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Could you go back a little in time and give us the pre-trip report? How you went from meeting up on the last trip to what transpired in between that led to this proposal trip??
Love the updates! You guys are sooooo sweet!
Actually we met about 3 years ago here on the boards. We started chatting about our recent trip and that we were both from Michigan. I certainly wasn't here looking for what I found. LOL. Truthfully at that point in my life finding love was the last thing on my mind and I had kind of just ruled men out of the picture for a while! Actually when I responded to one of his posts I don't even know for sure that I knew he was a guy. We had been at Disney at the same time and both stayed at POP! We have went 2 consecutive years since then at the same time, on purpose of course. We became great friends, best friends actually over the couple years after we met. We went some pretty cool places like Holiday World, Cedar Point and Six Flags. Had many fun weekends just chilling at the pool which became a pretty regular thing on my every other weekend off. Spent the holidays together. To me there is nothing better about all this than spending the rest of my life with my best friend. Our children all just got along so good and seemed like family from day one. Especially our DD's who are very close in age. They were best buds right from the start.
So, here, three years later. A recent disney trip and a state in common. A friendship that surpassed any expectations I ever had and I get to spend forever with the man I love and the best friend I ever had. What girl could ever ask for more?!?
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I could see that especially with the love for Cindy!! You just never know. We live about 1 hour from Holiday World. Very Cool!
LOL...that did sound kind of strange on my part. I mean it wasn't that I doubted his masculinity or anything....I just wasn't mindful of whether I was talking to a male or female. LOL
I love his draw to Cindy! Tho you are right, not common for a man. He is certainly anything but common! LOL (which I love!! ) I think I posted this earlier but when we were standing in line waiting to see the princesses I felt so incredibly lucky to be there with a man who wanted to be there and not one of the men sitting in the waiting area talking on their cell phones to pass time. He puts up with my total love of TinkerBelle too, so its all good!
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We live about 1 hour from Holiday World. Very Cool!
Holiday World so rocks!!! OMG! For 3 years I lived in near Bloomington in a small town near Clay City. It was about an hour from there also. What a small world!! Where are you? My sister is still down there in Loogootee.
So, here, three years later. A recent disney trip and a state in common. A friendship that surpassed any expectations I ever had and I get to spend forever with the man I love and the best friend I ever had. What girl could ever ask for more?!?
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Yes I am envious you have such a open man who can show his feelings for you and Cindy! .
Alas, no it is me who is lucky to have such a woman who allows me to express my love and devotion for Cinderella in front of her. After all, how many women would go back to Toontown with me, (or even LET me go back for that matter) when I exclaim: "Oh No! We have to go back later! I forgot to tag the Princesses!" Would never have gotten this picture, which is one of my favorites. I'm going to get this one put on a coffe mug, I think:
It also has special meaning BECAUSE she insisted I have my picture taken alone with her. Or maybe it's cuz this is the only one of me and a Cinderella who's been 'freshly tagged!'.
Also quite fond of this one, right after I proposed:
Sighhh isn't she great? Thanks, Liz! You're the best!
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I believe the two of you really are perfect for one another!
Well you aarrreeeee HALF right! I AM perfect! LOL
Seriously, I think we really, honestly have a good understanding of what the other person is feeling. Trust me, not a field of roses every waking moment, but sometimes those less than perfect moments make you appreciate the absolute, true, without a shadow of a doubt, kind of love that everything is based on.
I think that its important to realize any relationship is a significant effort. Its the willingness to work at it. To never want to do anything that might make that person hurt, to encourage, push a little to help that person be everything they can be, but to also be there when that person needs to make an emergency landing once in a while.
I speak from experience. I moved down here with Brent and the kids this past weekend. We are getting married friday. I had to leave my 2 oldest DD's behind with family for a few weeks until school is out since one is a senior but I had a great job offer here that would not wait. In todays economy that sometimes has to be jumped on. I left a job I love to start over. I left my friends, one being my best friend (other than Brent), she lost her parents young and has been like a sister to me. She ended up in the hospital critically ill the day after I left. I started my kids in a new school and cried when I had to leave my youngest one there and come home. I have felt like a failure as a friend and parent at times. I have ran thru every gamment of emotion and this morning it finally got to me. I just cried like a baby. I was happy/ thrilled/ excited with my new life but also sad/ frustrated/ and scared. I wanted to just pack up and go hide somewhere. I called my friend and just spewed it all. She told me ( and you would have to know her to appreciate this) "so get off the phone with me and get your dumb a** home and talk to him! You love him, this is what you have wanted for a long time and I am sure he is feeling as frustrated as you. So talk to him and LET him help you. He can't help you if he doesn't understand you. And we all know.....understanding you is a challenge!! LOL" I talked to him and I do feel better. I am not accustomed to feeling scared or lonely, I didn't know how to handle it. But I cried, he hugged me, he really got what I was saying. And cared what I was saying. Never had that before. He is an amazing man, a kind of strength where I am weak. I do realize how fortunate I am and will never take that for granted. Not everyone find this companionship/friendship, and I know that.
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I could see that especially with the love for Cindy!! You just never know. We live about 1 hour from Holiday World. Very Cool!
) I think I posted this earlier but when we were standing in line waiting to see the princesses I felt so incredibly lucky to be there with a man who wanted to be there and not one of the men sitting in the waiting area talking on their cell phones to pass time. He puts up with my total love of TinkerBelle too, so its all good!
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