From: HDNC@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA (HDNC)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Dropping by
Date: 11 Dec 92 22:37:45 GMT
Organization: McGill University

Hello all of my ARC friends!!!


As you might know, I am in the middle of the exam period from hell and
have not had a chance to write not to even scan through the net.  I do
miss all of you very much and I am determined to come up with a plan
of action for next semester to allow me to read the net and post
regularly.

My life had changed a lot since my last post.  For one thing, I have a
girlfriend, my first in two years.  I know that this relationship will
last.  Angela is the first girl I have been serious about in a long time
and it feels great!!!

I need your help.  I am buying Angela either a watch (she wants one
badly) or a chain with a heart pendent.  I am leaning twords the watch.
My question is:  If it is approtiate (for example, the watch), would you
get it engraved.  I have mixxed feelings on this and would apprecaite
your opinion.

And please, E-MAIL YOUR RESPONCE!!!  Feel free to post it as well, it is
just that I am not sure that i will have a chance to go through the net
before I buy the gift.


Thank you!!!


For those of you who are interested, here is the story about how we met:





     It has been so long since I have had the chance to write.  I am
really sorry that I have neglected you so much!!!

     Much has happened in my life since I last wrote.  The biggest thing
is that I now have a girlfriend!!!   Yep, Angela is one very special gal
and I feel like the luckiest guy in the world.

     Here's how it happened:


     I have been friends with my buddy Pat for about a year.  I have
seen him through two girlfriends and two bad breakups.  He started going
out with a girl from school (we go to different schools), Claudia.  One
Friday night, Pat and I were going to shoot some pool like we usually
did, before the girlfriends.

     I met him at a mall downtown in front of the store where Claudia
works.  We wiated quit a while inside the store while she counted her
cash.  In the meantime her friend, Angela, who also works there was
doing something on the floor.  We were introduced.  I did not have a
very good first imoression of her because she was bitching about her
work and how much she hated the store.  I figured dhe has been having a
tough time lately, but still, she was being very bitchy.

     The girls came out and we talked for a while.  They were talking
about this party they were throwing for a mutual friend, at Angela's.
Eventually I was invited to go.  I was very happy to be included but I
was not sure if my studies would allow me to go to the party.

     The next day, I had decided to go to the party.  When I arrived
Angela was very nervous and I tried to calm her down.  I know what it's
like to through a surprise party because I have given one also.  We
talked a little throughout the night but we did not get to spend much
time together because she was the host and all.

     Out of the blue, though, Claudia asked me if I liked Angela.  I was
shocked that she would say that.  I just met the girl after all... I
siad no, which was the truth at the time.  Angela walked me to the door
whenI left and we talked for a while.  I was flattered.

     On the way home I tried to figure out if she liked me and if I
liked her back.  I knew it was too early to tell so I dropped the whole
thing.  Untill Sunday evening...

     That next evening I got a strange phone call from Angela.  She
called me from a bowling alley to thank me again for coming to the party
This was the last straw so to speak.  At that moment I knew she liked me
not all I had to figure out is if I liked her.

     Well I guess I answered that question for myself because I called
her later on and we spoke for almst five hours.  That next day I went to
her place after school and we hit it off right away.  I asked her out on
Thursday, December 3rd in a gazebo in a nice park not too far away.
She responded with a kiss.  And the rest is history...
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