I had joined the church a week or two before, so I didn't know we were supposed to talk to the pastor before service if we had an announcement for him to consider. After he did announcements, I "excused me, but can I add one?" (Future hubby told me later that the only reason he let me do that is because he liked my "Question Authority" pin. The previous pastor was Jimmy Jonesish, but too few questioned authority until it was too late.) At the time, I had the address for anyone who wanted to send Christmas cards to the hostages at Iran's Embassy. (Doesn't that tell how long ago this was? lol)
Future hubby was in the back of the church and saw me stand up. (He liked my butt. lol)
We became friends through a mutual friend, I kept trying to give him hints that I wanted him to ask me out, we even went out after Bible studies for hot chocolate (three times before I asked him if I could have a coke instead, because I HATE hot chocoalte), so finally our first date was Feb. 28th.
He took me to dinner and paid for it, (I was used to going dutch in college on dates, so this was big), then to see the first Muppet Movie, and then we played air hockey at a table where I worked. (Runaway Shelter.) Afterward, he took me home, we sat in my driveway and he spent three hours telling me his life story, including he just got a divorce the year before, lost his kids and house, where he went wrong, and he was looking for a wife because he was the kind of guy who needed to be married.. I gave him a one hour history of me. He took me up to my front door and gave me a kiss that tingled my toes. (Best kisser I've ever known!)
When I went in, it was 1 AM, but I called Dad to tell him, "I just finished my first date with the man I'm going to marry."
That went about where you'd think it would go, but one week later, we were talking about what we needed for our apartment together when we got married, but I stopped and had to ask the obvious question. "Did you ever propose to me?"
He laughed, and said no, so I had to ask when we started talking marriage.
He said, "You brought it up two days ago, freaked me out, but I didn't say anything. I went home, thought about it, and decided it was a good idea."
We were married that October. We should have married quicker, but y brother was engaged for a year, so I thought he should get married first. He did. Two weeks before we did. lol
We've loved and been content for coming up on 35 years, but that's not necessarily "happily ever after." We've gone through a lot of tough times, but, MAN! Am I ever so glad we could go through them together. If we never met, both of us would have been dead by now. We've literally saved each other, even through the hard times.
(Big lightening strike, just hit. Got to go, so sorry for not proofing this before I send.)
