Our First Date

April 1997

He had seen me, but I had never seen him before! He told my cousin that he wanted to marry me….lol!  She told him: “there is no way, she is in nursing school and totally fed up with guys and I doubt she would marry anyone for many years to come.”  He insisted on my phone number and she gave in, but she did call to warn me that he would be calling! Of course, she used the “he has a motorcycle” to smooth it over with me too…Thanks cuz J

I was living at my grandmother’s house, going to school, working night shift at a nursing home, and had just went through a break-up. 

The phone rang and it was him, we immediately had everything to talk about and talked for hours that first night.  His voice was deep and his accent was definitely country.  I could hear sincerity in his voice and I wanted to know more.

The very first night he said; “I’m looking for a wife, not a long term girlfriend!”…LOL!

I thought: “this guy is psycho, you don’t say that the very first night!! Oh but this guy did!  I certainly DID NOT want to be a WIFE, in fact, I didn’t even want to be a girlfriend but I was intrigued by his confidence.

We scheduled a date for the next day and he came to pick me up.  When he walked up to the glass door, I pushed it back closed fast. I thought… My cousin had not told me that she was setting me up with an old man! I eased the door back open and made sure this guy’s name really was the person I was expecting…he verified that it was him and I said: “I’m very sorry but I just didn’t realize you were old.” He laughed and said: “I’m not old!” I continued to accuse him of being old until he retrieved his wallet and showed me his ID…TWENTY! There is no way this man is only twenty!!!  I kept refusing to believe him and he said: “You’re right! I had a fake ID made on my way here so I could take you out!” We laughed hysterically and I just knew we had a connection that was different.

We climbed in his mustang and rode around, talked more and more, then stopped to eat at Git-N-Go (a gas station for a first date...hmm - strange).  It was my first time eating there but the hot dogs were great!!  Some of his church friends were there eating too and it was a nice comfortable date. 

He took me home…I KNEW that I was interested :)

((Picture is kinda like the one he picked me up in except his had lots of extras and the hood looked different :))