I've seen that one twice. I saw it at the theater with friends and then D and I watched it On Demand. I suspect it will be on her Christmas list this year. She liked it as much as she likes "Love Actually" and that's saying something. Both of us could watch Ryan Gosling read the phonebook.
Hey, lp, you might be surprised and find you're a fan. ;)
The last one I saw that had me in stitches was Crazy, Stupid, Love. I even talked my husband into watching it with me when it came out on DVD (I had gone to see it at the movies with some girlfriends), and he had to admit it was pretty funny.
BC, my sister and her husband had so many personality conflicts (no pile of money to smoothe things out though..lol), but when they both took early retirement at around 55 yrs old, those problems seemed to melt away. They really enjoyed their last several years together. Sadly, she died suddenly at 62 yrs old from a heart attack. He married his high school sweetheart about two years later (after all those years..wow), but, sadly enough, he was killed by a drunk driver just a couple years after their marriage. The weirdest thing was she looked more like my sister's sister than I did. Of course, they were closer in age, but it was uncanny.
My hairdresser who's been divorced for many years (ex was later killed in a robbery in a bad part of town) keeps wanting to try it. I keep telling her to go for it. Her youngest just went off to college, so if there was ever a time to do it, now's it.
One of my sisters got married via online dating service too.
They have their conflicts and problems but he brought a huge pile of money to the table which can make a lot of problems seem a lot less significant.
The problems are of personality, nothing that would give her reason to leave and I think that they are relatively mild compared to many of the couples problems that I see out there.
Since the other thread is being put to rest, I thought I'd share a story about someone near and dear to me who had a wonderful outcome using an online dating service.
A little background about her. She's my husband's cousin and is the sweetest woman. She was in high school when my now husband and I were in college in her hometown. My husband used to tutor her in math, so we saw her a lot, and she was just one of those girls you instantly like. She had a very serious medical problem with seizures. Hers were the type that caused her to zone out. Medication helped some, but it wasn't completely effective. She was in college when her seizures became more active, and really began to adversely affect her quality of life. As a last effort, she had the small part of her brain that was causing the seizures removed at UVA medical center. Thank goodness it worked, and she was, for the first time in years, free of seizures.
She graduated and went to grad school to become a PE teacher. She had a boyfriend or two over the years, but for whatever reason, nothing ever serious. At around 40 yrs old she decided to try a dating service. She went out with a few men, and decided to stop as the men she was meeting weren't what she was looking for. But, as fate would have it, just as she was ready to pull the plug on her account, a man who lived in northern VA about 1/2 hr to 45 mins from her w/o traffic, contacted her.
Her first thought at seeing his picture was he really wasn't that cute, but he did seem nice (as it turns out, the picture didn't do him justice, and he's a nice looking man). She reluctantly accepted a date for lunch even though she had every intention of stopping the service. She told a teacher friend about the man, and as she described him, her friend was beside herself. The man was a wonderful family friend who's mother had recently died. The friend had even been a pall bearer at the mother's funeral. Her friend also said she often thought of setting them up because she felt they had a lot in common (both outdoor enthusiasts, neither had been married, very close to their families, etc).
So, she went on the date with a lot more enthusiasm and hopefulness. They had an instant connection. Her parents loved him. His family loved her. They were married within six months. It was a beautiful wedding which brought tears to almost everyone's eyes. She just the kind of person you want to see happy. They've been very happily married for several years now. He's an engineer and has been with the same company for years and has loads of vacation. Being a teacher, she has her summers off. They bought an RV and mountain bikes and off they go every summer to explore new parts of the country. Honestly, just telling her story makes me happy.
-- Edited by Artemis on Thursday 1st of March 2012 01:18:01 PM
