Okay, last time this was asked, I didn't have one either, but this time I do. I hesitate to post it, since most of you already know the story, but I will anyway. Here ya go:
I knew this guy online from the Playa.Info site and grew to like him through his posts, though we had never had any personal interaction. In December of ’05, we posted casually to each other before he came down to Playa with his girlfriend of five years. I met them in person and liked them both though I (along with nearly everyone else who met them) could not imagine a more unlikely couple than the two of them, as she was stiff and proper and stodgy and he is totally irreverent and fun. And though I liked her and would never even have considered interfering... despite all that, he and I seemed to have a connection from the moment our eyes met in the van on the way to the catamaran. Spent a couple more times around the two of them during their trip and he made me smile, while she rolled her eyes. I had no way of knowing they were on one of those make-or-break-the-relationship vacations.
After they returned home, I PM’d him telling him how nice it was to have met the two of them and, jokingly (and out of character), to tell the g/f that she might have a challenge from me if he ever quit a certain nasty habit I believed him to have. (Turns out it wasn’t a habit after all, but an occasional thing.)
I was pretty embarrassed for saying that when he announced a couple weeks later that they had broken up. He was a bit sad about the split so I, along with other Playa.Info friends, sent him nice PMs to make him feel better. I asked if a phone call would help. He said it would. My internet phone connection sucks so our first conversations were comical, not understanding one another, missing whole sentences, and ultimately being cut off and calling one another back time and again. Finally, we realized Instant Messaging would work better and our communication took off and became a nightly thing. He felt better.
So did I!
Next thing I know, a few of us have convinced him and he’s on his way down to Playa for a big week-long party with 200+ of our closest internet friends we never met (PeepFest!), and we’ve got a Sunday date scheduled. He gets into town on Thursday and our date started early and never ended. A few weeks later, I flew to Philly for his birthday and soon after that, he announced his feelings (I shared them) to the world (via Playa.info). If his dang house ever sells, he’ll quit the job and share happily ever after with me here.
It’s all good!