The Wendy's Story :)

Missy had asked in her post if I would share our Wendy's story and I thought since this is the time of year when Paul and I met it would be a great time to do so. Thanks Missy.

I got a job at Wendy's with a very dear friend Lisa, in October 1995. I had just turned 17. We had a great group of kids to work with and it was by far the most fun job I have ever had. (other than being a mommy)
Sometime during Decemeber I started talking a little bit to Paul. He was a manager at the time and just seemed like a nice guy.
As many teenagers at the time, I had a pager. How cool was I??? lol Paul couldn't understand why a bunch of young kids would have these crazy pagers. So one night he said that he was going to start paging me with all these crazy numbers. I laughed and told him he didn't even know my number so good luck. A few minutes later he came back and rattled off my number.
So the paging began. He would usually page me with all 1's or maybe a 2 throw in. It was pretty silly. There was no flirting or anything like that going on. Just being silly.
Then at the end of December I asked Paul what he had gotten for Christmas. He said he didn't get any actual gifts persay but he had one thing that really made Christmas for him. He told me his Mom had bypass surgery very recently and his present was knowing his Mom was going to be ok. WOW! I have to admit, this was when I started just beginning to see him in a little different light. I remember buying him 2 cd's so he would have something to open on Christmas. One was Mariah Carey's current at the time and Alan Jackson's greatest hits.
So over the next few days the paging continued. Then on New Year's I left this greeting on my voicemail."Hey #1(due to his paging) I do have voicemail so why don't you leave me a message.
That night I went to an allnighter with my church group. I got a page at about 3am and figured it was my friend school. When I got home around 8am I checked my messages and was shocked to hear Paul leaving me a message. I was in total shock and wondering what I was getting myself into.
So I waited a few hours and gave him a call. We talked for a few hours that first time nd I don't even remember what we talked about except thing, our ages. During the conversation it came out that he was 33! Yikes. What was I doing. To this point I had been a very easy kid to raise and pretty much always did what I was told. So even considering dating someone twice my age was totally out of character for me.
As the next few weeks went on things got more serious and more serious. I know I couldn't tell anyone but very close friends of my new found "love". :) So in the meantime Paul and I had midnight conversations on the phone when my family was sleeping. On occasion he would give me ride home from work and one night our first kiss. :) :) :X
Anyway, sometime in late Feb. I told my family. I think they thought it was just a crush I had....until he sent me flowers.Then my Mom flipped her lid, now that I have 2 daughters of my won I can say rightfuly so. :)
Anyway, it took a while for my family to really accept Paul and get to know him. I was teased and hassled at school and church for dating "my dad" as I was told. But I was so in love I could have cared less.
In Oct. of my senior year Paul proposed to me. It was on my 18th birthday. I graduated in May and was married in July. This summer we will celebrate our 10 yr anniv. I am pretty proud of where we are. We have been through a lot of trials, mostly our own doing, but we are solid and I wouldn't, couldn't imagine being married to anyone else.
So in a nutshell, a really big nutshell that is the Wendy's Story. :)