Wow, I just read each and every response and they are all great, I love reading this stuff.
OK I'll try to keep it short, FH is a CO and works at the hospital, my Grandma had a stroke in April 1999, she was in and out of the hospital for a very long time (months & months) . My family and I were there just about everyday, my Mom became the Mayor at the hospital, very funny. After months of passing him in the hall (while he was watching an inmate, lol) we always said hello to one another but nothing else. he tells my Mom one day 'sorry to be so forward but is that your daughter, she is beautiful'
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My Mom being who she is says 'yeah I know she is', they chatted a bit and the next thing I know my Mom is handing me his #. I called him after a few days just to say hi because mind you, I was dating someone (he was in saudi arabia, he was in the air force) and FH also had a girlfriend (not sure why he gave my Mom his # but whatever, lol) The funny thing is that before my Grandma took a turn for the worst, FH would walk by her room in his uniform and she would blow kisses at him and we would all crack up, she waould say in spanish 'hey cutie come here' and she would always ask 'isn't he cute, you don't like him, if you don't want him I'll take him' (I swear my hand to god she would say this) I wouls just laugh and say No Abuelita you know I have a BF. Anyways we became good friends and would talk about our not so good relationships and give each other advice and stuff. On 9/11 FH lost his cousin and his ex (not the one he was dating at the time, someone he dated for 7 years and broke up with in 98) , I lost my ex and very best guy friend, he was a firefighter, damnit I miss him so much
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Both of our relationships with other people end shortly after that, for a lot of other reasons. To add salt in my wound, Grandma passed away 2 weeks after 9/11, my world had been turned upside down, it was the 1st time that I had lost anyone that I was close 2, now 2 people that I adored in 2 weeks was too much to bare. Fh showed up at the wake in a suit and although I was upset my GF (the one that passed away the pass November) says damn Abuela was right, what's wrong with you, look at him in that suit he looks friggin HOT, lol. I said yeah he does right. Sorry OK I'm almost done, lol. Anyways I kept blowing him off to go out for cocktails and finally on August 5th 2002 (My mom's bday) we meet for Margaritas, he said he had never had one before, it was him, my BFF (geez can't beelive she gone) and I , yes a triple date, lol we have dinner , 5 pitchers of Margaritas and I so did a guy move on him. He goes to the restroom, my BFF says you're an idiot if you let him walk away, so after a few ok after A LOT of drinks I say the hell with it, he comes back and she goes to smoke. He pops a certs in his mouth and I say 'can I have one?' he says sure and goes to reach into his pocket, I grabbed his hand and said 'no, not those, that one' {pointing to his mouth} YUP I DID, lol so I leaned over the table and took the cert and that was our first kiss hehehehe, we've been together ever since. The following month, the 1 year anniversary of 9/11 was so darn tough for us but we got through it together. We leaned on each other way too much for support, in November I found out I was pregnant and that our daughter had been conceived on 9/11. We named her after his cousin and we feel that we and she were so meant to be, like his cousin, his ex, my ex and my grandma all got together and made this happen. OK so we didn't get too date too long but we knew each other for a while, lol.
