I met this beautiful man back in November of 2003. I asked him to be my date at my work Christmas party. The first words out of his mouth was that "I can't get into a relationship". I told him I was asking him out on a date not a relationship. He agreed to go. It turned into a relationship. I soon realized that I was his rebound girl. But I wasn't alone. He was also my rebound guy. We did our best making it work but events would happen involving the ex's and eventually it took it's toll and we broke up. That was 2 years ago. The other day he showed up on my door step. You could have knocked me over with a feather. There was no contact with the exception that I had him on my Christmas card list. He told me that this last card is still on his refrigerator. We talked about everything that happened and chalked it all up to "bad timing" which it was. Now we both are ready for each other.
What I find interesting is that he has been thinking about contacting me since this last Christmas card. He looked up my number in the phone book but I no longer have a land line since I changed my internet provider to cable. He thought I moved. He no longer had my cell phone number so he drove by my house and saw that it was up is up for sale. My same truck was in the driveway though so he knew I still lived here. He realized that he didn't have the luxury of time because if I moved, he wouldn't be able to find me. He claims that he tried to come to the door many times during the last 6 weeks but he couldn't and didn't. So on the day he showed up, he took off work (2nd shifter) and made a commitment to do it. It's so funny that he said even when he pulled into the driveway and thought he could back out and act like he was just turning around since he has a different car now. He didn't. He came to the door. I'm so glad he did. I think for us, it wasn't 2nd chances and forgiveness. Our timing was all wrong. There was no one event where we did each other wrong. I'm so happy that he had the balls to come knock on my door and take a chance.
What I find interesting is that he has been thinking about contacting me since this last Christmas card. He looked up my number in the phone book but I no longer have a land line since I changed my internet provider to cable. He thought I moved. He no longer had my cell phone number so he drove by my house and saw that it was up is up for sale. My same truck was in the driveway though so he knew I still lived here. He realized that he didn't have the luxury of time because if I moved, he wouldn't be able to find me. He claims that he tried to come to the door many times during the last 6 weeks but he couldn't and didn't. So on the day he showed up, he took off work (2nd shifter) and made a commitment to do it. It's so funny that he said even when he pulled into the driveway and thought he could back out and act like he was just turning around since he has a different car now. He didn't. He came to the door. I'm so glad he did. I think for us, it wasn't 2nd chances and forgiveness. Our timing was all wrong. There was no one event where we did each other wrong. I'm so happy that he had the balls to come knock on my door and take a chance.
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