In October of 2006 I started working with this lady... we work right next to each other for 8-10 hours a day and we are free to talk 90% of the time! Well after about 6 months we took a business trip and had to stay at a hotel. She had a few drinks but I wasn't old enough yet :D One thing led to another... on the way back home the next AFTERNOON:eek: , she said "I wasn't drunk last night". We were both "single" at the time, we both were kind of getting out of bad relationships... So we just continued this open relationship, if that's what you can call it. About four months later, we both were getting a bit tired of the situation and she pretty much said, "Do you want to date me?" I agreed. She's 33 and I'm 22. She has two children from her previous marriage.
Now for almost a year we have been inseparable, I mean we rarely fight, if we do it's just meaningless bickering! I mean I've been in a couple yearlong relationships, but I've never been happier, and neither has she. Things that would have bothered me in the past, don't with her. Vice Versa.
So we got an apartment together starting next month!
We also bought a 1.5 acre lot about an hour away from her ex (who is a jerk, alienating her older child against her and NEVER paying child support!)
We look forward to moving down there in a few years. I'm thinking of proposing this summer. My mother offered me the wedding ring from my late Father. My mother has since remarried and is VERY happy, as well as my brother and I. Is that OK if I give her the diamond placed in a setting I buy? It has GREAT sentimental value to me and I couldn't imagine a better candidate!
Thanks so much, I look forward to your comments!