Eric & Cheri

On my first day at Great Expectations (the very end of February) I had five men that sent me an “I’m interested in meeting you” notice. Eric was one of those five. I thought he was handsome, and his profile was filled with humor and he had all the other qualities I had on my “must” list.  I watched his video and it strengthened my interest to meet him. I responded yes to him and we began emailing.

Due to our opposite schedules and living on opposite ends of the Valley, it took 2-3 weeks before we set up a date. His humor continued in his emails and I began to wonder if he could ever be serious. I was becoming leery, but I figured I would still give it a chance.

We met for lunch on a Sunday after church. When I saw him walking up to the restaurant, I immediately liked his look and the way he carried himself. I got up to hug him as he approached the table (I don’t know what came over me, but it was natural without thinking). I had a great time liking him more and more each second. We discussed ex spouses, religion, and politics. Both of us commented that we probably were ruining the opportunity by discussing such matters. When the meal was finished I was disappointed, and apparently he was too because he asked me to go walk around the shopping center across the freeway.

I was elated and we continued our date walking, talking, sitting and talking until it was way past when either of us had planned. He drove me back to my car and asked me for a second date. We waited another 2 weeks (due to schedules) and had our second date at night. He met me at the restaurant with a hired rickshaw and we toured downtown Scottsdale while we waited for our table. I really liked him by now. We finished with him asking me for a third date. After the third date, he told me he didn’t want another 2 weeks to go by without seeing me, so we set a date for the following week. After the fourth date I thought to myself that I was in love with this man. By this point I had been dwindling my other dating as we continued to see each other weekly and were speaking on the phone almost every day.

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