by Heather.
One night in July, I was up late on the computer, and recieved an instant message from some guy. It stated, “Hey, remember me?” I didn’t know who it was so I asked him a few questions to see if I could remember. Well, he told me that I met him at some party, which wasn’t true, b/c I hadn’t been to any parties in years. Turns out, I really didn’t know him, just some random instant message. He was the funniest person I had ever encountered on the net, so I just kept talking to him.
We ended up talking for 4 hours and at the end, exchanged phone numbers. At the time, I was only living in Wichita for a month, and was then to move to Houston. This guy lived in Wichita also, so we decided to hang out while I was here, as friends. There wasn’t any romantic feelings between us anyway (turns out, they were suppressed). Since I was moving, I didn’t want anything to bring me back to Wichita, I fought as hard as I could. It wasn’t hard enough.
I ended up hanging out with him and his friends for a few weeks and then it happened. Those “magical” feelings started surfacing, and we decided to hook up and have a long distance thing. We were finally together, after only 2 weeks of knowing each other. We decided that we would only date if we wanted it to be a forever thing. I was up for the challange. I went home that night and told my poppa that I knew he was the one.
Only 5 days after seeing each other, he surprised me with a promise ring. He wanted me to know how serious he was and that I could trust him. I ended up leaving for Texas 2 weeks after we started dating. The long distance thing was very rough and expensive. We spoke on the phone and wrote on AIM ever day. We had only known each other for such a short time, but we were like peanut butter and jelly, better stuck together.
Only a month had past before he decided to fly me home. It was also my birthday present, perfect timing. While I was in Wichita, he surprised me again. This time it was for more permanent means, engagement. I flew back to Texas knowing that I wasn’t staying for long.
My new fiance planned to fly down to Houston and help me pack my belongings and help me drive back in November. oh and by the way “I” paid for everything! I knew if we could survive being away from each other for 3 months and then survive a 15 hour car trip together (w/o killing each other) we could make it for a lifetime.
After I moved back, we were together night and day. I moved in with him pretty much from the start. After only being together for only 6 mo. we desperatly wanting to start our family. Our family and friends had other words to say about our plans though. He and I decided it was then time for some drastic moves. We were going to get married right away in 2 days. Boy was that crazy! I planned whatever i can plan in such a short time…did not get my dream wedding of course but i thought i was going to be satisfied. Well…. He NEVER showed up!!!
So the next time you get an anonymous AIM, think twice before you close it in annoyance. It could be your knight in shining armour!
About the author: Heather is a 30 yr old beautiful single girl with a dream of finding her prince charming one day. She has been in the dating seen for quite a while now….and believe her she have tried everything. She has had her ups and downs and have found some really great friends along the way but still have yet to find that one special person. She just haven’t gotten there yet.
