romantic story...

ok...i admit it...i am...and will forever be...a hopeless romantic...

one of the things i really enjoy...is hearing stories of how two people...completely in love...met...since most times...i am not living a romantic life...i live it vicariously through others stories...

one of my dearest friends m...has the most unique story...well...to me...

m & d dated way back in high shool...d was older than m by a few years...and if i remember correctly...they did not attend the same school...they dated for a few years...went to prom together...and then broke up...but...they always remained friends...throughout the years...

the next 15+ years...they each dated others...but neither of them ever got married...and then it happened...the spark returned...and m & d started dating again...

get ready...here is the romantic part...on the 20th anniversary of there "first" date...d proposed to m...awww...now that is a romantic story...how crazy...20 years later...neither of them married...started dating again...and now...married...

this to me seemed like a fairytale story...but this last weekend...there was a new update to the story...

d & m recently moved into the home that m grew up in...they had spent the last year or so remodeling...i called to see how m was doing...and the phone number had been changed...i was surprised...because i assumed she would have transfered the same number over to the house...

i called the new number...and harrassed her about the number change...and how it would inconvenience me...because now i had to change it in my cell phone...AND my speed dial at home...(kidding) and she then tells me...that this is the number she had at that house while she was growing up...and d had managed to keep his number that he grew up with...so now in the house...they have the same numbers they used to call each other on while dating some 30 years ago...

isn't that crazy?? m & d have been married for over 10 years now...married later in life...but it is a reminder...that when you find the right person...no matter at what age...it is the right time...