Love Happens
Here's a Happy Story we recently received. You'll enjoy reading it; it's clever and witty. It also validates not only my belief that geography is not destiny but also our no-pictures philosophy.
In a few months, we will celebrate ten years together thanks to Concerned Singles. Thank you so much, Rodelinde.
Bill lived in rural New York. I lived in urban Kansas. He was 51. I was 46. He never put his profile on line. I labored over mine. He says it was a match from the start. I insist that I dumped him after our first weekend together. We both know this is the love of our lives.
Profiles without photos are a good thing. Somewhat shallow, I never would have given him a chance. He is tall, while I preferred men my size, and has a nose the size of Bermuda. Of course, I am gorgeous. I sent him a photo and a work video. He sent me a Polaroid that he'd taken with the camera at his face. I was so frightened, I immediately ripped it up and pretended I never received it.
We met in Kansas City for our first encounter. My friends were fearful I'd be dead within an hour. Without a cell phone, I promised to call one of them throughout the weekend using a calling card.
The long-distance courtship went on for five-and-a-half years. I lived near my aging parents and was raising a son near his father. He had two sons in school and coached one of them in basketball. After my son graduated from high school, I moved to New York to a house he is still making livable for me. That was more than four years ago.
We have shared the death of our parents, trials with exes and kids, and many work-related crises. Although he would say it is pure bliss, I will tell you no relationship is easy. But, we both know we want it to last for the rest of our lives. Oh, and the sex, I've never had it so good.
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Happy Endings
We know we never would have met otherwise. - AW & MR, Ohio
...involved in a romantic relationship... - HD, Wyoming
"Dear Virginia Man." - ML, Virginia
The woman that I have often dreamt of but never thought I would meet. - DT, Massachusetts
...have met a wonderful man... - SF, New Hampshire
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Deepak Chopra has observed that "There is a restless kind of consumer shopping for partners, as if the right one can be found by totting up a potential mate's pluses and minuses until the number of pluses matches some mythical standards." But we know that many of you out there don't take that approach. That's why we don't ask you to fill out a questionnaire, but rather allow you to craft your own brief self-description. This profile is meant to define rather than merely describe you. It is not a resume or an autobiography but, as one member put it, a "sixty-word haiku" that conveys something about the fundamental you, rather than mere facts.
We also agree with Antoine de Saint Exupery that "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." And that's the main reason why we don't post member photos on the site. Of course at some point during your correspondence with a possible someone, you may decide to exchange pictures. But feedback from our members confirms our idea that getting to know someone, really getting to know them, is a matter of exchanging ideas, letting each other know who you are deep inside, what your beliefs and values are, how you feel about the world and about yourself.
Connections forged at this deeper lever also have more staying power, as is borne out by the many stories we've gotten over the years. Check out some of our Happy Endings for yourself, and discover why we call Concerned Singles your first choice for relationships that last!
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