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 Literature › Re: A Cute Love Story by phayvoursky(op): 8:44am On Aug 18, 2013 |
Chapter Three Three full days passed after that fateful encounter, and the little note Matthew had left for me remained tucked away inside my wallet. I certainly wasn’t following any rule on how many days to wait before calling a guy; rather, I was feeling pretty terrible about calling him at ALL, given my still VERY freshly single status. My ex- boyfriend hadn’t even moved out of our house yet, and although I remained fully aware of that note and secretly wanted to call the number on it, I refrained. It just seemed so wrong to be having thoughts about another guy so soon. Then, on the afternoon of the fourth day, I went to work and, as I clocked in on the register, I noticed a bright blue, folded sticky note with my name on it taped to the window beside me. I pulled it off and opened it, and there was Matthew’s name and number again, but this time in the handwriting of one the hostesses who answers the phone. I turned to my manager and asked what it was all about. “This guy already gave me his number!” I said, confused. “What is it doing here again?” My manager gravely told me that Matthew had called the restaurant and asked for me the day before, but since I wasn’t there, he simply left his name and number with the hostess. “Is this guy stalking you? Do you want me to call him?” he asked with concern. I laughed and said I didn’t think so. But secretly, I was impressed with Matthew’s tenacity. He was interested, and he wasn’t beating around the bush about it. I liked that. I texted him that afternoon and apologized for not calling. I told him that I’d wanted to, but it had only been several days since my ex and I had broken up and it felt a little irreverent to be calling another guy so soon. I said that I’d call him when I got off work that night. The reply I received went something like this: Ok, little miss four days later! Good thing I remain optimistic, ‘cause it was beginning to look like I wasn’t going to hear from you! Matthew later told me that those were the most torturous four days of his life. He kept his phone within an arm’s reach and pondered whether or not I was playing hard to get or something. When he didn’t hear from me right away, he had called the restaurant (from California!) in case I had “lost his number.” Patience is not this man’s greatest virtue; I can definitely attest to that now! I don’t want to skim over anything, but I also don’t want to drag this out for weeks. So let’s just say that I called Matthew that evening, and by the end of about a one hour conversation, I knew I had just met the man who would one day be my husband. I called my best friend the next day and told her so, which, naturally, was met with a somewhat apprehensive “umm… ok?” |
| Literature › Re: A Cute Love Story by phayvoursky(op): 8:42am On Aug 18, 2013 |
My heart skipped a beat. I unfolded the little note. Matthew had written his name and phone number and the message: Be back in two weeks. Would be great to hear from you! I was shaking. I can’t explain it, but I felt like I was dreaming. My mind was racing with thoughts of how completely serendipitous this encounter was, but how completely awful it felt to be entertaining thoughts of another relationship so soon after my last one ended. One of the waitresses at the restaurant, a good friend and mother-type figure to me, stopped by our table and read the note. She had seen the whole thing unfold, and the way Matthew had come back in and stared back at me as I chatted obliviously with my friend. With a knowing look on her face, she said “Jenni, it’s a God thing.” And she turned out to be very, very right. Mrs. D and Matthew both corroborate the story that, when they had left the restaurant after our initial meeting, Matthew matter of factly told his mother that I was the one. That he knew it. And she said she had always known it. She told him what I said about my boyfriend and I breaking up, and Matthew demanded she turn around. They came back, he scribbled his note on that little piece of paper, and he went back in to find me. And I COULD just say “the rest is history,” but that really wouldn’t be doing the story justice. The part that comes next is half the fun! I suppose that sometimes fate might whisper, but in our case, it screamed. |
