I remember it as if it were yesterday. I had just broken up with my girlfriend of almost three years, and was spending the weekend with a cousin of mine. A strange thing about his family; they’re big cat lovers. I mean, real fans.
The day before, one of his cats had spotted a tabby sauntering down the street, and decided to act like a typical male, by making a pass on her. Sadly, he forgot that they lived on the fifth floor (that’s male thinking at work, for you). As expected, the fall was not without consequences and he was rushed to the vet. The doctor placed him at the vet equivalent of an IC unit, and the love (and pavement) stricken cat spent the night there.
That afternoon my cousin and I went to visit the poor beast. While my cousin was chatting with the good doctor, I noticed this cute girl who had brought her Dalmatian for her shots. This was a young dog, with the nervousness typical of her breed. As such, the girl had trouble lifting her up to the exam table and holding her there.
Ever the gentleman, I rushed over and helped soothe the Dalmatian, in the process chatting up the girl. When we left, she gave me her number. I called her the very next day, and we chatted on the phone, hitting it off like a wooden, gasoline-filled house on fire.
A week later, we went on our first date, and shared our first kiss. The date was October 3rd, 1992, and I remember it as if it were yesterday.
Awwww how incredibly sweet! Happy belated anniversary to you, guys! Wish you a lifetime of joy and happiness 🙂
Thank, cuz! 🙂
Nice happenstance. Such are the joys of life.
Indeed! Thanks and welcome 🙂
So charming! 🙂
Thanks! 🙂
Awww I love hearing how you met! Happy Anniversary to you both! It’s so amazing to me how the strangest circumstances brings people together. Poor cat. 🙁 Have a great weekend, Nicholas!
Thanks, you too! We often marvel at the long string of unlikely coincidences that brought us together! 🙂
that’s a wonderful memory, even when you met each other under sad circumstances (for the cat)
I was wondering if anyone would ask about the cat. You’re the first to mention the poor fellow (and no, he didn’t make it). Thanks for that 🙂
Lovely!
Thanks! 🙂
Love your “how we met” story! Every couple has one, yet we seldom think about telling anyone, even our own children! LOL.Thanks for sharing your memories.
Thanks! Come to think of it, I have no idea how my parents met! 😀 Something to discuss later with my mom… 🙂
“hitting it off like a wooden, gasoline-filled house on fire.” Definitely the sign of a science fiction/fantasy author. Adorable story.
You can take the author out of the romance… erm… out of the fantasy… but you can’t take the… something or other… out of the whathaveyou…
In Serdaris’ words, “Me talk pretty one day!” 😀
Talk pretty good. Easier when have time to outline or edit. 😛
Must… edit… must… edit… (hands extended before me, stumbling to PC)
Ugh. Don’t remind me. 40 pages left to go on editing this 445 page book. I feel like I’m dragging myself to the end of a marathon.
Congrats, you’re almost there! I have some 10,000 words to go until the end of the first draft. It’s always the last few yards that are the hardest! 🙂
I never keep track of words. I think that would make it feel a lot worse for me. At least now I get the weekend and Monday ‘off’ before I tackle the next book.
Thank you so much for sharing this….wonderful:)
I’m glad you liked it, thanks! It’s great to share with one’s friends. 🙂
I got a kick out of this, Nicholas – ‘typical male thinking’ displayed by the cat, willing to leap without thought to get at the cute female! 😀 Well, at least you apparently showed some thought, unlike the cat! Beautiful photo – a very handsome you and a gorgeous girl. A happy photo.
It was. We were at Kinloch Rannoch in Scotland, in a fern forest. Beautiful. 🙂
As for typical male thinking, I have no illusions about the delusional thinking of my sex. It’s like when we’re in a car and whistle at a girl walking at the pavement as we zoom by. What exactly is she supposed to do; bolt after us until she catches up with our speeding car, as she yells her phone number? 😀
Ha! 😀
Beautfiful!!!!!!
Thank you! 🙂
🙂
Reading this about you, brings you alive not only a brilliant author, but a human being. Thanks for sharing.
Such a sweet thing to say, thank you! 🙂