Okay, this time I really just could not wait to arrive at LaGuardia Airport in New York. I had only been to the city three times prior to this last trip and while I’ve thoroughly enjoyed each of them, I have to be honest and say that my excitement and also reason for visiting this last time was not surpassed by any of my previous experiences. Even when I saw Kathleen Turner on Broadway in Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Okay, so yeah, that was a great experience, and one that I will never forget. Nor will I forget seeing Cyndi Lauper and Allen Cummings in Bertolt Brecht’s Threepenny Opera. Oh, and to be fair the music for that show was by Kurt Weill. So yes, those great Broadway shows and my previous experiences in New York City were absolutely incredible, but still, they just can’t compare to my most recent trip.
And yes, I guess after all that over the top introduction, anyone reading this certainly deserves to know the reason why my last trip was so special. And if you haven’t already figured out why I was so eager to settle into my five star hotel New York City, I was going there to finally meet in person the love of my life. Well, maybe that sounded a bit strange without being privy to the actual background of this relationship.
It just so happens that I met Alex through an online dating service. It was actually as a fluke that it happened, especially since I don’t even live in New York. A friend of mine was desperate to meet someone and she wanted to join this service but was too nervous to do it alone. She begged me to sign up as well, and while it’s not like I had date offers lining up at the door, I was just never really interested in these services. So, to help my friend I went ahead and put up a profile, but I listed New York as my preferred search area. It just seemed like a big enough city that my actions couldn’t come back to haunt me. Well, I guess the joke would be on me if I wasn’t the one laughing. It turns out Alex responded to my ad and we just started talking regularly. I would still be a skeptic, but we’re getting married next month so I guess I can’t be.
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