Ok Xbox, I was told you wanted my version of our first date so here we go are you ready?

Ok the King and I worked at the same place for many years. I use to think to myself this guy is either gay or he is the shyest man I have ever come across. For about 8 years or so, we would pass each other in the hall and I would say “hey M” and he would say “hi”. Yes that is all he would say. However I loved the way he use to dress for work, very professional. Dressed to the nines, very sharp. As far as I knew he had no girlfriend but back then it didn’t matter seeing that I was married (YUK!)

Well the year that his BFF was getting married was the year I was single again (YES!) and as far as I was concerned I was done with men, forever. I had two small children and all I was focused on was raising them the best way I could. The girls at work would tell me that they wanted to set me up with some guys they knew but I wanted nothing to do with it. I had even dated an ex boyfriend a few times but then I realized why he was “an ex-boyfriend”. So I swore off men. One sweet elderly lady that worked with us told me “when you are not looking is when you will find your prince charming”. Well I wasn’t looking and I could care less if I ever found him. So it was December of 1997 the King sends me an e-mail and it said: “Hey, you consider me a friend, right?” I reply: “yes, why do you ask?”King replies: ” I want to know if you could do me a favor”. Queen: “what kind of favor?” King: “a friend of mine is getting married and I really don’t want to go by myself, will you come with me”? Long pause from the Queen, I was talking to my friend who was sitting next to me at her desk and told her that M wants me to go with him to some wedding, I really don’t know him other than here at work, what should I do? She tells me to e-mail him back and tell him that you will need to think about it. So I did and I am sure that he was not happy to get that response but none the less he was a gentlemen about it. I tried to get out of it a few days later by saying that I had nothing to wear, he said he would buy me whatever outfit I wanted, he also asked me what kind of perfume I liked, what type of flowers. I was getting nervous. I refused to have him “buy” me anything. So I think it was a week later (could have been a little sooner) he asked if I had made a decision, the girls in the office were telling me to go that M was such a nice person and that they know he wouldn’t try to get to second base because he was not like that. So even though I wanted to say no (because I hated men at this time) I said yes. I went out and bought a dress, a very pretty dress as a matter of fact. So now I had the girls teasing me because I was nervous, I am sure not as nervous as the King was, lol.

So yes he picks me up at my girlfriends house, and here is where I will finally admit that yes I used the excuse that my friend needed to use my car, I just didn’t want him to think that since my kids were spending the night with the sitter that he might have a chance at first and second base. THERE I SAID IT!!

LOL. Anyway the ride to the church was a quiet one, I tried to hold a conversation but I would only get one word answers from him so I decided to stay quiet. I remember the church being nice the mass was beautifully done and then as fast as it started it had ended so back out into the cold we go.

We are heading to the reception once again quiet. Dinner time was quiet, and then the woman that the King says wanted him came to sit by us (she was in the wedding party). She drags the King to take pictures and I sit all alone at the table for the longest time, I said to myself “this is bullshit” I am here as his date and he is off GOD knows where. Ok so now we dance a slow song and that was it the reception was over.

Here goes the long drive home, we talked a little and then once again silence, I actually started falling asleep as he drove me back to my friends house. All in all he was a gentlemen that night and that is perhaps the reason we had a second date. Although I don’t know why he even asked for a second date seeing that he told his mother that he was not going to pursue a second date.

The King had the majority of the story correct he just didn’t have much detail. However he did stretch the truth on one thing, he stated that I was hot, that my friend I am not. Jennifer Lopez is hot, Christina Aguilara is hot, Jessica Alba is hot, but little ole’ me, not by a long shot. :)

So there you have it my friend, my version of our first date. It was a strange date but I truly believe that he was sent to me by GOD, for he knew that I need a Prince Charming in my life and he was right, and I thank GOD for him every day. He truly is my prince charming.