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He caught me totally off-guard.
God is so good and We are so blessed!!!!! Greg proposed to me on Saturday September 16, 2006! We are engaged!
We are getting married January 27, 2007!!!a brief story: We met online (catholicmingle.com) I sent him a virtual "smile," two years ago in September 2004 ... We talked online, on the phone, and through e-mail. In May 2005 we met in person (and we really hit it off!) In June 2005 Greg took me up to the foothills to show me his property up there and the next day he asked me to be his girlfriend (I said yes!!!!) We have dated with me living in Southern CA, the Bay Area, and now finally the Central Valley! We laugh a lot and enjoy spending time together. We visit friends and family often and rarely have too much spare time. We pray and go to church together. Our faith lives are very much on the same level. ... We fell in love ... In February 2006 Greg brought me back up to the foothills and told me he loved me!! It was the most romantic time we'd ever had. (I told him I loved him too!!!) We camp and hike and love spending time outside exploring God's creation. We have traveled all over Europe together and have made our way across the country visiting family and friends. We teach together for our church's confirmation students. ... Over the last year or so, we've had our ups and downs like any relationship has...but over that time we've learned what makes each of us tick, we’ve become friends and fallen in love. And we've learned that we share a common vision of our futures together...as a married couple, as parents of our future children, and as a Christian couple willing to go together wherever and do whatever God wants us to. In August 2006 Greg talked to his family priest and his parents, for a blessing for us to get married. The next weekend, we drove to Oregon to see my family and while I was out shopping with my best friend - Greg spoke with my father about his daughter and marriage. Of course, when my best friend and I came home dad and Greg were hugging in the living room. Two weeks later (Saturday September 16, 2006) - after much research on Greg's part to find the perfect ring, much planning on his part to plan the perfect proposal, and much anxious anticipation on my part!!!! - He caught me totally off-guard and made it a complete surprise!!! He proposed. Many of you have already asked how he did it and please call me if you want the 20 minute explanation! But to be brief - it was perfect! He brought me to our church, to the statues of the Holy Family, to light a candle and pray. He prayed for us and for our future together. It was amazing (ok, now I am all watery-eyed at work writing this!!!) He got down on both knees, said all sorts of sweet things to me, and asked me to marry him! (OF COURSE – I said yes!!) The priest had left a blessing for us and since we were alone in the church we cheered and danced around, very excited! We called around to share the good news and spent the rest of the weekend relaxing and celebrating with family and friends. Prayers are heard (I can’t even count how many novenas to St. Joseph I have prayed!!) and dreams do come true!!! Our God is truly an awesome God!Blessings to all of you.
Sarina
sarina & greengreg
We were married on January 28, 2006
Celticfan and I started emailing and IM'ing in September of 2005. We quickly realized that we had a great deal in common, thanks in part to the profile system offered on Catholic Mingle. Because we knew about each others likes and dislikes before we ever emailed, it made getting to know each other a lot easier. When we decided to meet for dinner, it was like meeting an old friend, and falling in love at first sight! We knew enough about one another to know that this first meeting was going to be the make or break, and I am very happy to say, we were both very pleased with the results. We were married on January 28, 2006, and have started blending our 2 families and look forward to many years of happiness and joy together.
Kpzolo & Celticfan
My friends can't believe I met such a great person
Thank you!! In March of 2004, I met a wonderful guy here. We have been an "item" ever since. We see each other regularly, play a lot of cribbage and gin, travel together, church together, party together and just share so many things while still spending some time with our families. He's kind, thoughtful, caring, romantic, and has enriched my life. In the beginning he and his daughter lived in another state but they have since moved to my state, 45 minutes away. My friends can't believe I met such a great person "online", but I did..
**UPDATED Jan 2nd, 2007**
It has been 3 1/2 years since we
met. We spend a lot of time traveling, swimming and sunbathing, playing a lot
of cribbage and gin, working around the house, visiting each other and just
enjoying quality time together.
Marie
Assunta & BAD1
The prayers and shared values brought us closer together.
Happy65 and L1nus9907 (Theresa and Jim), met on CatholicMingle.com in May of 2009. We give our stories below.
