... And Then She Kissed Me

The plane had finally landed!

I'd made my way into the Glasgow airport, along with my fellow passengers. I'd gotten through Immigration, and then Customs.

Suddenly, she called out my name, walked right up to me, put her arms around me, and kissed me. Right then and there, I knew that the past two days had all been worth it.


Tina and I "met" over the Internet in mid-January, through a dating site for plus-sized folks (although I've told her all along that she just barely qualifies). By the time I set foot in Glasgow, we'd been e-mailing, chatting, and talking on the phone for 5½ months. Some of those conversations literally went on for hours (I may have my gripes with AT&T Wireless, but they do have some decent rates for international calling). The upshot is that we got to know each other probably much better than we would have, had we been dating in the traditional sense -- in other words, living in the same area. (NOTE: Tina is the person who made that observation first, so I must give credit where credit is due, although I wholeheartedly agree with it.)

She is British, but has lived in Scotland since 1990 (UK residents can move about the country, just as we in the States can; you'd be surprised at how many people I've talked to that didn't realize that Scotland is part of the UK). She is younger than me (I won't say by how much; a gentleman does not disclose a lady's age). She drove a hundred miles to pick me up at the Glasgow airport. That doesn't sound like much to us here in the US, with our interstate highway system... until you learn that most of the roads she had to travel to get there are narrow two-lane roads, and it's nearly a three-hour trip.

Like me, she's a military veteran. Like me, she is divorced, and has a son in his early 20's (in fact, they are almost exactly one year apart in age). She is sweet, gorgeous, funny, smart, strong and sexy, and I can listen to her talk at length (her accent is LOVELY). Not to mention that she thinks I'm a good-looking guy...

I keep wondering why she's avoiding the optometrist.

;-]