 | I never thought I would find myself at the age of 28 divorced, but there I was. I had moved home and was trying to get my life back in order. I spent some time on me for a while, but knew that I needed to get back out there and search for something and someone I had always longed for. I decided one night to join a few online dating sites, incuding EHarmony. I remember almost giving up on the EHarmony profile set up because of all the annoying questions it was asking, but I had paid for it, so I kept answering questions. It wasn't even a week on EHarmony before I got my first message. He was handsome, had a smile that made me smile bigger and his eyes were mezmorizing. He sent me a message and called me "Miss". How sweet is that? I alwasy wanted a southern gentleman. Throughout our email exchanges, he kept calling me miss, so I started calling him sir. Our banter back and forth was easy, it was easy to talk with him. We eventually exchanged phone numbers (I offered mine first!) and continued talking. I was working nights at the time doing home health, we would text all night long and he even talked with me in the mornings as I drove home. I claimed I was tired and wanted to talk as to not fall asleep, but I really just wanted to talk to him. We eventually agreed to meet half way for a date in Fairview Heights. We met at a Sherwin Williams (classic), he brought roses and we went to eat dinner. We followed dinner with walking around Belleville listening to jazz music and drinking wine and beer. We never stoped talking.....our date lasted 5.5 hours! After our date I knew I liked him, but it scared me. I had just gotten out of a relationship and I wanted to make sure that I liked him and not the attention. I was stubborn (yes, me!) for months, dated other people but always found myself wanting to talk with Mark. We reached out several times and eventually decided to put all things aside and really give it a chance in Feb 2015. I agreed to spend the weekend with him at his home (crazy, now that I look back on it). We hadn't seen each other in months and now he wants to see me on Valentine's day and his birthday.....talk about pressure!! I knew he always talked about drinking bourbon so on my way out of town I stopped and got him a bottle of Knob's Creek...little did I know that it was his favorite. The weekend was casual, easy, and it felt like we had known each other our entire lives. I was excited to go to the Garden of the God's, it was stunning, I had never seen anything like it before. we picked out a new kitchen sink at Menards, and I remember making a joke about how old married couples do this, not a couple on a "second date". We have been inseparable since, and I can't imagine spending my time with anyone else. We have been honest and open with each other since the beginning and that allowed us to build a friendship and a relationship that will last. I can not wait to pick out many more sinks with my best friend and the love of my life. My sir. |
