Sunday Morning Blog

July 18, 2005

The "M" Word

[mood | elated]

A year ago, I was the type of guy who was so set in his routine that a relationship would have been difficult to fit in. However, I was starting to recognize that I was not growing any younger. I knew that special someone was out there, but I wasn't sure how or where to find her. My bar scene days long behind (I never really did the bar scene), I actually placed an ad on a singles' dating site. I had a few responses and a casual date or two (more like informal get-to-know you type meetings). I even met up with a woman who I hadn't seen in eleven or twelve years – someone who I had dated for a couple of weeks “back in the day.” At about this time, through a friend and fellow blogger who I had happily made the acquaintance of, I met Jesse. Jesse and I were miles and years apart. We read each other's blogs. We shared a few emails. We sent a few instant messages back and forth – nothing serious. I went away on a camping/hiking trip last September and when I returned, something was different. Jesse welcomed me back and we started chatting. One of our first extended conversations (via IM) was a joking one about getting married and furnishing a house together. If we had only known...

Flash forward a year. Since that time, we have been together for nine months. This past weekend was our nine month anniversary as a matter of fact. In celebration of this milestone, we went out to dinner and drove to the beach to do some sand and rock hunting for a decorative-vase-beach-scape deal that Jesse was putting together. It was at the beach this weekend – on one knee in the sand, that the four words that I never thought would pass my lips were sincerely uttered... “Will you marry me?” There were tears, hugs and kisses (adding up to a long, unspoken “yes”).

Since we met via blog, I thought it appropriate to announce our intentions to wed here. Jesse has agreed to marry Drew. There will be more formal announcements made. There are those who may read this to whom we would prefer a face to face announcement be made. If you have read it here first, we hope you understand. It is not that we did not care enough about you to tell in person. It is that I could not hold back what I feel the most important personal news since I started this blog. I am still jello legged when I think of it. We will be married and share the rest of our lives together. Awesome! Unbelievable! Amazing!

This all thanks to friends made here in the Blogosphere. We will be forever grateful... Thank You!

Posted by capecodcyclist at July 18, 2005 06:12 PM