~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.

[Soaring Feather]

Al Green~I'm So In Love With You

[nctexan]

Delivered a 'Chicken Delight' chicken dinner to her apartment. Our eyes met across the doorway, and as Paul Harvey says. "That's the rest of the story". (41 years later!)

[bannie]

I have a theory about romantic love. (I have too many theories to count, but we're on this subject.)

Love is like scotch tape. The first time you use it, it sticks tight...but the more times you try to use it, the less it sticks.

It's too late for me.

[KYGrandma]

Believe it or not, a blind date. My husband was on Christmas leave from the Naval Academy. In a bid to get his brothers to stay at home with him, his mother told them they could not go out unless they could get him a date. I was asked by a co-worker who was dating his brother. We are still together after 33 years of marriage. Not sure how long it will continue as he is retiring next month.

[kalee]

My college room mate introduced us. She had dated him in the past but she had met and become engaged to someone else. She and my husband were still good friends and she thought we'd be a good couple.
THANKS DORIS!!!!

[Soaring Feather]

Bonnie Raitt~I Can't Make You Love Me

[Non-Sequitur]

Newport Rhode Island. She was visiting friends and I was at Navy Department Head School. She went back to Ohio and I went back to Charleston. We tried the long distance romance thing for about a while and I finally married her out of frustration at the commute. You try getting decent flights between Charleston and Columbus. That was 23 years ago.

[Rakkasan1]

Al's Gun Shop in Gem Lake,MN.

Once that .45 locked her sights on me, it was love.

[Soaring Feather]

Eva Cassidy~I Know You By Heart

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[Nachum]

We were introduced by a friend for a blind date. She had to postpone the date as she was going to New York. I didn't hear from her for a month. When she returned, much to my surprise, she called me back.

We went out and everything seemed to go perfect. It was uncanny how perfect everything went. I have never been out on a perfect date, but this was it. No faux pas, the food was good and we felt comfortable with each other from the start.

After our second date, things were even better. We spoke on the phone a lot. Before our third date, I got a letter from an an acquaintance that he met this girl when he was in New York and that he liked her a lot. A real lot. Her name was Leeba (my wife). I began to laugh. As I read the letter, I could not stop laughing. Of course, I called her up and told her all about this "letter that I got". She confessed that someone introduced her to a blind date in New York while she was there, but he was definately "Mr. Wrong", Matter of fact, the guy wouldn't leave her alone. And besides, "she hadn't met me yet". She started laughing, and I did too.

I proposed to her on the third date and we were married three months later. We now have been married 18 years and have 6 kids.

She still turns red everytime I tell this story. (big grin :) )

[leda]

the hair, the car and the guy are all keepers :D

[adam_smith_76]

I was browsing a Spanish-language eqivalent of Match.com. It had a nice chat area, and I liked keeping my Spanish up. I figure it will come in handy when we become the big province of Mexico someday. ;) I happened upon a woman from Panama, and I'd been there two times before and used to have a Panamanian girlfriend. Well, I went back two more times, got a fiancée visa, brought her here, got married, and I'm very happy. She's great. I think she's happy too, but I don't want to put words in her mouth. ;)

If you're conservative, Latin women are a good match. They are very family-oriented, not vulgar...sort of Donna Reed with a passionate side.

[HopeandGlory]

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[fatima]

:)She caught your eye.

[fatima]

Wonderful story truth_seeker.

[fatima]

Beautiful story jwparkerjr,God bless,fatima

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are, God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

BLESS THIS HOUSE

 Bless this house O Lord we pray; Make it safe by night and day; 
Bless these walls so firm and stout, Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall, Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove ever open to joy and love.
Bless these windows shining bright, Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there, with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within, keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we May dwell O Lord with thee. 

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A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are, God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

BLESS THIS HOUSE

 Bless this house O Lord we pray; Make it safe by night and day; 
Bless these walls so firm and stout, Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall, Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove ever open to joy and love.
Bless these windows shining bright, Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there, with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within, keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we May dwell O Lord with thee. 

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[csvset]

I met mine by asking her friend to dance.

[fatima]

Oh My Gosh,what a story.Thanks Spyder