HOW WE MET
This month we thought we just
had to share some of the great stories submitted
to us as part of our Valentine's Day competition
last month. We asked people to tell us in 200 words
or less how they met their partner. Here's some
of the responses.
FIRST, THE RUNNERS UP:
From Jerry:
As a 25 year old single Policeman
living in Broome and establishing a business on
the side, keeping a house clean was not high on
my list of daily priorities. My house mate had an
idea - "How about we hire a house cleaner to
come and sort this joint out?" he said.
As I was about to race out the door
one typically hot Broome day, a young lady turns
up at our house. "Hi - I've come to do some
cleaning."
"I'm Jerry - there's cold water
in the fridge, the air conditioner control is over
there, and feel free to use the stereo - I gotta
run." That was it - our first conversation.
A far cry from love at first sight. The cleaning
invoice read the same each week - $30.00 - Cleaning
- signed "Sadie". I didn't even know her
real name. A few weeks later, "Sadie"
staggers into the Broome night spot - "Tokyo
Joes". Intoxicated and having come from one
of those male review shows - she felt vulnerable.
She glances around the nightclub searching for someone
she could trust. As I sat minding my own business
in a lounge chair - "Sadie" sits and puts
her arm around me. "Can you look after me?"
she says.
"Sure." I said. 12 years
and three children later - I'm still looking after
her!!
From Karen:
During my travels in Europe I decided
that the good food was taking its toll on my figure
and I needed to lose some weight - so I chose a
cycling holiday to see the South of Ireland. The
girl I was cycling with was a regular cyclist (unlike
myself). In the bar on the first night she
got chatting to these two very fit guys. One a time
trial cyclist and the other an amatuer triathlete. To
my horror they decided we should all cycle together. At
the first hill the next day it became obvious that
I was outclassed and holding everyone else back.
The triathlete - instead of leaving
me to battle on my own, actually cycled around and
around me as I painfully made my way up the mountains
(known as hills). I was impressed - he must have
cycled twice the distance of any one else on the
tour and he was impressed that I still managed to
smile at the top of the hills. Twelve years later
we are still together and expecting our first baby
in February.
From Melissa:
A nerd I thought, as I lined up the
8 ball with my cue. I had come to the house warming
party with my brother, who looks like something
out of a firemans calender. We'd spend the night
laughing and kidding around so its no wonder the
guy trying to catch my eye was thinking he had some
competition. All night the guy, Simon, would try
and get my attention but to no avail. Finally my
brother found a girl and I was left on my own. Now
it was Simons opportunity to go in for the kill.
He sided me up next to the stereo as I was choosing
the music and said:
"Would you like to come for a
ride on my motorbike sometime?".
That was it, little did he know that
I was a bit partial to the odd motorbike. From that
moment we began a conversation which lasted all
night long, in fact we haven't stopped talking,
laughing and having fun and it's now 3 years on.
And if you think this is a good story you should
here how he proposed!
AND NOW... THE WINNING ENTRY:
From Sara:
I was living in England and I had
a very professional job as marketing a promotions
manager for a top leisure company (you know, hair
in a bun, high heel, suit wearing, champagne drinking
type!). I was working on restyling a mega club and
I ordered a new lighting and sound system............well
the day it started being installed I spotted a pair
of legs on a ladder that would warm even the coldest
heart. All I could see for days from my office was
these legs ending in a snug fitting pair of Billabong
boardies. I had to go and find out who they belonged
to........they belonged to the cutest Aussie in
England! When we made eye contact "it"
was definitely THERE!! But being the professional
boss that I was, there was NO room for fraternising
with the hired help!! Especially if the hired help
came in the form of a young Aussie surfie looking
type!
He kept asking me out and I said no
every time. Until one day (3 months later) I agreed
just because he was so nice and sweet and I thought
it would just be a one off..............it wasn't.
After a fantastic night of guitar playing, video
watching laughing bliss, we drove down to the video
store to drop the video off and I ran in to the
news agency to buy a lottery ticket because it was
a mega draw. In England it is well known that there
is a 1 in 44 MILLION chance of winning the lottery.
He decided to run in and get a ticket too........and
to our complete and utter amazement.......we had
chosen EXACTLY THE SAME NUMBERS! I knew then and
so did he that we had just won our very own lottery.
Today, 6 years later, I have moved
here to Bunbury with the love of my life, we are
happily married and live a wonderful life together.
And it all started with a pair of legs on a ladder..........and
a 1 in 44 million chance of a lottery win. Even
if there was no money in the win, what we won that
day by fate or a higher power was each other and
no amount of money could buy what we have!
We hope you enjoy your prize Sarah.
Thank you very much to everyone who
entered. It was enjoyable reading all those stories.
February 2002