| Literature › Re: A Cute Love Story by phayvoursky(op): 8:40am On Aug 18, 2013 |
I gave her a hug and laughed, saying, “Well, actually, me and my boyfriend just broke up, so it’s ok.” I thought I’d humor her. Many proud mamas had bragged on their sons to me before, and if or when I ever did end up meeting these “handsome” princes, things were usually awkward and anything but a match made in heaven. Mrs. D led me just outside the little foyer where we’d been waiting. Her car was a few feet away, and the driver’s side door was still open where she had gotten out. I peered into the car and there he was: the infamous son. I’d be lying if I said I heard a choir of angels singing, or if I said a bright light shone upon him like some supernatural vision from God, but there truly was instant attraction. He reached over from the passenger side seat to shake my hand and said, “Hey! Nice to finally meet you!” He had the bluest eyes I’d ever seen, and from then on I was in somewhat of a stupor, which is not unusual for me when faced with awkward social situations (especially involving shockingly attractive members of the opposite sex). I said something along the lines of, “It’s really nice to meet you too! I’ve heard a lot of good things about you, and I just love your Mom!” Mrs. D mentioned then that Matthew was going home to California the next morning but would be back in a couple weeks. I replied saying maybe we would see each other again when he returned, and the conversation wrapped up. But in typical Jenni fashion, I had to say at least one ridiculous thing before going along my merry way, so just as I turned around to walk back into the diner, I decided to poke my head in the car one more time and say, “oh, excuse me SIR? What did you say your name was again? I already forgot!” Yes, I called him SIR. And as soon as that word flew off my tongue I was mortified with myself. Why the !@#$ did I just call him “sir?” What an idiot! He just laughed and said “Matthew.” “Ok, thanks!” I replied. “Maybe I’ll see you again soon!” They left, and I went back into the restaurant where my friend was waiting. And just a couple moments later we were inside and seated at our table near the back of the little one room diner. We ordered our breakfast and, after a few more minutes, the hostess walked up to our table and slipped me a little note. “That guy just came back in and told me to give this to you. He saw you sitting with Chris and didn’t want to be rude and interrupt,” she told me. |
| Literature › Re: A Cute Love Story by phayvoursky(op): 7:56am On Aug 18, 2013 |
Chapter Two It was a Saturday that the ex and I had broken up, and by Monday morning, though I was by NO means “over” the breakup, I was feeling ever so slightly hopeful; or at least looking forward to a fun breakfast with a friend. One of my male coworkers was (is) like a brother to me; we were hired on at the restaurant around the same time, and over the six and a half years until this point in the story, he and I had become close and occasionally planned a breakfast outing to catch up on the events of each other’s lives. A week prior to this aforementioned Monday, he and I had planned to meet for breakfast at the restaurant where we worked – only I got called into work when another waitress went home sick. I didn’t know it at the time, but this was a game-changing move. One of those moments where the Universe intervenes because that particular event wasn’t in keeping with the greater plan. Truth be told, if I had met my friend for breakfast on that previously planned date, or if I had shown up to the restaurant even a single moment later on the day we DID end up meeting, Matthew and I would have never met. My life would be drastically different right now. Funny how the smallest little decisions and changes of course can alter the entire plot of your life. So on that Monday morning, January 19 of 2009, I woke up, got showered and dressed, and headed out to a 9:00 AM breakfast with my friend. Like usual, I was running a couple minutes late. Once I arrived, I parked my car and walked across the lot and into the little diner where my friend Chris was already waiting in the line to be seated. We chatted for maybe thirty seconds before the outside door of the restaurant swung open and, to my surprise, there was Mrs. D! She seemed excited to see me and exclaimed, “Jenni! I know this might seem strange, and I know you have a boyfriend, but my son is here in town— we were just leaving, and I saw you walking up —I’d love for you to come out and meet him!” |
