever after.

That was 14 happy years and one son ago. We married and I have never been happier. Love at first thought. Who would have thunk it. lol anti-union person

[monkapotamus]

"MONK this came before Arnold decided run for Governor of california this cold but funny ROFL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqyPMmqgqz0"

Hehehe I saw that one on TV!

[MEG33]

You're welcome..(((Hugs)))

[HiJinx]

We have two boys, 20 and 25 (OMG, where did the time go?); I've always said I can't be a girl's dad. But that little girl has changed my mind.

Honestly? I wouldn't have changed anything over the last 30+ years. We've been, and continue to be, blessed.

As for you not having any pretty girls? Well, that'll change when they find the loves of their lives. Piper's Mom is truly our daughter now - we love her like our own.

[LowOiL]

Ok, here is a love story like marching song...

Marching Band 84 - Chariots of Fire

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No Lyrics... vinyl source

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

18 degrees..but no ice tonight!

Would it make you mad if I told you it's 53F. here now and will be a cloudless 72F. tomorrow?