Hi again avid followers, newcomers, future exes, and my future husband,
Mid January of 08 after giving the clinger the cold shoulder I got up the nerve to email a guy you can say I was virtually stalking...not at all in a crazy way (crazy i.e. Mr. Level 10 clinger) I just would check out his new pictures and updated profile. He was intriguing to me...
What was so intriguing?? Well he was a marine, self proclaimed pirate, loves cooking, cook outs, and he was wearing an eagles jersey.
So after a few days of waiting and thinking will he like me? Is he crazy? And more importantly... WILL HE LIKE ME?! I emailed him. Who would have thought that first email to someone you never met or talk to would make your palms sweat and heart race. I am getting flustered just thinking and TYPING about it! phew...okay where was I... I emailed the Marine and I (trying probably wayyy to hard for him to think I was interesting) put the subject line as arrrggghhhh yeah I did that.... I wrote something witty about him being a pirate and if he found any buried treasure lately then I signed it just with my first initial. And I prayed that he would see it, respond, and everything would be amazing.
sooo I waited...
Then when I least expected it I received an email. He first made it a point to tell me that pirates say yarrrr and he hasn't found any treasure but he thinks he is getting close. He went on to talk about how he lived 45 minutes away but came to the Lehigh Valley one weekend a month and he would be in my area that coming weekend. Now of course I thought back to my rules... I emailed him so that was selective ::check::, I could meet him that weekend ::check::, he admitted to being crazy but who isn't?! he said, and any man who could pull off that uniform I would call a manly man! ::check:: I emailed him again and told him I would love to meet up and gave him my number.
The week couldn't go fast enough and as soon as friday hit I was showered and ready to meet this mystery pirate man. I went out with some of my girl friends first to a local martini bar...checking my cell phone every five minutes to see where he was with the rest of the marines that evening....The evening passed and he text to let me know the guys where all going back to their hotel and I was more than welcome to come along...after the thoughts racing through my mind of what could happen that night I thought it best to not take the offer and go home. I don't regret it at all because the next night was more than I could have imagined.
We met at a hole in the wall bar. I am talking cheap drinks, townies, and the remodeling of bathrooms the kind of bar with the only bathroom left was indoor for the ladies and they had a nice little port-o'-john outside for the men. I waited patiently with my girlfriend trying not to drink too much before he got there then he walked in... 5'10" a gorgeous man in a black dress shirt and dark blue jeans. His sleeves just rolled up slightly to see his tattoos. We hugged, he kissed my forehead and I was sold. He introduced me to his friend marine 2 (equally as attractive)...they told me about their time in Iraq and how they were separated only to find each other in some city. I couldn't take my eyes off him...he held my hand and made me laugh. Not like a ugly double chin laugh but a I can't believe I am sitting here with you...you unbelievable man! He went to the bathroom and I was able to talk to marine 2...He told me he never saw his friend like this before and it would have to take a strong-hearted woman to help him with all the heartache he has gone through in the past few years. I received a text as he was in line and it just said...
Mid January of 08 after giving the clinger the cold shoulder I got up the nerve to email a guy you can say I was virtually stalking...not at all in a crazy way (crazy i.e. Mr. Level 10 clinger) I just would check out his new pictures and updated profile. He was intriguing to me...
What was so intriguing?? Well he was a marine, self proclaimed pirate, loves cooking, cook outs, and he was wearing an eagles jersey.
So after a few days of waiting and thinking will he like me? Is he crazy? And more importantly... WILL HE LIKE ME?! I emailed him. Who would have thought that first email to someone you never met or talk to would make your palms sweat and heart race. I am getting flustered just thinking and TYPING about it! phew...okay where was I... I emailed the Marine and I (trying probably wayyy to hard for him to think I was interesting) put the subject line as arrrggghhhh yeah I did that.... I wrote something witty about him being a pirate and if he found any buried treasure lately then I signed it just with my first initial. And I prayed that he would see it, respond, and everything would be amazing.
sooo I waited...
and waited....
and waited....
Then when I least expected it I received an email. He first made it a point to tell me that pirates say yarrrr and he hasn't found any treasure but he thinks he is getting close. He went on to talk about how he lived 45 minutes away but came to the Lehigh Valley one weekend a month and he would be in my area that coming weekend. Now of course I thought back to my rules... I emailed him so that was selective ::check::, I could meet him that weekend ::check::, he admitted to being crazy but who isn't?! he said, and any man who could pull off that uniform I would call a manly man! ::check:: I emailed him again and told him I would love to meet up and gave him my number.
The week couldn't go fast enough and as soon as friday hit I was showered and ready to meet this mystery pirate man. I went out with some of my girl friends first to a local martini bar...checking my cell phone every five minutes to see where he was with the rest of the marines that evening....The evening passed and he text to let me know the guys where all going back to their hotel and I was more than welcome to come along...after the thoughts racing through my mind of what could happen that night I thought it best to not take the offer and go home. I don't regret it at all because the next night was more than I could have imagined.
We met at a hole in the wall bar. I am talking cheap drinks, townies, and the remodeling of bathrooms the kind of bar with the only bathroom left was indoor for the ladies and they had a nice little port-o'-john outside for the men. I waited patiently with my girlfriend trying not to drink too much before he got there then he walked in... 5'10" a gorgeous man in a black dress shirt and dark blue jeans. His sleeves just rolled up slightly to see his tattoos. We hugged, he kissed my forehead and I was sold. He introduced me to his friend marine 2 (equally as attractive)...they told me about their time in Iraq and how they were separated only to find each other in some city. I couldn't take my eyes off him...he held my hand and made me laugh. Not like a ugly double chin laugh but a I can't believe I am sitting here with you...you unbelievable man! He went to the bathroom and I was able to talk to marine 2...He told me he never saw his friend like this before and it would have to take a strong-hearted woman to help him with all the heartache he has gone through in the past few years. I received a text as he was in line and it just said...
hi. don't fall for my friend while I am gone.
The rest of the night we held hands, kissed, and laughed before I went back with him to his hotel room and we laid in bed and talked...and well I will keep this g-rated but we did sleep together. The next morning I watched him change into his little uniform, he kissed my forehead and said we would be seeing each other soon.
I believed him. I wanted to...
I just wanted a fairytale ending to meeting him...and there would be...maybe not this first weekend but another...
Stay tuned! Dates with the Marine did NOT stop here....neither did any of my other manventures!
xoxo
**ME**
I believed him. I wanted to...
I just wanted a fairytale ending to meeting him...and there would be...maybe not this first weekend but another...
Stay tuned! Dates with the Marine did NOT stop here....neither did any of my other manventures!
xoxo
**ME**
