Love?? No such luck.... I'd quickly and happily settle for much less.

I took her home to my place
Watching every move on her face
She said look what's your game
Are you trying to put me in shame
I said slow don't talk so fast
Don't you think that love can last
She said love lord above
Now you're trying to trick me in love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd-SV2GDtQg

Richard, I know it's seasonal and all, but I do believe this is the first time your writing has ever given me the voms.

Consider yourself on notice, sir.

Also, I need a Pepto.

My husband and I met on match.com ten years ago. Our first date was in Canton at the tree lighting ceremony followed by drinks and noshing at the old Spike and Charlie restaurant Atlantic.
He asked me out for a second date which involved him cooking dinner for me at his house. To this day, I can still remember the menu. He cooked grilled loin lamb chops marinated in olive oil and rosemary, spaghetti squash with fresh thyme and sauteed snow peas. He had me at spaghetti squash. I was impressed with any guy who knows what spaghetti squash actually is, never mind being able to cook it.

I fell in love when she was happy to see me and ran across the grass and jumped into my arms. She is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

Potpie - I'm going to guess you are talking about a canine companion. :)

We had known each other for years, 12 at least, and were friends. We dated each other's friends. He was the Chef at SoBo Cafe, I was a waitress on break from a tree planting job, picking up shifts. We had all worked hard . It was Valentine's Day- we were busy, we were tired, and at the end of the night we decided to go ( as we were wont to do ) to the Mt. Royal Tavern (i.e.my favorite bar in the city). As we were talking about the day's news over beers , a friend came over to talk to us and we were so involved in our conversation, we ignored her , and she said, " I don't know why you two just don't date each other!" ( She din't like being ignored and was a little mad). We immediately fell quiet, thinking about what she had dropped in our laps. We looked at each other quietly. We were sort of at a loss as to what to do. I think possibilities were suddenly there that hadn't been there before when we were just blowing off steam.Suddenly, there was a ... quiet, and into that quiet, he said, " So... Do you wanna go out to dinner or something?"
We now have a restaurant that employs 32 people and a 5 year old son. Valentine's Day will always be our anniversary but we're restaurant people so we always work and that's okay.

Cristin--love it! You could turn this story into a rom com movie script. (Just don't cast Jennifer Aniston as yourself, okay?)

I'm thinking more Jennifer Carpenter (from Dexter)...

I feel like myself finally.

OMG, I wish I did.

Jon Parker,
Please stop trying to feel me. I don't like you like that.

I swear I'm at Mad River at closing time all of a sudden. Not sure why...