happy valentines day everyone i need to vent to you or i will write him
and that would be wrong, right??
18 years ago today, my husband and i had our first real date
we had met about 5 months prior, when i was working at a music/tv station in ny
we were taping a pilot for a new talk, music show (hosted by a comedian who is now sort of a political icon)
my husbands band was slated to play on the first of 2 shows we were tapiing that day i met them and didn't think anything of him during the day it was apparent that the band for show 2 could not make it to ny husbands band was asked to play for that show as well, so he was around all day, deciding he was interested in me after the first show taped he asked me out for that night i said no i had worked there for a long time and never went out with guys in bands i thought it was wrong he was persistent and asked me why not i couldn't really think of a good answer so i said "sure, we have a wrap party tonight, come with me to that" much to the chagrin of my co-workers i thought, this will be easy, i can take him to the party and it wont be like a "date" date i met him later outside his hotel (i didn't want him to come to my apartment) and we walked to the party once there, the throngs of girls descended on him and i thought "good, now i don't have to hang out with him" he approached me, and said "this was not what i wanted. i wanted to get to know you" that warmed my heart a bit we left and spent the next hour walking through central park
we kept in touch, just a bit, but i didn't think too much about hime
right before valentines day (18 years ago) he called and told me he was playing in nyc and would i be his valentine
i said ok and kind of looked forward to seeing him again
the day came and he showed up at my apartment to hang out a bit before soundcheck when i opened the door and saw him there, i felt differently about him when he kissed me hello, i fell a bit deeper
we had a great day, came to my place after his show and from that moment on, we were us
we dated for a year and a half, long distance, before he asked me to marry him
it's hard to look back on how much promise we had and see how it is ending now
sorry to be so glum, my dear BITS...but this is how i'm feeling today
i would love you to share your "meeting" stories, if any of you are so inclined
i hope this day is wonderful for all of you
much love and good thoughts coming to you from across this internet space
