Cupid Shot Me :)

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Fellow blogging bud, Diane Estrella is hosting a little post Valentine's Day fun.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, Diane thought it would be fun to share personal stories on when and how Cupid Shot Me! This could be a first date, how you met your spouse, a worst date ever or maybe what your dream date will be when you finally meet Prince Charming.

If you feel like participating, too. Check out her blog here for more details.

So without further ado, I will briefly describe how I met my Prince Charming--er, hubby.

I was in college (in my fourth year of a five year degree) on winter break. I wasn't dating anyone-- or interested in dating anyone-- since I had just suffered a bad break up of a long relationship. So I'm home when the phone rings.
Me: Hello?
My aunt: Jennifer? It's Aunt Helen. Would you like to meet a nice young man?
Me: (frowning because I had no idea what my aunt deems as "nice young man") Um...I don't know...
My aunt: He travels all over with his job, so he's very busy. I won't give him your number if you're not interested...
Me: (grudgingly) Ok. I guess that's---
My Aunt: Great! (hangs up)

Ugh. I have to tell you, I wasn't holding out hope for this to be a love match. I mean it was my aunt and his mother who was doing the matchmaking. (A yikes)
He ended up calling me 2 weeks later, my last weekend before I had to go back to school.

As soon as I heard his voice, I was HOOKED. In fact, the hubby has had many people tell him that he has a voice for radio. (He likes to joke he has a face for radio, too. LOL)
He made me laugh and laugh on the phone. So when he asked me if I'd like to go out that night, I said, "YES!!"

When he picked me up I, I thought he looked very young (his voice sounds older). I guess I expected him to look more "worldly", too, since he was out of college and a few years older. :) But we were both pretty young. We went out to dinner in Philadelphia and then to the Copa 2 for margaritas (my first date in a big city, so I was impressed!). We call it our marathon date since he picked me up at 6PM and I got in around 3AM! Surprisingly, I did NOT get in trouble with my parents.

Anyhew, he used a credit card to pay for dinner and after he signed the receipt he held it up and said, "For the scrapbook?" --which made me laugh.
Little did I know he ended up saving it (as well as several other souvenirs from our dates).
(That old softie) :)

We both knew that it was IT right away for both of us. We even said the "i love yous" not long after that first date and seventeen years later we're still together and very much in love. :)

So that's our story--a successful blind date.

Are you doing Diane's posting?

How did you meet your honey bunny?