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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: Soaring Feather
701
posted on
01/11/2007 9:18:20 AM PST
by
NRA1995
(They should've shredded Saddam Hussein...)
To: NRA1995
To: beachn4fun
#700!
To: MEG33
re: 601
What a dreamy picture!!!
Thanks Meg. :)
704
posted on
01/11/2007 9:25:00 AM PST
by
MeekMom
(Present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God.)
To: beachn4fun
Hello!
705
posted on
01/11/2007 9:26:28 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra [https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate])
To: beyond the sea
706
posted on
01/11/2007 9:31:16 AM PST
by
visualops
(artlife.us)
To: never4get
I still have that piece of paper folded up neatly in my wallet. How could I ever throw that out?
Your wife is very fortunate! That's very sweet.
707
posted on
01/11/2007 9:32:38 AM PST
by
visualops
(artlife.us)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
708
posted on
01/11/2007 9:32:39 AM PST
by
beachn4fun
(I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.)
To: Soaring Feather
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
W H
709
posted on
01/11/2007 9:33:22 AM PST
by
beachn4fun
(I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.)
To: NRA1995
I am.
But I'm already taken!
LOL
Hiya, hon
710
posted on
01/11/2007 9:33:57 AM PST
by
beachn4fun
(I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.)
To: Lady Jag
***GASP***
Lady J
(snicker)
711
posted on
01/11/2007 9:35:30 AM PST
by
beachn4fun
(I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.)
To: beachn4fun
Tsk, tsk. someone was paying attention. 700 just slipped by. And only 10 posts after yours.
At least I was entering grades into a spreadsheet at the time. What's your excuse?
TS
See you at 750 (or 800 -- actually, I got 3 classes in a row coming up, and tutoring, so it might not be 'til 1000!)
712
posted on
01/11/2007 9:36:17 AM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: righthand man
I think I counted around 10 couples including my husband and I. Not unusual though when asking people posting on an internet forum! LOL
713
posted on
01/11/2007 9:36:42 AM PST
by
visualops
(artlife.us)
To: Tanniker Smith
3 classes? Oh......toooooo ...... baddddddd...........
714
posted on
01/11/2007 9:38:16 AM PST
by
beachn4fun
(I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.)
To: beachn4fun
*HUG*
Brrr!
Cold and overcast here today..
You got a long weekend coming up?
Ms.B
715
posted on
01/11/2007 9:45:19 AM PST
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(women who behave rarely make history)
To: visualops
...it is me who is fortunate. Thanks, and I enjoyed your story as well. Enjoy the rest of your day!
To: beachn4fun
I thought it would be easy and start a small half bath. Not! LOL It's so small to get around with ladder. It has to be primed because paint color won't cover. I'm getting old. My neck hurts. LOL ;)
717
posted on
01/11/2007 9:58:37 AM PST
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: El Gran Salseron; tomkow6; Old Sarge
718
posted on
01/11/2007 10:29:14 AM PST
by
acad1228
(Faithful servant of the Dark Lord Xenu!)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
It was in the 20s this morning down here. It's warmed up some. Sunny.
Yup, have a three-day due to MLK day on Monday. Heck, I'll take all the freebies I can get.
719
posted on
01/11/2007 10:35:05 AM PST
by
beachn4fun
(I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.)
To: darkwing104
At a Parrot Head Convention in Key West Florida. It was Love at First sight. Is this still the only photo you're showing?
720
posted on
01/11/2007 10:38:14 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra [https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate])
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