A Love Letter To Lisa

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, we asked Patch readers to write a love letter to that special someone and let us deliver it. This is James’s love letter to his girlfriend, Lisa:

“I guess the best place to start is at the beginning. I was divorced approximately three years ago and was dating the wrong girl. I broke up with her, and a friend told me that at my age, the best place to meet someone is online. I thought, ‘You’re out of your mind. I’ll just meet some crazy woman and be miserable.’ But I gave it a chance and registered on eHarmony.

One day I saw this beautiful woman and read her profile. I was intrigued and also intimidated because she was so beautiful. I almost didn’t try to meet her, but I threw caution to the wind and sent her a smile. To my disbelief she sent me one back. My first thought was that her pictures weren’t hers, but I continued forward and sent her questions that would reveal a little about herself, and she sent me some as well.

When I started to realize that all of the questions we had both answered on the website were almost a perfect match (we were at over 85 percent compatibility), my heart started to pound. I thought, ‘This could be the one I have been looking for my whole life.’ I had never been lucky in love, but for some reason I had a good feeling about this girl.

Then I asked if we could meet. She wanted to meet as well, after hours and hours of phone conversations. We played 20 questions about 50 times, so before I actually met her, it felt like I had known her my whole life. We scheduled a date. I knew her favorite color and what kind of flowers she liked, so I prepared a little bouquet of pink roses to present to her at our first date.

We met at a steakhouse and, to my surprise, she looked better than the photos she had posted. She was so beautiful, and I was really intimidated. I felt like I’d hit a home run for a first date but I thought, ‘Where is this going? She is just too beautiful.’ We sat and had a great dinner and the conversation was even better.

After dinner we walked to the boardwalk and found a miniature golf course. I was the perfect gentleman and let her beat me. Our conversation continued through the night. I must say, at this point I really felt a connection to her, and I believed she had felt the same way. After we played mini golf it was time to leave, and I walked her back to her car. I was bold enough to reach out for her hand and she accepted my gesture and held my hand back. I was so happy that she held my hand.

I fell hopelessly in love with her at that moment. I, of course, didn’t tell her, but I knew. At that time I also felt sad that my heart would be broken at some point because she was so beautiful. We made it to her car and then came the awkward goodnight kiss. Was she going to kiss me or turn her head or maybe something worse?!

Well, we kissed and kept saying goodnight, and I went for another and then another, and they were amazing. I didn’t want to leave, in fear of never seeing her again, thinking there must be many men trying to date her. But the night did end, and she sent me a text asking me to let her know when I arrived home safely. A couple of days passed, and I called her to ask her out again. She said yes, and we met at that same boardwalk where we had some Mexican food.

For our third date we met at her house, and her housekeeper opened the door and let me in. I was waiting for Lisa patiently to come down and when she came down, wow was she beautiful. She just lit up the room, and even the housekeeper noticed how I looked at her. We went out on our date and it was great as usual. We loved being in each other’s company. I brought her home and gave her a kiss goodnight. The next day she had called me and said the housekeeper told her that when I saw her coming down the stairs, I looked at her with love in my eyes.

Like I said before, I fell in love on our first date, but hadn’t said it to her because I didn’t want to scare her off. But she confronted me, so I told her the truth and said I fell in love on our first date. She said, ‘You couldn’t love me, you hardly know me.’ I told her I was sure because my heart doesn’t lie to me. So we moved on, but instead of telling her that I loved her, I showed her that I loved her. Anything that I could do for her I did, until she realized that what I told her was the truth. Then, she fell in love with me as well.

Well, it’s been two years, and I love her more and more every day. The reason I am writing this letter is that I wanted to tell the world (or at least New Jersey) that I love my girlfriend, Lisa. I want to tell her that these past two years have been the best in my life, and I don’t ever want them to end.

Lisa, I love you so much that I couldn’t live without you. You are everything to me, and I know you love me with all of your heart. We are perfect together. We had some hard times, but we made it through them together and became stronger because of it. What I am trying to say is that I love you with all of my heart and want you to be by my side as we go through life as partners.

LISA, WILL YOU MARRY ME?”

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For next month's Love In A Small Town feature, we want to know: What place in town will always be a reminder of love for you? Whether it's the park where you had your first kiss or the restaurant where he proposed, email your story to locallove@patch.com for the chance to be featured. Get more details here.

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