Lets be romantic!

Tell us about your valentine, first love, first crush, or how you were proposed to, or how you proposed to your sweetheart.

From: Lucy Welden

I met my husband at work, when I would take my break he would stop and speak, and we would talk mostly about our brothers and sisters. We were both the eldest in our family. We knew each other for about 2 1/2 years before we dated, he was shy, I changed employment before he asked me out and 2 months later he proposed and we were married 3 months later. We have almost 43 years of marriage.

From: Lois Rotella

I am going to tell you about my first crush. He worked at the A & P Supermarket. He was a cashier and would volunteer to get anything for my Mom and would stand only on his line. His name was Robert and I thought he was the cutest thing. After a while when I would go into the store and get on his line he would talk to me. I thought that was the greatest. Nothing ever came of it because he graduated from high school before I could date. But he was my first love from a distant.

From: Amy Freeman

My Valentine this year was my daughter. The person I felt that was my best friend/ true love, was killed in an accident two years ago on Valentine's Day. Each year I've gone to the cemetery to remember what a wonderful person he was. As hard as it is not to have him in my life now, I feel blessed that he was. Anyone who knew him, knew what a caring and loving person he was. No matter who he was with, if one of his friends needed him, he dropped everything to be with them. I just hope that he knew how much he was loved and appreciated, and that everyone he knew would do anything for him.

From: Connie Olson

This is how I was proposed too. I was standing by the sink washing out my trash cans. Whoops, I'd better back up and give a few more facts.

I was divorced from my first husband for about 4 years when I met my second husband Al. Al worked construction and was only in town on weekends. He also had been divorced for 10 years. We both had agreed when we first started dating that there was no way were we ever going to marry again. PERIOD!!!!

We each had 6 children from our first marriages. That was enough for both of us. His were just about grown, as he was several years older that I was. His oldest daughter was a good friend of mine. She was already married and had three children. She always told us that her father and I should get together.

Al's youngest son Bill was 14, he was starting to have typical teen age problems. Biggest one was he wouldn't listen to his mother who he lived with. By then Al's ex wife had an alcohol problem and was gone a lot so he was starting to get into trouble.
Bills social worker came to talk to me as I was the contact person for Al when he was out of town working. The social worker had asked me several questions which I thought was odd, but later on found out that Al's son wanted to come and live with me and my children. Bill, my kids and I got along great.

We all had gone on many outings combining both families. All the kids got along fine. When Al came back into town I told him about the questions the social worker had asked and why they were asking them. They wanted a meeting with Al. So he took time off work and met with the social service people.

When he came back to my place I was standing at the sink washing out my trash cans. I turned to him and asked about the meeting. There he stood with beautiful flowers in his hand, and a big silly grin on his face. I naturally asked what he had done wrong as he had flowers. He laughed walked over by the sink, dropped to one knee. and proceed to ask me if I would marry him? After the initial shock myself, and standing there with the dripping trash can in my other hand, I through my arms around his neck and said yes!!!

He then proceeded to tell me what was said at the meeting. The worker thought we had a beautiful relationship that we would be a fine family, but with one problem. We weren't married. If we would married the judge would probably give Al custody of Bill.. That way Bill could come and live legally with me. The kids were all excited to have a dad and bunch of new brothers and sisters too. I always tease, I had to marry Al. Bill was the biggest baby I ever had. mine at age 14, 6'0 tall and 180 pounds.
Al and I were married 36 happy years when he passed away. Kids are all married and doing well. Bill is now an attorney in Las Vegas.

From: Philip Harris

I can still remember my first love. I started school in the Harrisena one room school house. Mrs. Pulver was the teacher. There were two of us in Kindergarten. Me and Joyce. I had a big crush on her. She would even kiss me in back of the wood shed. I would be so embarrassed that my face would be red for days. When we were in first and second grade I sometimes walked her home. She lived in the house built by John J. Harris, owned now by Norma Stark. I would pull my little wagon and ride down the hill back home. Joyce was a foster child and one day had to move. My heart was broken. I have been blessed to have two special loves in my life. Alice the mother of my wonderful children and Wanda who has brought the greatest joy I could imagine to my life.

From: Renee Zamora

My valentine and sweetheart is my husband William Zamora. I met, well heard, Bill first when I went to a Church Young Adult Campout with my friend Laura. I really didn't want to come and was in a bad mood. When I went to my cabin I found out it was only three sided and open on one side. That bothered me, plus I wasn't a camper. I tried to sleep and I was kept awake by someone playing the bagpipes. I was so upset I was going to go up there and bust them over their head. My friend stopped me from doing that. It was a good thing I didn't because I later found out it was my future husband Bill playing them. I finally met Bill when we had a dance. There was an lieutenant that was bothering me and I wasn't interested in him. I finally got away and stood next to a Chaperon, I thought, it turned out to be Bill. You can say he swept me off my feet. The lieutenant came over to ask me to dance and Bill said oh, she said she would dance with me. Then he swept me off my feet and we danced the night away.

The second time I met Bill was when he invited me to go to the Hill Cumorah Pagent with his group. I drove out to Palmya, NY all my myself. My car didn't have a radio so it was lonely hours driving out there. I kept having this question enter my mind. Would you marry Bill if he asked you. After three times ignoring the question I finally decided to answer it. I figured I would since I didn't see anything wrong with him. Well that night after the Pagent we stayed up all night and talked. At sunrise he asked me to marry him and I said Yes! We were engaged for a year, so we could get to know each other better. I never changed my mind so we were married and have three lovely children.

From: Joyce Eggleston

I met my husband Jerry when I was 14 years old. He was 23 then. We were married when I was 17. He had bought his fathers and mothers home after he got out of the amry. We still live in that house today. We have been married 49 years come August 2004. It has been a good life.

From: Heidi MacDuff

I met my husband Bill in 1979, we both were working at First Nat'l Bank at the time. We were married on September 5th, 1981. He is still the love of my life. We have 3 wonderful children and a good marriage.

From: Marie Zamora

In my short existance, Ive been proposed to 5 times - I've said "no" to all but 1... but I never was married. Good thing too! :P
My frist crush that I can remember was a kid named Talon Anderson in the 1st grade. Looking at pictures of him now, I can't believed I liked him. He was a doppy looking kid!