I met my husband 15 years ago and the way we met, still gives me chills.
I was working full-time at a tech corporation and my male co-worker became a very good friend. He wanted my opinion on a single-family home he was thinking of purchasing. I told him the house was a great buy in a great community. Eventually, he bought the house.
Months later, he told me about the wonderful neighbors he had and could not say enough about them. He asked me if I would be interested in a blind date with a guy the neighbors knew. I told him "no". I guess I wasn't very convincing because my co-worker hounded me to go on a date with this guy for about 2 years.
In the meantime, I decided to try my hand at telephone dating, this was before online dating. Same kind of concept. Trust me, it was depressing. I found out most people lied about their physical descriptions; as well as their true professions. On my last day of doing this, a guy I had spoken with about one month prior wanted to talk again. With a bad attitude, I agreed. He didn't believe me when I said we'd talked before. Begrudgingly, I met him at a local joint for iced tea. To be honest, I mostly listened while he talked, and it was delightful. After several hours, he walked me to my car.
We were dating for several months when my co-worker called me and asked if I was sitting. He stated the guy I was dating is the same guy he had tried to set me up with for 2 years! But that wasn't all, his wonderful neighbors happen to be the guy's sister and brother-in-law! They were tired of the type of girls he had been dating and wanted someone of substance for him. My co-worker offered my name and the rest is history. We married 14 years ago.
Donna
