Back in the day, around February/March of 2002 I was a single guy actively searching for love. During this time I was in my early to mid twenties. I had my own house, SUV, a career job and fairly busy life. When I looking for someone to date or be in a relationship with, I was looking for someone that was in the same position in their life. I was looking for someone going through some of the same life challenges that also enjoyed many of the same things I do.
The Girl in a Blue Scarf:
I decided that I would join match.com to see if I could find someone that shared many of my same interest. I completed the profile about myself and detailed as much information as I could about myself. I must admit that I looked through many profiles trying to find someone special. I came across this beautiful picture:
I saw this beautiful girl and read her profile but thought to myself that she was entirely out of my league. I shouldn't trouble myself and waste her time to write her to see if she would have an interest in getting to know each other. So for weeks I thought about this scarfed girl and how pretty she was. She had me completely infatuated. I finally built up the courage to email her to let her know that I was interested in getting know her and share a bit about myself.
I put myself out there and anxiously awaited to get her reply. A little bit of time passed before I heard back from her. I understand now that it was her sister that helped convince her that she should write me. Beth believed that I was too cheesy and she was done with dating guys she had met online. After our initial emails to each other we moved on to instant messaging each other. Does anyone else remember the days of AOL Instant Messanger (AIM)? We spent hours during that first week talking through instant messages. We both had a lot of experience in dating someone we met online so we knew that we didn't want to go through a long process of getting to know each other before we met in person. We decided to have an in-person date.
Our First Date:
The night before we met, Beth had a party at her house. During the entire set up time prior to the party starting we were talking as her friends helped prepare for the party. Her party was a success and we were excited to see each other. We had dinner at a small local restaurant. I knew at first sight that she was as beautiful in person as the picture of the scarfed girl I had seen in the picture above. Our meal was great and we wanted to keep the night going. So we moved on to stroll the brickwork streets of her local university where we talked and shared so much. We ended the evening after enjoying the evening air in small park. We agreed to meet the next day and grill out together. After this date we were inseparable. We spent most everyday together.
That Girl is a Devil!
After a couple dates I told my dad about this wonderful girl I had met. I explained to him how great she was and that she has a house, car, truck and bass boat of her own. I thought my father would be very excited about a girl that enjoys fishing as we both do. However, my dad quickly remarked back to me, "Son, you need to put as much distance as you can between you and this girl. That girl is Devil!". I was confused. Why did he have such a reaction to a girl having her own bass boat. He then explained, that if girl her age has a bass boat of her own that she must have taken in from a guy in a divorce settlement. Any girl that takes away a guys bass boat must be the Devil. I then told him that no she is not the Devil, she was in fact the girl of own dreams. She was someone that loves to fish as we did and that it was her dream to have her own boat on her own. She loves her boat and learned about owning a bass boat on her own.
She was no Devil; she is love of my life.
This is the story of how we met and we have many more stories of our time together that I am excited to share.
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