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My name is Caroline I am a 20 year student at Sheffield Hallam University (England) Dave is a 27 year old computer programmer from Slough (England). I had never been on the internet before starting the university in 1997 but I knew of it and things like that..
I had never heard of IRC but I was soon hooked on it..(afterall it passes long days at university) - seriously though - it was the best thing to happen to me after about 7 months online I
started talking to Dave - we'd always got on and he was going out with my friend Steph.. We were nothing more than friends for
ages.. neither of us thought any of it..
But in May 1999 things changed.
A little time prior to that I was going through a really bad time.. my boyfriend at the time wasn't nice to me.. he didnt help me when I needed him the most - Family turmoil, exams, my mum was diagnosed of cancer and my grandad was dying - had been for about 2/3 years.. but he had gotten worse than ever before.
Dave broke up with Steph and we both kinda used each other as shoulders to lean on - lengthy conversations on IRC and ICQ,
emails all the time, short messages on the phone (around 900+ in a month).
It wasnt too long before we both realised how much we liked each other.. even loved each other. I remember as if it was just yesterday...I was at work (supermarket - money to survive `ya know?) feeling a tad down and he messaged me as usual.. and
said the following.. " I leave you to go back to work with these words - the man writing this is slowly but surely falling in love with you". That was it - it clinched it..
The fact that he was over 180 miles away; the fact we were 7 years apart in age; the fact that we hadn't known each other *THAT* long, it didnt matter. Something in me just clicked.. I liked him for ages.. but I never did anything about it.. I decided / we decided to give it a go. He came up to see me a week later.. arrived a little early came into my work ... noticed
me straight away and I did the first thing I thought
of - I stuck my tongue out at him LOL - he didnt mind but looking back at it there was so many other things I could have done :P
Anyhow.. after work I went outside and we just hugged.. I held on to him for all my worth - we went for a meal, bowling (I bet
him naturally) and a drive.. I felt like I'd known him all my life.
After that first night - we couldnt wait till the next time.. for the first few times he didn't come in the house - we were both
a little unsure how my parents would great him - they wouldnt see Dave - the kewl guy they'd see "older guy" but it went suprisingly well.. the weekend after that I went to his - it was wonderful.. after about 6 weeks of being together I'd met his
family he'd met mine.. we all got on.. Unfortunately Dave was ill - kidney stones - I was beside myself. Supported him as
anyone would but got more worried about it than he did.. eventually it was all sorted - I was there for him throughout... 7 months down the line - after every weekend and a couple of holidays together he proposed to me (Dec 12 4:40PM
We've been together just over 8 months and we are still going strong - the distance cant keep us apart - in fact we've missed
only 3 weekends twice due to money and 1 time due to daves illness when we were first starting out.
I love him to bits and I have to say that without the net we wouldnt have ever met.. anyone who said no good can come from
online romances aren't looking hard enough - I am a true believer in there's the right guy for every gal . and somehow - through dumb luck maybe or some higher power I found mine and I ain't letting go..
Dave came into my life when everything was against me.. imaging standing on some scales.. you on oneside and everything against
you on the other - ppl who wanna see yyou upset, places that upset you, memories or horrid things..and you are on that scale wishing to outweight it all somehow but you simply dont have enough to do that.. then some guy who gives you the world without
even trying - who knows when you need them and does all the right things says all the right words and is just "there" climbs
up those scales and stands beside you and you watch all the bad things sink and you are raised higher and higher.. thats what it feels like - some of the bad things that have happened to me can never be taken back or will never go away but with Dave by my side they cant touch me anymore....
If nothing else I hope this gives hope to someone who is considering taking the plunge and Going for it!! I did and look where it got me ;0)
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