Jim: I recently lost my wife of 41 years. As part of my grieving I signed up for a 4-day retreat at St. Vincent Arch abbey in Latrobe, Pa. I also
planned to make a mini pilgrimage to Latrobe from New Jersey on my bicycle. At the same time I was participating in a workshop for grieving spouses in my home in South Carolina. One day the counselor mentioned another man who, recently widowed, had met, fallen in love with, and subsequently married a woman he met on the internet. A few days after hearing this, I received an email with a link to Catholic
Mingle.com. I decided to try it out. After submitting my profile, I saw an attractive woman, Happy65, who liked bicycling, was a serious
Catholic, and also lived in Pennsylvania. I emailed her seeking advice on my bike trip only to discover that she had a family connection to
St. Vincent's, her uncle had been a president. She also gave me some advice about how to make my trip via a safer route. We began to exchange emails and soon learned that we had a lot in common, including being from large families, having strong Catholic beliefs, and having shared the pain of losing a spouse. Soon we were talking on the phone and she was helping me get through some of the really low periods. We started praying together including a nightly rosary over
the phone. The prayers and shared values brought us closer together.
It was several months before we met in person, but by that time I felt we knew each other all our lives. After meeting her in person and seeing
her family and her parish I realized that not only did I love her, but that I also wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. She accepted
my marriage proposal, offered three months after we met, and we plan to be married in April, just under a year after our first contact.
Theresa:
After being widowed for over five years, I decided to look on the internet for another wonderful guy. I had dated and corresponded with other men, but not someone that I wanted to marry until Jim. I was looking for two qualities that I found in Jim, the first was a devoted Catholic with whom I could share my faith, the second was a man who enjoyed physical activities. Jim's first email, describing his planned retreat in
Latrobe and his idea of a bike trip of several hundred miles, told me that he might have both qualities.
As time went on I experienced Jim's devotion to the Catholic Faith through his descriptions of his
life and also through our shared prayers. Our emails and phone calls only confirmed to me that Jim is a man who I could find attractive. I
learned so much about his life and beliefs that I felt I really knew him. I came to look forward to saying prayers together in the evening. I invited Jim to attend my family reunion in July when all eight of my brothers and sisters and our families get together. He came from South Carolina with his dog, Casey. We had a great time and felt so
comfortable together that before I knew it he was gone and I missed him. He seemed to miss me, because he pedaled the 287 miles from Washington, DC to Pennsylvania in just four days so that we could spend more time together before his retreat. By the time his retreat was over and he
was on his way back to South Carolina, I knew that we were meant for each other.
I was not surprised that he proposed, but he did ask me a little sooner than I expected. We are so happy and thankful to Catholic Mingle for bringing us together.
Linus9907 & Happy65
I couldn’t be more blessed.
I was registered at Catholic Mingles for 2 or 3 weeks when I received his first “smile”. I registered at Catholic Mingles after hearing, on another Catholic website, about someone who found her husband through CM. Immediately I thought “mine is there too”. He sent me 2 or 3 smiles until I replied to him. That was in December of 2007. He loves pictures and sent me loads of them, which helped build my trust in him because he wanted to share his family, his friends and himself with me.
Austinguy met Vickybrasil at a very difficult time: my father had just died of cancer and I was grieving. He was looking for a woman somewhere close to NM, I live in London, UK, so our contacts started as pure friendship, nothing else. When I saw his profile and lots of action pics, I didn’t like it as I am an indoor type of person. However, he was so sweet and we had so much in common to talk about, we were constantly chatting. He was a ray of sunshine into my life. Time was passing and we could feel a strong connection developing between us. Although he is American and I am Brazilian, we have the same education background, we share the same family values, same outlook in life, morals and above all, the same faith. When I had time off work in April of 2008, I decided to travel to NM to meet him in person. Things were getting serious, but I refused to say we were committed to each other without seeing him in person first. But at the airport, I knew we were meant to be together. He was so shy and respectful, it was like a dream to me. We went on bike rides, he showed me Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Jemez Park. He introduced me to his parents, all of his family and friends, and they all couldn’t be more adorable. When it was time to leave, we both cried at the airport and he said “I love you”.
Later, he came to London for 2 months to get to know everything, and how I lived here, and then he asked my hand to my mother via MSN on a webcam!!!!
I have four close friends who married men they met over the internet, so I was willing to try. The only thing I asked in my prayers was for God to send me a man of faith, with strong family values. I couldn’t be more blessed. We had a civil wedding in the US in November of 2008 because the Church in Brazil requires a civil wedding prior to the religious one. At that time we were saying we were half-married. Then, on January 10th, 2009 we finally got married at Church in my hometown, Niteroi, close to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was a beautiful ceremony – even the photographer was crying – followed by a reception prepared by my mother for our families. It was a magical night, so wonderful to be able to share that happiness with relatives and friends.
Today we live in London, UK, and we are a family, committed with God, expecting the day when we will have our first child. We know things will not be easy since we are not young, fresh out of college newlyweds. We both agree our maturity is a great asset to our marriage though. We are willing to try everything because we know God introduced us to each other and we are destined to be together forever.
May the Holy Family bless us all.
Vitoria and Gerald
VickyBrasil & Austinguy