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~Love Stories~
How did you meet the love of your life?FReeper Canteen 1-11-07
Posted on 01/10/2007 5:01:40 PM PST by 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 stateout 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 kitchenpassed-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.
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To: Kathy in Alaska
yup! they were really tangerine...it was hideous!
later on they, were white then periwinkle, too.
now they're back to white. we live in that very
same house now. :)
661
posted on
01/11/2007 5:52:49 AM PST
by
leda
(The quiet girl on the stairs.)
To: txradioguy; sxytxredhead73
Glad you found each other!
662
posted on
01/11/2007 5:55:10 AM PST
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
To: fatima; trussell; GummyIII; LaDivaLoca; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; ...
Good Morning Canteen FReepers!
~Love Stories~ How did you meet the love of your life?
At a Parrot Head Convention in Key West Florida. It was Love at First sight.
663
posted on
01/11/2007 6:00:58 AM PST
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: Arrowhead1952
The good news about getting the older .... my allergies are not so bad..This time of year is when the sniffles appear...but I am not in the ENT doctor's office regularly and no longer need shots. My SIL really gets hit hard this time of year.
664
posted on
01/11/2007 6:02:27 AM PST
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
To: MEG33
I didn't have the allergic reaction to cedar until a few years ago. Now, we are living in the Texas Hill Country, which is loaded with the things. They are nothing short of trash, other than making halfway decent fence posts.
665
posted on
01/11/2007 6:09:39 AM PST
by
Arrowhead1952
(The terrorists have many allies in the United States, especially in the democrat party.)
To: fatima
45 years? Same here...
Just for fun, let's see how close we are: Lou and I were wed on May 20, 1961. (I was in the USAF at the time...)
TXnMA
P.S. & FWIW: your Sarah is a real doll! Reminds me of our Blaire (G'daughter #4) -- about the same age...
BTW, Thanks for starting this great thread!! There is still a lot of romance - if you just look for it... :-)
666
posted on
01/11/2007 6:17:51 AM PST
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: darkwing104
"At a Parrot Head Convention in Key West Florida. It was Love at First sight."
Last Mango in Paradise?
667
posted on
01/11/2007 6:20:57 AM PST
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1st Sgt. Tim Millsap A Co, 70th Eng. Bn. 3rd Bde 1st AD K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
To: JockoManning
Thank you much!
It's very cold here right now, we haven't been getting much snow, If it would just snow, it would warm up a little.
How are you and yours?
668
posted on
01/11/2007 6:22:06 AM PST
by
trussell
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors)
To: E.G.C.
669
posted on
01/11/2007 6:22:41 AM PST
by
trussell
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors)
To: darkwing104
Good morning, dangerous one.
Thanks for sharing.
670
posted on
01/11/2007 6:23:29 AM PST
by
beachn4fun
(I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Very pretty ma...thank you!
There's her favorite birthday song too...she'll love it!
671
posted on
01/11/2007 6:23:36 AM PST
by
trussell
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors)
To: GodBlessUSA
672
posted on
01/11/2007 6:24:22 AM PST
by
trussell
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors)
To: MountainFlower
673
posted on
01/11/2007 6:25:08 AM PST
by
trussell
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors)
To: trussell
674
posted on
01/11/2007 6:25:42 AM PST
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1st Sgt. Tim Millsap A Co, 70th Eng. Bn. 3rd Bde 1st AD K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
To: Mrs.Nooseman
675
posted on
01/11/2007 6:27:29 AM PST
by
trussell
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors)
To: txradioguy
Good Morning txradioguy!
Last Mango in Paradise? It was fate. We got married about 18 months later. It was meant to be and I have been enjoying being with her every bit of the way.
676
posted on
01/11/2007 6:28:31 AM PST
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: txradioguy
{{{tx!!}}}
How are you and yours?
677
posted on
01/11/2007 6:28:41 AM PST
by
trussell
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors)
To: TXnMA
What a lovely story, TXnMA! Truly you have been blessed.
678
posted on
01/11/2007 6:30:10 AM PST
by
betty boop
(Beautiful are the things we see...Much the most beautiful those we do not comprehend. -- N. Steensen)
To: beachn4fun
Good Morning Beachy!
679
posted on
01/11/2007 6:30:17 AM PST
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: darkwing104
LOL! Did you propose through the Coconut Telegraph?
Yes I AM purposely finding ways to mix the titles of Buffet songs into this thread.
txradioguy = parrothead :)
"It was meant to be and I have been enjoying being with her every bit of the way."
I know exactly what you mean.
680
posted on
01/11/2007 6:31:29 AM PST
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1st Sgt. Tim Millsap A Co, 70th Eng. Bn. 3rd Bde 1st AD K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
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