| Literature › Re: A Cute Love Story by phayvoursky(op): 7:42am On Aug 18, 2013 |
lol. im sorry heskay. i have to type all these. |
| Literature › Re: A Cute Love Story by phayvoursky(op): 7:41am On Aug 18, 2013 |
So one day the breakup finally happened. We talked and cried for hours and finally decided that we could never truly work. He decided to move out and let me stay in the house and keep the dogs because, on his income alone, he couldn’t afford to live there (I made enough waiting tables to cover the bills if pennies were tightly pinched). I can honestly say that the 48 hours after that break up were the toughest of all my life. I ugly- cried those kind of tears that come from somewhere inside you didn’t even know existed —a place of fear and sudden awareness that you are completely alone. And that’s the place I was in when I met Matthew. We met a mere 48 hours after the ex and I called it quits, which could either be considered really terrible timing or really great timing. I choose to believe the timing was perfect. But let’s back up again for just a minute. Remember how I was working at that little restaurant? Well, for a couple of years I’d been waiting on my future in-laws without even knowing it. We’ll just call them Mr. and Mrs. D for our purposes here today. They were an odd couple. Mrs. D was a beautiful blonde and friendly as can be, and Mr. D was quiet, reserved, and hard to read. I really enjoyed waiting on them, though, and I found it amusing when Mrs. D would occasionally mention their son in California and how perfect he and I would be for each other. She mentioned this to me on at least two or three occasions, but I always laughed and just politely reminded her that I had a boyfriend. I came to find out later that, in actuality, Mrs. D talked a whole lot more about Matthew and I one day meeting than I ever knew at the time; Mr. D now says he had to hear about it every single time they came to the restaurant, and Matthew, when he was in town, would always go to eat there and would hear about me then, too. But for some reason, I was never working when Matthew happened to stop in with his parents, and our paths never crossed. But then one day, on January 19, 2009, our paths DID cross. And to make it all the more strange, I wasn’t even working that day—the encounter was, TRULY, by chance. Little did I know when I woke up that morning, Martin Luther King Day and a university holiday, that my life was about to be turned upside down. |
| Literature › A Cute Love Story by phayvoursky(op): 7:25am On Aug 18, 2013 |
Chapter One Our love story started long before Matthew and I ever actually met. And when you think about it, most love stories start that way. Every moment leading up to the one in which you meet your future husband or wife somehow shapes you and prepares you for that person you were fated for. Any previous heartbreaks or dark days or lonely nights can be crucially important in the grand scheme of things —sometimes we need to know what something feels like when it’s wrong before we can ever really know it when another thing is RIGHT. So that’s why I need to start the story with a little bit of background. The whole “girl meets boy, boy and girl fall in love, boy and girl get married” model is a little too simplistic for my needs. You people want details, don't you? Of course you do. When I was 18 years old and working as a waitress at a little family restaurant, I met a guy who was 10 years older than me. He was the one who came before Matthew. We dated for three and half years, and even lived together during the last year and half of that relationship. We moved into a tiny little house and owned Gracie and Cooper together and our relationship was never a terrible one. He was a good guy, I was a good girl, and we really did love each other. But for every moment of those three and a half