Angie's Story
I met my husband Paul just over 5 1/2 years ago via Internet Dating. I can honestly say that signing up to a Dating Website was one of the best things I ever decided to do.
At the time, I was living & working in London. Whilst it is a wonderful city - full of energy & buzz, if you are single, it can also be a very lonely place.
My main focus was on my job - afterall, I had moved to London from Worcestershire to 'make mega bucks' & was working hard to achieve success. I was in the Telecoms / Datacentre industry, which is very socialable, with plenty of networking events to go along to - so you would think it if you were single, it would be fairly easy to meet someone.
Well think again - at my age (then 35) the majority of the people I met 'within my age bracket' were 'not available'.
Now I have never been known to be backward in coming forward, so I took the plunge & signed up for a couple of internet dating sites. I was happy to tell people I was doing it - nothing ventured nothing gained - and it meant that I could rope in a couple of friends to help me put together a good profile. Infact, if I had known then what I know now about blogs etc - I would probably have put a blog journal up !
After meeting up with 7 'dates' - I made a mistake, that would change my life forever. I was searching for 'suitable matches' & instead of searching for men in the London area only, somehow searched further a field, including Manchester. Without noticing this, I 'winked' at a man called Paul, to tell him that I liked the look of him. He responded positively, but raised a question about the distance between us - approx 230 miles !! My heart sank as I read this & of course I was somewhat puzzled, as I had thought I had only approached men in London. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I responded with a 'nothing ventured nothing gained attitude' & the rest as they say is history:
First emailed in Dec 2003
First telephone conversation 5th Jan 2004 (which lasted over 4 hours !! - yes you read that right)
First meeting 15th Jan 2004 (I drove to Manchester)
Officially moved in together April 2004
First son James born Feb 2006
Second son Matthew born April 2007 (14 month gap - madness)
My 40th Birthday & our Wedding Day !! - Sunday 4th May 2008
So there we are - proof that Internet Dating really does work !
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