when/where/how did you two meet? How long have you been together in total? And do you think you want to add another little one to the family at some point or another? 

(Submitted by Pagan Princess)

We met through a well-known online dating service.  We were both at a place in our respective lives wherein we were looking for, or at least open to, a serious relationship, had little time to seek one out, and ended up getting very lucky.  We’d been skeptical of online dating, but each knew people who had positive experiences with it.  After some time spent dating others casually – or just hooking up – Jill took a liking to my profile picture which, I’m almost ashamed to say, was nearly six years old.  She dropped a line, I replied, and the rest is history.

We’ve been together eight years, and married for five.  We fell for each other quickly, impulsively, the way lovestruck teenagers do.  It felt so right that we just threw caution to the wind.  It still feels right, moreso with each passing day.  A year into the relationship I was already planning on proposing but I decided to wait another year, in part because a close relative of mine had gotten engaged around the same time and I didn’t want to appear to be riding his coattails.  Being a gentleman, I discussed it with Jill’s father almost a year before I proposed, and he told no one of my plans.  I ultimately proposed to Jill during a fairly casual dinner date.  She was totally unaware that it was coming, and later told me that her heart was beating so thundrously that she didn’t hear a single word I said.

As regular readers of this blog are undoubtedly aware, we have one child.  We would like to have another; Jill comes from a large family, and like her brothers and sisters she is a firm believer that children should have siblings on whom they can rely throughout life.  On the other hand, I am an only child and I turned out pretty good, if I do say so myself.  While Jill and I are certainly interested in having another child, for various logistical reasons including money, space, and time – Jill is currently forty-one – we aren’t certain that we will.  If there are no additional children in our future, we will consider ourselves lucky to have the family that we do.

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