years, I had a nagging, itching, aching feeling that he would never be the right one for me. Despite his great heart, he lacked ambition and drive and handled his finances very poorly and, at the heart of it all, was very insecure despite being a bright and attractive guy. I understood him, though. I understood that his family had never prepared him for LIFE, and the poor decisions he had made as a younger man had him caught in a sticky web and a hole he just couldn’t seem to dig himself out of. As the years went by, he could give me less and less of what I needed. Things became strained between us. I was a terrible nag, and I see that now. But the problem was that there were just too many things about him that I wanted to change. And as I began to realize that I could never change him and shouldn’t have to, I struggled SO much with what the right thing to do was. It ate away at me day and night, because I honestly couldn’t imagine my life without him. And being alone TERRIFIED me. Somewhere during all this, I read the book The Secret which is all about the law of attraction. I really, really believed in what it said. It inspired me. I realized that I had not arranged my life in a way that allowed for all the things I so desired. I hate to skim over this because it’s so important, but let’s just say that I KNEW I had to decide what I wanted my future to look like and start taking active steps towards attracting that future. And staying in my current relationship at the time was a major roadblock. I knew in my heart that if I stayed where I was, life would always be a struggle. |
| Car Talk › Re: 5 Kinds Of Nigerian Drivers To Keep-0ff! by phayvoursky(m): 8:09pm On Aug 14, 2013 |
#80million:wetn u de feel lyk? danfo driva? hehehehe. ur brain don enta reverse. |
| Science/Technology › Re: Blue-eyed Boy Can Read And See In The Dark by phayvoursky(m): 2:02am On Aug 14, 2013 |
Ama28: I was loving blue eyes but his own is kinda scary!Harness wetn? Na government property? |
| Science/Technology › Re: Blue-eyed Boy Can Read And See In The Dark by phayvoursky(m): 1:59am On Aug 14, 2013 |
who r dese illiterates talkin abt endtime? if he wasnt created in GOD's image? na ur popsy image dem create am? |
| Politics › Re: Lagos Drags Al-mustapha To Supreme Court Over Kudirat's Murder by phayvoursky(m): 8:56pm On Aug 13, 2013 |
LETS TELL OURSEVS D TRUTH. Mustafa carried out his duty cos he was given a command. Sorry if ur relation was the victim but do u xpect Mustafa to disobey his commanders order? He has tried enough. If they cnt bear the loss, sue late Abacha to court. Period. |
| Politics › Re: Lagos Drags Al-mustapha To Supreme Court Over Kudirat's Murder by phayvoursky(m): 8:05pm On Aug 13, 2013 |
Person no go hear word again cos of one person? Is 15 years not enuff? Na wa o |
| NYSC › Re: Female Corper Drowns As Boat Capsizes In Ondo by phayvoursky(m): 10:27pm On Aug 10, 2013 |
'Deyimika:they lay eggs just like cows. 2 Likes |
| NYSC › Re: Female Corper Drowns As Boat Capsizes In Ondo by phayvoursky(m): 10:25pm On Aug 10, 2013 |
OCTAVO: Wow!is dat all u v to say? |
| Celebrities › Re: Prince Uzoegwu's Photos (Late Goldie's Stylist) by phayvoursky(m): 3:43pm On Aug 10, 2013 |
Ipso Loquita: Worst case of insanity! What kingdom might u be talking about? Fashion kingdom? You must be joking Mr teletubby. I asked how much u made to forewarn you incase a lawsuit appears in ur mail box. Guy, u can't afford the bail, simple and short. Where is it evidence that He is gay? You want to be helpful to this guy? Shut up! You want to be helpful to urself? Get a job! I want to be helpful to this prince? I encourage his hardwork n pray He makes it in showbiz! I want to be helpful to myself? I learn sense to make it in life!Now I v ur tym. wat were u sayin. |
| Music/Radio › Re: Samklef – Prayer Of Life (amin) [khona Cover] by phayvoursky(m): 3:37pm On Aug 10, 2013 |
page 1. beta luck next time |
| Celebrities › Re: Prince Uzoegwu's Photos (Late Goldie's Stylist) by phayvoursky(m): 2:51pm On Aug 10, 2013 |
Ipso Loquita:man. if u wanna b helpful enough. u can do so by helpin this PRINCE outta his kingdom. n talkin abt how much iv made? Im bouyant enough to get u dos costumes incase u wana b a citizen of his kingdom. 2 Likes |
