Princesses on Subsonic

[Mousekedude]

Awww, how sweet MmeLeota and Boilerdude.
Okay, now that I have a few minutes, I'm going to go ahead and post our story:

There really is truth to the statement that being friends first is what makes for a good marriage. My DW and I can attest to that, big time. In fact, in our story, we were not even friends at first. In fact, in the beginning we couldn’t stand each other! Here’s how it goes.

Once upon a time…. (just kidding)

A long, long time ago, in a city far, far away (Star Wars theme playing…). Okay, enough of that rubbish. Here we go for real:

When I first met Mouseoholic (Amber), I was actually married to someone else. I was with my wife at the mall one day, and we ran into a couple of people she knew. Amber was one of them. I remember seeing Amber and thinking “wow, she’s cute”, but then like a good husband, I held my wife’s hand and looked the other way, choosing not to think about it. Even though my marriage was on the rocks, I was determined to be loyal to my wife in the hope that it would get better.

Well, as it turned out, my wife ended up going off the deep end completely and leaving me, and then we got divorced. After that, I started to run into Amber more and more often because we had mutual friends and would therefore end up being around each other while participating in various get-togethers and so forth with said friends. As it turns out, even though I had thought she was cute when we first met, I didn’t like her at all when we were around each other. I thought she was a pushy know-it-all. I later found out that during that time period, she didn’t like me much either. She thought I was arrogant.

As time went on, and we got to know each other better, we realized that our first impressions of each other were wrong, and we gradually became friends. I started to make it my duty to look after her well-being in various things she was going through in her life, and she started to take an interest in me and my issues. Then one day a group of us went to see a performance of Phantom of the Opera, and since the group was mostly couples, and Amber was all by herself, I sorta took Amber under my wing and made myself her escort for the evening. It was the gentlemanly thing to do. Well, that was a turning point for her. When she saw that I was really very kind and caring at heart, she started developing romantic feelings for me. Of course, me being a guy and all, I was totally oblivious to this.

As time went on though, I started to see the signs that she was feeling more than just friendship for me. I was stupidly ignorant of the fact that it was my own fault, though, because I had been sending her mixed signals. I was always calling to check up on her, and I was always doing little things to help her out, but at the same time I was convinced in my own mind that I was just being a friend. I didn’t realize that I was also acting in a very flirtatious way, and sending little affectionate signals. You see, I was still hurting from my divorce, and was gun-shy about getting into another relationship. But Amber was there for me when I was feeling vulnerable, so I had developed an attachment to her. Well, it all came to a head one day when we were talking on the phone about relationships (she was fishing for clues), and I was being very negative about the whole idea (I was running away big time…). She got mad and hung up on me. Then later she called back and said “we need to talk!”

She wanted me to come over and have a serious talk. So I reluctantly agreed, and told my roommate “if I don’t come home tonight, look for me at the morgue, because Amber’s going to kill me. I think I’m going to lose a friend tonight because I can see she wants to talk about dating, and I’m just going to have to tell her that I don’t want to.” He just smiled and said nothing as I walked out the door.

When I got to Amber’s place, she opened the door, and I thought “Oh my God, she’s not giving up!” She was all prettied-up in her nicest clothes, hairdo, and makeup. And I knew this was going to be tough to let her down. She suggested we go sit in the backyard and talk, and as we walked back there I saw that she had set up the porch swing all romantic, with flowers and candles and a pitcher of iced tea. So I thought “oh CRUD, She is REALLY serious!” So we sat down on the porch swing, and she poured us both some iced tea, and then got right to it: “So! Give me ONE good reason why we shouldn’t be dating!” she said.

Well, for the next 20 minutes or so, I threw up every lame objection I could think of, each of which she promptly shot down with pure logic (drat! How did she know that logic was the surefire way to get to me!) I twisted and turned, and tried everything I could think of to justify why I didn’t want to date her, but not one of my lame arguments held up under her insightful cross-examination. Finally, when I had nothing else to say, and after a few moments of silence wherein she just sat there looking at me with this triumphant look on her face while I was slumped down in my seat like a bowl of quivering jello, she leaned over and got right in my face, and said: “Let me tell you something, buddy! You are everything I have ever wanted in a man, and I am everything you need, and YOU KNOW IT!! If you pass up this opportunity to date me, you will regret it for the rest of your life!” Her eyes glittered in the ensuing silence.

