Well, just a year ago, I was in the middle of a divorce wondering where I was going with my life. Seemed I was having a hard time getting a date. I never told anyone but I was getting a little lonely after 2 or 3 month's of living alone. I had my pet chihuahua's, Ellie and Rocky, and my son's cat Jester, But they were feeling like more of a burden than companionship.

The bar scene and nightclubs were not, nor ever have been my style, so meeting single women was a problem. Maybe I was a little naive thinking the good ones would all want dates. Funny thing when you are looking, it seems, no one else is.

And then I found internet dating.

Now most times I'm a skeptic when it comes to things like that. You know, saying women just want to do it for the sex. (Yeah Right) or they are gold diggers, or the worse thing ever, plumb freaking loco! But I decided to try it. I used 2 different websites. Loaded up the best picture of me I could find and went on the prowl. OMG, you should have seen the numbers soar. The problem was none of them were the least bit attractive and some had something in their profiles that was an immediate turn off. I searched and searched until I found 4 women I thought were interesting as well as pretty. I sent a PM to each of them and then waited.......and waited.....and waited....and waited. Maybe I was doing something wrong. Maybe they were not interested in an educated church attending male with a decent job and kids all grown up. They all had children and said only to reply if that was Ok. It was Ok by me. What was the problem?

I was feeling pretty low and then while searching one night, I spotted a lady that was so pretty and her status said she was online. I decide to try a different approach. I asked if she wanted to chat and OMG she answered me back. Panic set in very quickly. What the hell was I going to say? I wasn't ready to chat. But chat I did.

That first chat turned into a phone call that night that lasted for 4 hours and a first meeting the very next day. We started dating each other shortly after that day and have been seeing each other ever since.

Now I know that internet dating doesn't work like this. All the televison ads that show the couples married and all. Thats Hogwash right? No way Jose could it work out like that. Boy did I get lucky! The one and only lady I talked to online. Was she the one? Could it really happen to me?

My divorce was final in February and soon after that I proposed to her. We have gotten along great and I know I have to spend the rest of my life with her. We are getting married on Saturday evening.

I always say "Good things happen to good people"