| Celebrities › Re: Prince Uzoegwu's Photos (Late Goldie's Stylist) by phayvoursky(m): 2:32pm On Aug 10, 2013 |
your highness.PRINCE OF SODOM N GOMORRAH. THE EZE 1 of ndi mmefu. King of the lost souls. There is no useless man like thee. I salute ur tireless effort in propagatin this condenmable act, for reward is in hell. I pray ur arse hole continues to wax stronger to b able to live up to xpectatio. IGWE... 1 Like |
| Celebrities › Re: Prince Uzoegwu's Photos (Late Goldie's Stylist) by phayvoursky(m): 2:11pm On Aug 10, 2013 |
sarutobie: Guy stop this your sermon its getting hackneyed..IF(and a very big if) you are a christain,then you should know that there is a difference between judging someone and condemning what is unsightly in the eyes of men and God..it is because good men keep silent that evil thrives in the land,it is because of this your 'its not my business' mentality that your neighbour will indulge in domestic violence,child abuse and all sorts of vices until someone dies or it affects you directly.only then will it be your business.help me educate the olodo 1 Like |
| Celebrities › Re: Prince Uzoegwu's Photos (Late Goldie's Stylist) by phayvoursky(m): 2:05pm On Aug 10, 2013 |
mickyarams: So what if he's gay, how is it anyone's business where he sticks his pole as long he's not coming to you. Why are nigerians so obsessed with gay people? Did Jesus ever say anything about them in the Bible? I am neither a gay or a gay advocate, it's just I get angry how we treat this people in our society.Bleep u. if u aint hapi go to hell. cary ur sef go court. sue yourself. |
| Celebrities › Re: Prince Uzoegwu's Photos (Late Goldie's Stylist) by phayvoursky(m): 2:00pm On Aug 10, 2013 |
o men. dis guy has a nation in hell. i pity ur wide arse hole 1 Like |
| Celebrities › Re: Do You Remember Alex Okoroigwe aka ' Alex O' ? by phayvoursky(m): 1:56pm On Aug 10, 2013 |
I dont know him. D guy de dash money. na wetn i go use know am |
| Celebrities › Re: Peter Okoye Proposed To Lola Omotayo Because She Deserved It by phayvoursky(m): 1:53pm On Aug 10, 2013 |
so how is that my business... |
| Politics › Re: Confessions Of A Former Boko Haram Member by phayvoursky(m): 1:50pm On Aug 10, 2013 |
so now u r converted. can u go back n preach to your boko guys, we dont nid ur confession here on NL. we r not terrorists. |
| Politics › Re: Kwara Governor Hamed Was Stoned On Sallah Day. by phayvoursky(m): 1:43pm On Aug 10, 2013 |
samuel900: Am not sure these news is real am in Ilorin close to Yidi and i didn't hear such.u sure say u neva loss. oboy check map o. |
| Politics › Re: Fulani Herdsmen Attacks Imo Community by phayvoursky(m): 1:38pm On Aug 10, 2013 |
na cattle rarers b wahala again? for dis country everybody na james bond. |
| Health › Re: U.S. Reports Malaria Vaccine Breakthrough by phayvoursky(m): 10:59am On Aug 09, 2013 |
BedLam: Hmmm 10years? Will seun still be the owner of Nairaland by then?u get plan to take am? 1 Like |
| Health › Re: U.S. Reports Malaria Vaccine Breakthrough by phayvoursky(m): 10:58am On Aug 09, 2013 |
BedLam: Hmmm 10years? Will seun still be the owner of Nairaland by then?u get plan take am? 1 Like |
| Health › Re: U.S. Reports Malaria Vaccine Breakthrough by phayvoursky(m): 10:54am On Aug 09, 2013 |
Dibiachukwu: Igbos don't take this vaccine!WHO BE DIS ONE AGAIN? D MEDICINE NA TRIBE DETECTOR? 1 Like |
| Islam › Re: 7 KIlled In Sallah Day Accident On Bauchi Road by phayvoursky(m): 10:51am On Aug 09, 2013 |
Godsun2013: Am so happy am commentting rite now? Ooh my God so people will see ma post... Dancing frank edwardsDATS HOW IT FEELS BN NEW ON NL. BUT DANCIN FRNK ED? I PITY UR DANS STEPS |
| Phones › Re: Chronicles Of An Iphone Thief. by phayvoursky(m): 9:40am On Aug 09, 2013 |
I cannot categorically tell u anytn now. Cos I may say its the mans fault n my oga @ d top will say its another person. THIS POST HAS REFUSED TO BE HIDDEN. |
| Celebrities › Re: Nollywood Celebrates Omotola (Photos) by phayvoursky(m): 9:40pm On Aug 08, 2013 |
Ms_Steph: Gals nd pictures with "pouting" person mouth go soon comot fall. Omotola is a real handworking woman she has balanced her work with family very well. God bless u more omosexy btw her husband is soo well built for his age.#HANDWORKING WOMAN# I DON TIRE FOR LAUGH../ |
