(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . New Day Cafe: Sweet Sunday [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-03-19 Good morning, Cafe! This week’s offering is Sweet Sunday for any number of reasons, but mostly for a personal one. It was on this day...many years ago….that the DH and I met for the first time. It was one of the dreaded “Blind Dates.” I don’t think I’d ever been on one before then….my crowd tended to date in groups, so blind dates weren’t exactly a thing. We met in groups, we went out in groups, and by the time it was a regular one-on-one date or a double date….well, we already kinda knew each other. In this case, though….I had just been through what could only be called an horrific breakup. My friends had helped me through it. Why they thought I’d be interested in meeting someone new that soon….??? But they knew better than I. We hit it off like two old friends, meeting up again after a long separation. And I think we were. These friends who introduced us are the same friends who live in the town where I now reside. We’ve been friends for almost fifty years. And it shows. I have remembered to thank them for that crazy “Blind Date” all those years ago, that started out with an invitation to dinner. Invitation?? We don’t need no stinkin’ invitations! If you’re at the house (either of our houses) at dinner time, you sit down and eat! I played along, though, and got dolled up (sorta) to meet this guy they knew. After about the first hour, we might as well have been the only two people on the planet. Naturally, I introduced him to mum. My mum adored him. It was almost sickening. blecccchhhhh. Except….he treated her like the Queen Mum! And they just adored each other. The nice part was they liked each other, respected each other, and got along so well, I didn’t even need to be around! It got a little tiresome, as I often grumbled to the cats. harrumph!! “Who’s her kid, here???” Why, you are, of course. “Then why is she ignoring me?” (yawn) He’s the new kid in town. Get over yourself. Oh. And where did you hide the catnip?? I had the great good sense to marry him a couple of years later. He did ask, after all. We spent our years together being best friends. It is what kept us together when his black, brooding moods and my fiery Irish temper could’ve done us in. You do NOT walk out on your best friend. You stay up and fight, b’god!! LOLOLOLOL Until the day he died, he was first, last, and always, my best friend. I do still miss him so very much. Sometimes more than others. Today, I’m remembering him with love and laughter and delight that we got away with being two wicked children, disguised as adults. The Big Whirled fell for our act...hook, line, and stinker! They never really caught on to us. So I’m going to include some of our favourite tunes today. And thanks for letting me indulge myself in happy memories! I wish you all………….Love. Had to choose this for the musical offering this morning...how nicely named! Our song. We were both children of parents who had been through The Great War, and who shared their love of music with us. This...spoke to us. / We loved Journey, . And when Steve Perry did his solo album…. . We also had our differences….I had a thing for hard rock, the harder, the better and he had a soft spot for soft rock… like… . I picked up on Country, and he tolerated it. I’m not sure he quite got my “thing” for Willie Nelson! . As the years went by, I also got him to listen to opera!! Not always the singing, but he did learn to like the music. The exceptions were from La Boheme and La Traviata. / . The one that always gets to me, though…. . We both liked this song, but he had a mental block with it...could NEVER remember the name or who did it. At the time, he had already moved to the Oldies Station, so I had to give him grief about it! LOL I was so proud the first time he remembered the song and artist...and said it before I asked! LOLOLOLOL . Hope you enjoyed both our story and some of the music. If you’re feelin’ it, by all means share YOUR meeting story...spouse, partner, best friend, anything that lasted most of your life and still makes you happy. Oh, and you can share your songs! Next week...back to the usual Sunday-ness. In any case… New Day Cafe is an Open Thread [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/19/2157781/-New-Day-Cafe-Sweet-Sunday Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/