At that moment I knew I was going to marry her. So I cleared my throat, sat up straight, and said, “okay, you’re right. I guess we should be dating.” We got up, she walked me back to my truck, she hugged me and I kissed her on the forehead and said good night, and then somehow in a mental fog I managed to make my way back home. When I walked in the door, my roommate looked at me with a wicked grin and said “Well…?” When I told him what happened, he laughed at me and shouted “I knew it!”

Turns out, all of our friends had pretty-much the same reaction when we told them we were dating. Everyone had seen it coming except me. Everyone who knew the both of us also knew that we were a perfect match, and that it was only a matter of time…… We were married less than a year later.

Sorry for the long story. Who’s next?

[Amy]

Wow ~ that was a great story of how the mousekecouple met! I would never have guessed that is how you started out seeing how you two looked in your last trip report...you two are a very special couple and I am glad I have gotten the chance to know (well, know y'all a little anyhow) you both through here...

[Mousekedude]

Wow ~ that was a great story of how the mousekecouple met! I would never have guessed that is how you started out seeing how you two looked in your last trip report...you two are a very special couple and I am glad I have gotten the chance to know (well, know y'all a little anyhow) you both through here...

Thanks, Amy.

Looking forward to everyone else's stories.

[boilerbabe]

I wanted to read M-dude's story, but it's not all posted. Does it have something to do with the new format???? Is anyone else seeing what I'm seeing?!

[Mouseoholic]

Me too boilerbabe. I wanted to make sure he got the story right! =) I will let someone know. If it is happening here then it is probably happening somewhere else. It may be a character limitation. Ours is a long story......=)

Mouseoholic!

[Amy]

I wanted to read M-dude's story, but it's not all posted. Does it have something to do with the new format???? Is anyone else seeing what I'm seeing?!

I'm guessing something got subbuggered in the update. The nice mousekecouple's story that he told does seem to be just a shell of it's former self. Guess he'll have to post again...or...mouseoholic can post hers and we can see if it agreed with what he had written

[mindflipper]

In his defense, Mouskedude did post the whole story in detail originally in the prior subsonic forum. For some reason, when it got converted, the posting got corrupted. May I suggest that he report to RDeacon to let him know what happened as a result of the upgrade? Maybe RDeacon can recover from a back-up instead of Mousekedude having to re-write it all over again.

[boilerbabe]

I just read the Mouse Couple's story! That is soooo sweet, I'm all choked up right now! You two were meant to be together! Seeing you two in person too, you can just see it was meant to be! Thanks for sharing with us!

[Mousekedude]

I just read the Mouse Couple's story! That is soooo sweet, I'm all choked up right now! You two were meant to be together! Seeing you two in person too, you can just see it was meant to be! Thanks for sharing with us!

Thanks, Boilerbabe! Glad you got to read it. I went on the Chat this morning and got Rdeacon to look at it, and he fixed it in less than a minute! Woo-hoo! All hail Rdeacon!

[boilerbabe]

Yes, all hail Rdeacon!!!

[Amy]

Yes, all hail Rdeacon!!!

And all our wonderful oversee-ers... you guys are the best

[Mouseoholic]

Well, Mousekedude got it right. It's funny because usually the woman can remember more details than the DH. In this case he has always been the one that remembers all those little details. I knew we were perfect for each other and he was just scared. I did not blame him but all the signs were there it was just right. I had dated several people. Still living at home my parents would never allow any of the guys I dated inside the house. We had to sit out on the porch or on the lawn and talk. Later I moved out and then after a few months had to move back home (my parents were easier to deal with than a room mate). It was good timing because by this time we were about to get engaged and it would be time to save for our wedding. When I moved home and after Michael asked my dad for my hand in marriage, he was allowed inside. It was such a good running joke.

Anyway, it is so wonderful to hear everyone's love story. It is also nice to see that all of the couples share the same interest in Disney even if their schedule does not allow them to be on the site as much as their significant other.

Mouseoholic!

[MmeLeota]

I agree Mouseoholic, I love hearing everyone's stories! Props to your sweetie Mousekedude for coming up with the idea for this topic!

BTW Boilerbabe, I love your new avatar! Great pic of you guys!

[boilerbabe]

Thanks Mmeleota! It's another one of my favs.

[Sleepy90]

Well after the Epic's I have just read this is going to be short by comparison.

I met the love of my life in High School. We were engaged last day of school and married 4 years later. Now24 years further on he is still the only man I would look at twice.

Do I get some sort of award for the shortest story.