~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.

[MountainFlower]

sorry, fatima, my story started out cool and ended badly. the memories are painful. maybe some day I can listen to the stories... I am getting to old to hope that something real is possible.

[fatima]

Well there you go,do you have a nice story for our troops:)

[DollyCali]

How did you meet the "love of your life"?

Let you know when I meet him!!!! lol

There have been a few in my lifetime that I "thought" were the LOMY.. but alas....

Nice story springman! Thanks for sharing. Hopefully her aim is bad & she throws "light" stuff...chuckle

[fatima]

(((Hugs)))Fatima

[fatima]

Hi DollyCali(((Hugs)))

[DollyCali]

NEVER TOO OLD....sometimes too tired, distracted, frustrated...but NEVER too old

lol

[DollyCali]

looks like we need to do some recruiting here for the singles weekend thread?

[MountainFlower]

thanks!!! hugs back! heading to bed! blessings all!!

[DollyCali]

Hi nice idea for a thread. like the heart borders. With the few changes John has done with the HTML, formatting is more "challenging" ... I go crazy & hold my breath everytime I post at Finest

[fatima]

Night MountainFlower.

[fatima]

I messed this one up and Connie added the flowers.I think it is my PC at home.

[DollyCali]

I have a long list of HTML skills to work on. Knowing how to do them in the context of John robinson's set up is the challenge also.

It is a nice thread. After the fact we ALWAYS see things we would have changed.

I have on more than one occasion screamed to mods for help in deleting a thread (you know the ones that you are "working/practicing on", hit post rather than preview? UGH)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, William, for your service to America.
Prayers for your safety and success of mission.

[fatima]

I always have help before I post and mostly Connie for threads.My practice is not good but I send it to her.She is the Doctor and I always thank her.

[pbmaltzman]

I loved your story. I am a 6'1" woman, and I have long noticed that you shorter men are more enthusiastic about us Amazons than the big guys are.

I've actually talked to or met a few guys who either actively preferred us big ladies or who refused to date petite women. Without exception, the guys I have met like this are themselves shorter than 6 feet.

The universe is strange. My significant other is 5'5". :)

[fatima]

Thanks for your post pbmaltzman,fatima

[AmericanArchConservative]

....hmmmm

Still looking, still hoping, after a couple of failed attempts...

There has to be a kind-hearted, nice-looking, non-psychotic, tattoo-free, gun-loving, conservative chick somewhere out there, one who wants to have & raise 2-4 kids...

Oh, and tall too?! Tall might be kinda nice, since I am 6'3&1/2"

Ever the pragmatic optimist...

A.A.C.

When mere conservatism just isn't enough - you need a heaping dose of

AmericanArchConservative

[DollyCali]

nice you have someone to help. When I was just starting Billie & Mama_bear were continually getting notes/questions from me. I have been on a plateau of sorts the past year or so & need to again try to add a few new tricks to the posts.

[DollyCali]

If you are good for each other, that is what counts! A good man/woman is a good person despite the externals that we put much too much emphasis on (and I am no exception......I discount some men too quickly at times)

[fatima]

Hi AmericanArchConservative,hope you have info on your profile page-we had some girls lookin:)Thanks for stopping by.