Looking back 2 years....

May 30 - June 5, 2007

Well, I am kinda a sentimental person... and certain dates that most people really wouldn't consider that big of a deal, I do! Like when Matt and I first "met", his 1st email to me, all the emails that we shared getting to know each other (all 75ish in about 5 days!!) and our first date.... all those things are very special to me! And to believe that it's been already 2 years since that 1st whirlwind of a week, is pretty amazing! I would have never thought (ok, well, I have to admit that I was SURE HOPING) that I would marry this guy that I met online.

So, as I reflect and go through some of those old emails this week..... i thought I'd share with you somethings I still remember about that crazy 1st 5 days, getting to know each other and flirting back and forth through emails..... (although I can remember a lot, i wish I could remember more!)

Here are parts of our 1st emails to each other
MATT's:
I was excited to get a smile from you. I am new to all this meeting people on line, so if I sound stupid please forgive me. I just put my profile on relationships.com and I am still nervous about it. You are the very first person to send me any sort of message. But I guess I haven't sent any out either...I am a very shy person. In your note you said to check out your myspace page, which was set up beautifully. On there you talked about your web site and that is how I got your e-mail address. I feel I know a lot about you already...I must say your pictures did bring a smile to my face, you just look like you would be fun to hang around with...And quite beautiful too. Well I just wanted to say thank you for showing interest in me and if you want e-mail me back..

It was very nice to meet you.

ME:
Wow... I'm glad you emailed me. Made me blush a little I must admit. I honestly had not been on relationships.com in quite awhile and just recently signed back in last night. I typically don't send smiles, messages, anything like that either, but I guess you just caught my eye. I am usually shy and defintely sceptical about the whole online thing too. But, I would love to get to know you better if you are willing to share!

I notice that you have a very DUTCH last name too! =P I am dutch myself. Haha! I won't play dutch bingo though, don't worry!

Hope to hear from you soon!

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Other email highlights that I enjoy to re-read:

MATT:
So by the way you said you would share anything.......That makes a lot of things run through my head.....But I know what you mean, I don't have any secrets, so just ask away.

ME:
Well, I must admit that.... your last email... showed me a lot about
you. All GREAT things, seriously! Made me smile... the whole time I
was reading it! =) Defintely brightened up my not so fun day! We have
a LOT in common.

MATT:
My first thought....Sweeeet I go digits!!!

I'm glad I could brighten up your day, and if we are admitting stuff I have to say that the email you sent me last night I read before I went to bed. It took me a hour to fall asleep just laying there thinking about all the great things you said. If you knew me a little better you would know that I can always fall right asleep. I can sleep anytime during anything.

MATT:
I don't know if that's such a good deal....I mean a Sox's fan.....I guess I could make an exception....

MATT:
Well, I'll flirt with you latter.. ;)

We talked about the normal stuff, questions to get to know each other. Things like:
food, music, and movies that we like, some crazy quarks about ourselves and also the similarity we have in losing a significant amount of weight. But more serious things... church, our commitment to being virgins until we were married, and what we wanted in our potential mate. Yeah, all that in the matter of 6 days! We were both older and even in those emails, I think we both knew that we wanted to be upfront and find out sooner rather than later if this person was "worth our time" or in other words, what we were thinking for. I remember Matt would actually email me back at midnight... (which is very unlikely that he even stay awake past 10 now! haha.....)!

I hope I never loose or have to delete all those emails.... they are always fun to look back on.... =)

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Our first date was June 5 (Tuesday night!)
We had it planned that we were going to meet at Popolano's in Lansing (I hadn't met the guy, wasn't really sure if I wanted him coming to my house, so i drove separate!). It was a great first date. I don't really recall everything that we talked about at dinner, but I know that it was already at that point natural. I felt comfortable, I think he did too! So, since Matt is not much of a decision maker (and i wasn't going to make any decisions that night I had already told him!), after dinner we rode around Lansing/Munster area.... he showed me a place that he used to work and then we ended up going past his aunt and uncle's house that just so happened to be a couple of blocks away from my parents' house... so I showed him where I lived (knowing at this point that he wasn't some weirdo stalker! haha!). But then after driving around a little bit, we went to Baker Square for a little dessert... I believe that Matt got the Coconut Cream Pie and I got the brownie ala mode! Yum!!!!!! And I won't ever forget this..... (and I think I recall it different than Matt... but oh well!)... but when we were back at Popolano's for him to drop me off...we were sitting in his truck.... just chatting.... and Matt asked me like 3 different times if he could take me out again.... and I remember trying so hard to play hard to get. But I think he saw right through me and knew that I liked him already at that point! =)

I won't bore you with any other sentimental ramblings about matt and i.... hope you enjoyed the little insight to our first days together.... =)