Hey, my first thread here

[Merry]

Okay, so I thought, having been divorced for awhile, maybe I should actually think about doing something to change that. Then I read the threads over here and I have come to the conclusion that to 'be in the market' would be no different from anything I'm doing now. So, what the heck, if God drops someone on me, I'll let ya know.

And that is my big dating plan. :D

[Derby]

'if God drops someone on me, I'll let ya know'

Not 'falling in love', more 'fallen on by love'.

I bet member's 'first meeting' stories would be interesting.
Looking back I now know that my Jackie was the one who decided that we would be partners in life.

Look forward to your news bulletins.

[Xenia]

I met my husband at my workplace :)

[Derby]

When I was seventeen I was invited to a Christian youth club by two school friends, Michael and Victor. There I was introduced to Jesus, and to Jackie.

Us three lads hitch hiked around Europe in the summer of 1959 and had some rare adventures. One day we had a lift from a couple who had just been thrown out of Egypt by Colonel Nasser, they even put us up for the night and gave us a good breakfast. A racing driver gave us a very fast lift about 100 miles to Lyons, he unfortunately slammed a door quick and caught his girl friend's hand in it. We were trekking along one day in heavy rain and a guy in a little VW picked us up, took us to a restaurant and fed us, left us to dry - told us to do the same for someone else one day. I will stop there - with apologies to Merry.

Jackie and I saved up a house deposit and married in 1964 - after a 5 year engagement.

[SkeeterFranklin]

Good idea, Merry. God will bring you the best. Many blessings!

[Merry]

Lol, thanks guys. hey great story Derby!

Hmmm...meeting at the workplace...my boss is a married orthodox rabbi...and I'm the only employee.

My last job featured one male imbecile...an ordained guy that apparently worked for the other team ...and the rest were women. Naw, work never has been good place for me.

[lynnmosher]

Merry Merry, I'll bet you didn't expect your thread to go in this direction but I think it's cool! If you don't mind me adding to it...

When I was 17, I had a date with the lead singer of a very popular rock band. One night, they played at the University of Louisville. I had not met the other band members at this point. The goofy bass player kept eying me. During one of the breaks, Mr. Goofy Bass came over to me and my date, the singer. He put his arm around me and told the singer he would trade his car (a cherry red Austin Healy convertible) for me! What? I looked at him like...who is this weird person! Well, I've been waking up next to this weirdo for the last 42 years! LOL!

Merry Merry...any man that turns down a date with such a precious face as yours has rocks in his head! I will certainly pray a great Christian face-appreciator! All the best, my sweet friend!

[Merry]

Ahhh! Lynn, tha is so cool! That would be goofy, but awfully hard to resist!

I've had dates, but they've been of the 'fall down and worship me' variety. I remember consciously thinking at the last pontification event I sat through, "Yes, God, take me now."
So, naw, why sweat it? wait, face appreciator? Oh, Lol! yeah, I do look sort of like floating head there! LOL!

My frined that took the picture was trying to get all 'artsy' and the rest of me is busy being contorted in all manner of ways to get the right effect (?) At shutter flash I had just finished saying, "Please take the damn picture." (hey, I said please.)

[lynnmosher]

http://bestsmileys.com/lol/4.gif

How could anyone resist that wonderful sense of humor! You're too funny!

[SkeeterFranklin]

Merry,
You could wear a mask to your next date ... something like phantom of the opera ... never mind ... if you met Mr. Right, you might not have the chance for a second date. :D

[kshsj777]

When I was 17, I had a date with the lead singer of a very popular rock band. One night, they played at the University of Louisville. I had not met the other band members at this point. The goofy bass player kept eying me. During one of the breaks, Mr. Goofy Bass came over to me and my date, the singer. He put his arm around me and told the singer he would trade his car (a cherry red Austin Healy convertible) for me! What? I looked at him like...who is this weird person! Well, I've been waking up next to this weirdo for the last 42 years!

LOL !!!! That is such a funny story Lynn!!!

[Merry]

Merry,
You could wear a mask to your next date ... something like phantom of the opera ... never mind ... if you met Mr. Right, you might not have the chance for a second date. :D


I like that! if he stuck around he really might be the one!

[JayBee]

In May 1968 I asked the girl who worked in the butchers across the road out on a date and on August 24th that year we were married (as I was 18 and she was 16 we needed our parents consent but I'd prayed for a wife and we knew we were meant for each other). We've just celebrated 40 years of marriage.

[lawi]

In May 1968 I asked the girl who worked in the butchers across the road out on a date and on August 24th that year we were married (as I was 18 and she was 16 we needed our parents consent but I'd prayed for a wife and we knew we were meant for each other). We've just celebrated 40 years of marriage.


true story---this is really nice :) whaaaaawwww

[righter1]

I met my wonderful husband on a church retreat when I was 19. We had some mutual friends, and I only vaguely remember talking to him that weekend in August--I thought he was strange because he had a brand new car (albeit a Saturn) that he'd driven about 5 miles into the campground on gravel roads. (I'd been driving a 12 year old Jeep Cherokee at the time.) I forgot about him as I got into my next semester of school and political projects I was working on. In early November, one of my friends called me and said this guy needed a date for this dinner theater thing and she knew I liked that kind of thing, would I be interested? I figured, hey, sure. I didn't really care, and it was better than staying home and watching TV.

Well, the guy was that one guy--I still didn't remember meeting him! At the end of the date--he'd even brought me flowers, to which all my girlfriends said that meant it was a date!--we shook hands! He called me a couple days later and wanted another date. Well, you could have blown me over--I was stunned! And, that was the beginning of the end... :) We were engaged the following April, and married that August--53 weeks after we met. We just had our 6th anniversary.

So, I'd say, try a singles Bible study or something at your church or a nearby church. I don't know how big a church you go to, but my church is pretty big so they have singles groups for all ages--even the grandma/pa and great-grandma/pa set!

[jacks girl]

I mentioned this before. I met my hubby on a CB radio. We talked for months and was saying i love you before we laid eyes on each other. We lived within 30 min of each other and had never met. We went to different schools and had no way of meeting.

But we talked on the CB and 22 years later. LOL! We still talk on the CB now and then.

I wish you luck. I know it's really hard these days to find the right person.