Can You Find Prince Charming Through the Personals Or Are They All Frogs?

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About 12 years ago, before the cyber dating explosion, I placed an ad in the Personals of our local paper. I was a young widow and longing for some adult, male companionship. My teenaged daughters encouraged me to start dating again, telling me that I "Needed to date, meet somebody, get a life!." I was working in Cardiac Rehab at that time and the men I came in contact with were either in their 70's or physically ill. Not really what I was looking for. My uncle had met his wife through the Personals and encouraged me to try it out. So, I did. I went out on many "blind dates," but nothing ever really clicked for me. I had two quasi relationships but neither of those ended up permanent. I was about to call it quits when one night I checked my messages and found one from this man who really sounded nice. We seemed to have a lot in common, but I was still a bit leary at continuing this "blind dating" thing. I took down his name and number but didn't call right away. A couple of weeks later, feeling lonely, I remembered that I had his number. What the heck? I called him. We talked for over 2 hours that night and actually met a few days later. Believe it or not, I knew the night we met that I was going to marry him. Laugh if you want, but 10 months later, we were married. This past October we celebrated our 11 wedding anniversary. We are in as much love now as we were then. Matter of fact, maybe more! So, it can work. I am sure you will kiss a few frogs along the way, but never give up...your Prince Charming is out there somewhere!