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Our romance began in the same room as most of those who�ve appeared on these web pages - A room in 30�s Love. There�s something about the people or the atmosphere in that room - when you least expect it, love seems to bite you on the.. well, you get the idea. On to our story.. Dark (that�s me) was a single mom of 2 daughters, living in the Great White North (aka Canada). Dallas (the hubby), was a rock �n roll hippy musician, living the wild life in .. well, where else? Dallas. The �room� was where I�d been �hanging out� for longer than I care to admit - but, not in search of love. I was there to be with my �family�.. those friends I�d met online who�d become closer than some of my real family members. Anyways, one night, Dallas came into the room, dropping a spam message about the internet release of his band�s CD.. then left! Usually, anyone who spams the room earns an automatic ignore from those who frequent the room - but, for some reason, I didn�t. He showed up numerous times over the next few days, doing the same thing - spamming about their new CD, then off he�d go. Finally, one day he came into the room - I saw his nick come in, and before he�d had the chance to leave his little offering, I said �DALLAS!! you REALLY don�t want to just spam �n leave, now do you? I know you�re dying to come talk to us!�. I watched the screen. .. waited for the inevitable spam message.. but, was greeted with an �LOL�. OMG.. he was HUMAN!!! He stuck around and talked to us, then was gone again, but not without the usual message. Over the course of the next week or so, he�d come in.. I�d crack off to him about knowing he wanted to stay and chat, and he would.. but, would soon be off again. I told him finally that I�D spam the rooms with his messages, if he�d ONLY STAY A WHILE! We became friends over the course of weeks - sharing our stories, telling each other how neither of us wanted to be married ever again... then, one day I realized that I was feeling something deeper for him that I�d bargained for. It was in January of 2001 - I remember hinting to him in the room that �Valentine�s Day is coming up, yanno.. would really suck not to have a Valentine to share it with.. *hint.. wink...*�.. to which he�d ALWAYS come out with �brb.. phone�, leaving me to rant in the room about his rotten dang phone timing. Little did I know that he had no phone call.. he was sitting at his computer, laughing at me ranting, knowing full well what I was getting to, but wanting me to stew in it! I thought he was off on the phone somewhere, and would be in the chat room, telling everyone how I was getting my phone demolisher�s gear on.. was going to break into his house and disconnect his phone line, not realizing he was sitting there WATCHING and laughing! Finally, at the beginning of February, Dallas wrote me an email, in response to one I�d written him because I hadn�t seen him online that night. In it, he asked me to call him collect the next day to wake him up, and hinted �n hmmm�d and finally asked me, in the email, to be his Valentine! I still have that email! Next morning, I waited, watching the clock, willing it to be the time I could FINALLY call and talk to him. I was in the room, trying to keep my mind off it, when he SHOWS UP! I was so disappointed! I said �I can�t call you now - you�re here!� He laughed and said �if you really wanted to, you could still call�. Without another word, I jumped offline and called. When he answered the phone, my heart soared - I told him who it was, he barely said �oh HI!�, when someone knocked on his door and he said he had to go!! I was heartbroken! He said he�d call me back later, and I thought to myself �yeah, sure he will�. He called back at 3pm that afternoon.. and, we didn�t get off the phone until 9am THE NEXT MORNING! We talked on the phone for weeks, falling deeper and deeper in love (and, racking up the phone bills!). One day, he said to me on the phone �so, where do you want to get married??� and I was thrilled! We�d both sworn we were never getting married again - but, love works in mysterious ways. Our first face to face meeting was planned on very short notice - and, was to be a PERMANENT one! Dallas and I both knew what we had was real - so, at the beginning of April of that year, we decided he was coming up from Texas, picking me and my daughters up, and moving us back to the States with him - first meeting! The entire time he was driving up was nerve-wracking - I spent alot of time in our �usual� room online, with all our �family� trying to keep me sane until he got to where I was. The moment the elevator doors opened, I knew this was the man I was meant to spend the rest of my days with - all I had to do was pry my then 12-yr-old daughter off him first! Both of our girls adore him.. we got married in August of 2001 and have been inseparable ever since. We may not be where we want to be in our lives together yet - but, we know that we�ve been thru so much, we can get thru anything! It's Like being a kid and getting to eat Cake and Ice Cream every day! My best advice to those who happen to find love in a chat room? Firstly.. don�t set out looking for it. It will find you. Secondly... pay little attention to the others in the room who set out to ruin what it is that you�ve found - follow your heart! |
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