If you really knew me, you would know that this story is not really all that odd. I am rather conventional, but I do appreciate things out of the norm and am often noticing the very things that others skim over. So, the Monday of the July 4th holiday weekend in 2006, I went on this date that changed my life. There are certain people that just come into your life and change it and help you learn about yourself and it's a good thing. So, here's the long story...
My friend--we'll call her Caitlin--insisted that I get on a certain dating site that has a name that is a word that you use to light a candle. I was like, "NOOOOOO!" She insisted. In fact, she paid for the membership. So, I went on a date with one guy with weird blue eyes, then this date....and so, it begins. We had a great time on our first date and I thought..."Hey, this is easier than I thought it would be." We proceeded to date for 13 months with a brief 4-day breakup about five months in. Now, the hindsight on this one is ridiculous. I really have nothing remarkable to say about the relationship itself. It was...well, boring, for the most part, except he had a little girl and she was awesome. She was 8 at the time I met her and we immediately hit it off.
I moved in with him (stupid!) and because we couldn't seem to have an adult conversation about what bills and such I was going to pay, I moved out. I basically tried over and over again to have a conversation about what he wanted me to pay and he couldn't seem to do it. I know...crazy. Somebody's trying to give you money and you don't take it. Anyway, little girl and I were distraught and I just couldn't imagine life without her. I moved out and it totally sucked thinking I'd never see her again.
I had met little girl's mother on a handful of occasions and she was always nice to me. I knew every bad thing she'd ever allegedly done (messy divorce, to say the least). After what's his face and I split, I moved on and just figured little girl would text and call and email until she didn't need to anymore. She had already sent a handful of emails telling me that she missed me and she loved me. It killed me to think I'd never see her again. Then...one day, the phone rang.
It was a sunny Saturday and it was little girl's mom on the phone. She invited me to come visit. I said that I would and asked for the nearest hotel and she said, "Oh, no...you'll stay at our house." No, that won't be weird at all. So, to make a long story short....that was September of 2007 and I just picked little girl's mom up from the airport on Saturday...that would've been July 2, 2011...almost 4 years later.
See? That date changed my life forever. And sometimes you just meet friends in strange ways and that's never a bad thing.
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