Magical Meetings

Did you ever meet a stranger on a bus, train, airplane or even online that you just could talk to about everything, openly and honestly and unrestrained? I know most of us have experienced something like this at least once in our lives. I want to share a very unique experience of mine with you.

I’m a student who is on her computer til late in the night typing an essay due at 10:00 a.m. the next day,  and of course I am ready for a distraction so I log into a dating.com, look up someone from your area and chat now!!! I am single and say “Why not?” So here goes small price of 9.95 I can get someone to talk to and don’t have to get out of my boxers and tee-shirt.

Cruising the pages of “hot singles.com” I find a simple, average to good looking man. I stop and click on his picture, send an e-mail flirt his way and within minutes, we are corresponding through the net voila I am not a push-over by any means. It takes a lot to keep me interested besides a picture to look at. We talk about children, we have both been married and likes, dislikes, oh yes and body types. What do you look like he asks? Yeah he has no picture to look at, this I like because I know what he looks like and he has no clue about me.

We talked off and on for the next four days and evenings after work, and school, children and responsibilities. He and I swapped phone numbers and one evening I decide to call him. I am not shy, so much bravado when anonymous. I loved his voice, he was slow talking and smooth (meaning deliberate) and quiet having a soothing effect on my tired, ragged, mom soul. I listened, he talked of where he grew up, went to high school and his work. I exchanged the same information, he liked my voice (its deep and sexy) too many cigarettes, and exhaustion voice.
 
We have to meet!, is what he said, urgently needing a face to the voice and personality. I said don’t you think we should just talk a while. If we meet we might be so attracted to one another all form of communication (exception body language) would or could be lost to us. I am willing to take a chance if you are, I heard the fear in his voice.