3 generations under one roof

Yesterday I briefly introduced Ray, my boyfriend. It is a cool story how we met, and many people are surprised locally. A few friends thought I should begin dating after I threw out my husband in June of 2005 but I was afraid.  I got into plentyoffish’s web site and talked with a few men. I went to dinner with one but for the most part I was not thrilled with the choices.  I had been on the site for eight months and was ready to give it up, and I got a short email from a man that said if I wanted clean talk to write to him. I thought cool. Here is one that might stand above the rest. I wrote to him on March 6, giving him my yahoo address, and a few hours later, when he got home after work on March 7th he paged me on yahoo.

He had typed that he was from
Australia which very much got my attention. He and his wife had separated am few days after my own marriage broke up. We talked for a few hours on yahoo, then he said call me, so I did. We talked five hours that first phone call and I was amazed at this man. My first words to him when he answered the phone was, OMG you have an accent. He answered no you do. I laughed, and it began a wonderful friendship that has blossomed into a wonderful love affair.

For the first month, we would spend hours talking on the phone, getting to know each other. Yes, we had met, and did our first date with my friend Chrissie as a chaperone. We went out with my friends at least once a week, but never had we been on a solo date.

I wondered how I had ever missed him, as he lived in my valley for a long time. In northeastern PA, it is hard to not have an accent and not be noticed. For many years, he has been the only one with an Australian accent locally. He was out in public at a place I went on a weekly basis yet I had never met him or heard him talk. He works in the local Wal-Mart.

By April 1, 2006, we were dating exclusively and it is nice. We both come from large families so we understand family. My parents and siblings like him, as do my nieces and nephews. So many similarities it is unreal, we are both 1 of seven children, our parents each have 23 grandchildren,   Heck even our ex’s share the same birth date, and our first wedding anniversary are two months to the day apart. Now it is November of 2008, we are still going strong, and I am so glad to have found him.  

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