Something for the refrigerator...
So if you happen to be reading The Telegraph today, and you happen to mosey on over to the Digital Life section, you will more than likely see this:
The lovely Camilla Chafer was kind enough to interview Iain and I about how we met, and then another lovely lady from the Telegraph met us on our lunch hour and took our photo. She took us to about three different locations, but we had to take a photo with a laptop. That's actually Iain's personal laptop in the photo, which is really cool considering that's the laptop he used way back when we first started emailing, etc.
The other locations they took us to were a lot cooler and cozier than than the Cafe Nero above the Paperchase on Oxford Street, but we're still pleased with it. Plus, considering this is the Digital Life section, we knew they would end up using the LOOK AT US BEING ALL COUPLEY AND NATURAL SHARING THIS LAPTOP AND BROWSING THE WORLD WIDE WEB. Unfortunately they didn't use the one of us reenacting meeting for the first time, or the one wear I flashed the camera and Iain threw Mardi Gras beads at me from a balcony.
However, saying all that, we are very happy with the photo. (Let's be real, look at me at the photo above and now look at me here. Yeah. A bit of a difference, non??) Camilla did such a wonderful job and quoted us exactly, and this one bit of publicity that I can actually show my grandma! I didn't curse or say vagina once!
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awww....cute story! :)
I love how you talked about how you were open and honest from the start and that makes all the difference. I can relate because my hubby and I met via telepersonals (pre-cursor to internet dating ) in 1995 and we just chatted lots on the phone before we ever met in person.....and we chatted about everything....and we were honest. (unlike some other guys I had met either in person or via the telepersonals) He said he knew that he really, really liked me before he met me. 16 months, from our first in person meeting, we were standing barefoot on a beach in Jamaica saying "I do".
People talk about the pitfalls of online dating but I think that disingenuous people will be so whether online or in person. The internet has opened the portal for genuine people to meet other genuine people. Yes, you meet lots of idiots....but you get those in real life, too! Its nice, now, to be able to widen your social net and to not be limited by geography. I think a lot of people end up settling for the cream of the crap just because they limit themselves to limited options. I am glad we didn't! :)
I admire those of you who have managed to create sparks virtually. Good for you! And Sarahism—the people who poo-poo online dating just want to feel a sense of superiority. They were the same people who would have thought email was useless back in the early 1990s.
Foxsydee, you are right it comes down to honesty.
As for me, I became a bit more sceptical after trying it once but I would never rubbish how others found their other halves. I think online dating is going to become mainstream and form a large proportion of how people meet in the next few years.
such great PR for such a bloody lovey dovey story! :-)
you look good. but what's with Iain?
gee thanks leenda!
(Also helps if I sign in with the right account!)