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This is a
“true story” about how I met my boyfriend on a dating site
on the Internet.
15 YEARS AGO:
I used to hang out at a country bar called the “Club
Palomino”. I loved listening to good bands there, and
dancing to their country rock music. I used to drag my
friend out to see my favourite band playing called
“Cheyenne”, who were amazing and always packed the place. My
friend and I used to get up and dance to their songs. I was
interested in the rhythm guitar player in the band, to me,
he was the best looking one, and I loved his voice along
with his rhythm guitar sound. Yes, I had the “hots” for him
and would goggle eye him playing his guitar/singing while I
was on the dance floor, or just standing at the bar
listening and staring. I’ve always had this thing for bands
as I play guitar too, and always wanted to play in a band.
They played there for a long time and were the best band at
the “Club Palomino”. I would go there as much as I could
just to hear them play, and of course, always watching my
favourite player. The sad part about it was I used to see
him with a short blonde girl, not knowing if she was his
girlfriend or wife.
After seeing them playing there for a long time, the “Club
Palomino” closed down. Yes, the club had been sold. Wouldn’t
you know it a huge townhouse sub-division was put up and the
club was gone. So were all the bands and my favourite band,
“Cheyenne”.
When I first found out about the club closing down, I wanted
to approach “Cheyenne”; particularly the rhythm guitar
player and ask where they would be playing in the future.
But I didn’t have enough courage to do that. I guess things
happen for a reason.
15 YEARS LATER:
As time went on I met someone and got married. That was a
mistake. Eventually we got a divorce. I starting going out
to bars, again, got tired of it and not meeting anyone
decent enough. I wasn’t crazy about the bands playing at
other bars either. Later, a friend told me to join a
particular dating site on the Internet, which I thought I
would never do. But, I thought I would check it out for fun
as I heard so much about it through people even meeting
their soul mates from that site. Surprisingly enough, I had
a few dates, meeting in public places, but just didn’t find
the right one and thought I never would from a dating site.
I sort of gave up on it until one night. After getting home
from a bar, which I hated, I went on my computer. For some
reason I logged in that site again which I was really glad I
did. I got an interesting email from a guy and liked his
picture. I was also touched by his email and that he was
also interested in my picture and profile. From then on we
started emailing each other quite a lot from that site. We
seemed to have so much in common through our emails. We
continued writing and eventually got on MSN, and chatted for
quite some time. He was Bulgarian and I was Hungarian, how
common was that! We discovered from our MSN chats that we
had so much in common. It was really amazing. Our families
even lived in the same town of all places. We chatted every
night as often as we could.
And then, a miracle happened! We started chatting on our
computers about music. Wow…we also liked all the same music
and we both wrote songs. I told him I liked country music
and used to frequent a particular bar about 15 years ago,
which had closed down. Of course he asked me the name of the
bar back then. I told him the “Club Palomino”. He was really
surprised and told me he used to play there. I wasn’t sure
whether to believe him or not! He said he would send me a
picture of his band that played there. I thought, “yeah
right” to myself as I waited patiently in front of my
computer for the picture. Low and behold, a huge picture
came up on my screen, “CHEYENNE” “CLUB PALOMINO”. I freaked!
I couldn’t believe it! It was him in the picture with
“Cheyenne”. The guy I was interested in who was the rhythm
guitar player in my favourite band. I was so shocked that I
went crazy seeing this picture! It was just unbelievable!
Like a miracle happened suddenly! Like a fairy tale! We
carried on chatting every moment we had for some time, and
eventually he gave me his phone number. We started talking
on the phone every night. It was just amazing all the things
we had in common about everything! Yes, it was too good to
be true!
After about 3 weeks of talking on the phone every night,
chatting on the computer & exchanging pictures, we decided
to meet. I was brave enough for him to pick me up at my
mother’s place as I developed this trust in him, by his
voice and his honesty. I met him downstairs in front of my
mother’s apartment building. He got out of his car, and the
first thing we did was look at each other and start
laughing, and laughing like crazy, and couldn’t stop
laughing! He took me to the local Canadian Legion where we
talked, had a drink together (still laughing) and we got
more acquainted. Eventually we went into another room and
sat down at a table. After a while, he asked me if I didn’t
mind if he got up on stage to do a solo. Hey, a man singing
with his guitar was like being in heaven. He got up on stage
and started playing his guitar and singing in front of an
audience. That did it for me. I was hooked! And the guy I
admired 15 years ago was performing in front of my eyes,
and, was my date! I was in heaven!
We dated for about 2 years and it was absolutely wonderful.
Eventually we bought a condo and have been living together
for 2 ½ years now. Then, the final surprise! After moving
into our condo, we looked out the window and to our
astonishment what did we see? The office building of the
dating site we joined of all things! What a coincidence that
was! In March of 2008, it will be 5 years being together,
playing music, and still laughing! We are just two peas in a
pod!
He met my friend who I was with at the Club Palomino 15
years ago, and he also remembered seeing us dancing while
his band “Cheyenne” played. He also remembered me standing
at the bar at times. I used to watch him go to the bar for
his coffee and I know our eyes met each other’s at that
time. It sure is strange crossing one another’s paths some
15 years ago - and now, being together in a different time
in the future, and remembering!
And by the way, that short blonde girl he was with at the
Club Palomino, was the girl he eventually married which
lasted 8 years. He went through a brutal divorce. He did
tell me that when I first saw him at the Club Palomino 15
years ago, that I should have approached him and told him
“she was bad news”. It’s funny how life is – it just wasn’t
meant to be back then. Fate brought us together. We met our
“soul mates”!
Thanks to that Dating Site! Jeannette & Rick
©
Jeannette Gardner (December, 2007)
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