Day 48 of RFYLH

Question #48

Tell a courtship story about your parent. How they met etc... Tell the same about your courtship?

I can honestly say I have no idea about my parents courtship or how they met. It was always a soar subject with both of them by the time I was old enough to really want to know so I never got an answer. That is something I will have to try and get out of my mom or dad one day soon so I can EDIT this blog post.

As for my courtship story, I have told it many times on here but one more wont hurt I'm sure.

I was just out of high school and working at a casino (Isle of Capri) in the hotel as a maid. It was my third day on the job and my first day on my own. I was on the 21st floor I think and was cleaning a room. I took to sheets off the bed and was headed out to my cart to put them in the dirty laundry bag when I saw Dale walk through the security door at the end of the hall. I wasn't really looking to get into another relationship because I had just gotten out of the one with Dominic's father. I thought he was cute but didn't put much thought into it. I went back into the room and was trying to make the bed when he snuck up behind me and scared me by saying "DON'T you think you should be working." I about jumped out of my skin. We both laughed and introduced ourselves. It was his first day in the hotel. He had been working for the casino for awhile but mostly on nights and on the floor but now he was on days and they stuck him in what they called the tower. We talked for about twenty minutes while I finished working on the bed. I told him all about Dominic and that I was a single mom and not really looking for a relationship. He said he was fine with that and that we could just be friends. I was cool with that. As I went out to get something off my cart my supervisor came down the hall so I said goodbye to Dale and went about my day. I thought that would be the last I would see of him since I was not aware of how the security worked in the hotel. I moved on to another floor and went about my day. Finally I saw him again and quickly wrote down my number and the hooked-on-phonics version of how to say my name. (Which he still has laminated to this day). After I gave it to him we talked for a couple of minutes then he went on to lunch. I finished my day and went home. I didn't see him after that didn't hear from him for about a week so I thought he was just one of those guys who tried to see how many numbers he could get in a day. But I was wrong. Turned out he was in the process of moving from Pass Christian to Biloxi and I got a call at about 9:00 at night. I quickly told him I had younger brothers who where still in school so he couldn't call that late. I hung up and my mom said I could call him back it was fine. We talked for about an hour and a half and made plans to go out that Friday. After hanging up with him my mom hands me tickets to The Ultimate Rush ride and said we should use them before they went bad. I called him back and asked if he wanted to go the next night and he said yes. I told him I didn't have a babysitter so I would have to bring Dominic and my little brother along with us. He was fine with it and so we went out. We had a good time and he even got along with my brother well. I met his roommate and we started car pooling and hanging out together. He even babysat for me a couple of times so I could go and hang out with my girlfriends. Eventually we moved in together and started really dating. We had been together maybe 6 months when he first asked me to marry him on the side of the highway. I said Yes but No he had to ask my father first. Which he did and 11 months after meeting we eloped and have been together ever since. We will be celebrating our 12 year anniversary in January and couldn't be happier together.

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