Romantic Tales

@Barb42 (4214)
United States
February 16, 2009 3:10pm CST
Do you have any romantic tales to tell? Has anything ever happened to you that you thought was very touching and romantic besides the usual things of getting flowers, candy, etc? My granddaughter has had her share of heartbreak in her young life. She hates Valentine's Day. She went with one boy over 2 years and he never gave her anything for Valentine's Day. And the last one that she went with 1 year gave her absolutely nothing for the day. This year she got nothing. She was sort of on the outs with the boy she's been dating. Well, she and her brother and friends all hung out together Saturday night and they all went to the movies together last night. This young man that has liked her a couple years was with her. She's never considered dating him until recently. She has yet to date him by herself, just hanging out and going to soccer games. Well, he told her he wanted to show her something over a year ago, but she said something that hurt his feelings. So he never asked her out or talked to her for about 8 months. Well, last night he told her to meet him this morning before she left for work. She was spending the night with her girlfriend. She called her mom last night and told her she had to meet this guy at 6:30 this morning, which she did. He took her down a long path to some woods and told her to wait. He went off looking at something and came back and told her never mind. She wanted to know what it was. He told her it didn't work out like he wanted it to, but he took her and showed her the tree where the bark had been peeled off, but sap had covered what he had scratched in the tree. As they walked back to the cars, he seemed to be texting someone, but her phone went off. She looked at it and saw it was him, so she opened it up when she got back to her car. He texted, 'The message read, "NAME (withheld for reasons) give me a chance." That surprised her!! Her brother has told her for a long time he really cared for her but she couldn't believe it. She told her girlfriend, when asked what she was going to do ..."well, look at it this way. I'm calling boyfriend and tell him it is over with us." We think she's been trying to get away from him anyway. I've heard that he's been mean to her. He sure doesn't treat her like I'd want a boy to treat me if I was going with him. He will go for days and even a week or two without calling or texting her. We are all glad to hear she is dumping that guy. Had us all worried. Nobody likes him and everyone tells her to get away from him. Maybe this new guy has really made her stop and think!! She's never had anything romantic like that to happen to her.
2 responses
• United States
16 Feb 09
That'll be a good story for them to tell their grandkids.
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@Barb42 (4214)
• United States
16 Feb 09
Let's hold the grandkids for a little while. He's going back to Germany to attend college this fall, or so he says. His father was transferred here several years ago. And this guy goes back there every summer to see grandparents and friends. He says he just wants to attend college over there. I think the german language is much easier for him to communicate with, although he speaks great English. But who knows; he may just decide to attend college over here where our granddaughter is going.
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• United States
16 Feb 09
I use to have a friend who lived many years in Germany as he married a German woman and retired to Germany out of the US ARMY. Culturally, it is a very different country and quite socialist in many ways. I could not adapt to Germany unless I was forced to do it. Even my friend and his wife finally had to leave. The extensive intrusion of government into people's lives got to be too much for even them.
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
16 Feb 09
Aww, that is sweet. I've had a few romantic things happen, nothing that comes to mind at the moment though. My husband isn't exactly a romantic. He tries now and then, but for the most part he's just like any other guy, not that imaginative or inventive. I don't really mind, because it's in his heart, he just doesn't know how to show it.