Okay, so we danced like a couple of crazed beings. He taught me to three-step and I realized that it was hard to concentrate on dancing, ducking from his gaze and to listen to his questions all at the same time. I was terribly shy and more than a little hot and bothered to be pressed so close to "a hunk of a hot man."
He snatched my number before the end of the night and it wasn't until the following day that I learned he thought I'd told him I was a senior in college, not high school. And that was my fault. I assumed he'd realize I meant high school.
Needless to say my parents weren't too happy about it. It was an honest to goodness real life Dirty Dancing story come to life. Momma liked him, Daddy didn't. It took three months of keeping my now husband away and not speaking to my dad ( I know, real mature) before my man decided enough was enough. I'll never forget the day…
I was out back hanging clothes up to dry–we saved money any way we could–when a yellow Chevy pulled up out front. I knew that truck. No, it couldn't be. I ran inside, but before I could make it to the living room. I heard the exchange.
My Man: "Hello, I'm Ben."
My Dad: "I know who you are. Come in."
And just like that, my to-be-hubby charmed the socks off my family. A year later, he asked me to marry him. In October, we'll celebrate 15 years of marriage. We've sent his daughter to college and lived through the idea of our baby leaving the nest. We've raised our very head strong daughter and a mouthy son–he get's it from me–to be half-way decent little humans.
He supports me in every way possible and we only have the occasional hiccup to remind us that we're still normal. But, it wasn't until last night that everything really hit home.
My daughter had my Bose system blaring and she and my son were practicing their own form of Mortal Combat–in real life. I was about to scream if someone didn't give me just a moment's peace. And that's when it happened…
A man with dark hair and a day's growth of beard with the bluest eyes you've ever seen reached his hand out to me. "Let's dance." He didn't ask. He commanded and I followed. We waltzed to "Baby Got Back" completely ignoring the screaming kids, blaring music, and the fact that my refrigerator can practically reach across and shake hands with my stove. He masterfully spun me around the tiny space and tucked me close. In that moment I knew that he was the reason I write romance. I want everyone to be blessed with a little dose of that kind of love. It's the kind that makes everything else okay.
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Roxanne Rhoads
13 years agoawww that's the sweetest thing- and so true for all of us ladies who relaize that real romance is the little things in life that make it all worth while.
My husband and I declared our theme song to be "Another Day in Paradise"
kids screaming, phone ringing…. yeah that's us especially the part "honey don't kick it promise I'll fix it…." LOL yes I have anger issues when things don't work right.
Liz Crowe
13 years agothat is a truly beautiful story! thank you for sharing it.
Rachel
13 years ago AUTHORRoxanne, I'm learning so much about you through these posts, lol. My hubs is the one that gets irritable when things break… I calmly pat his back and encourage him to drink a pivo (cold beer in Czech), lol.
Rachel
13 years ago AUTHORLiz, you are most welcome. Thanks for reading.
Kendall Grey
13 years agoI'm sorry I'm late to the party. I was out of town all day yesterday and I'm just now catching up on blogs.
Rachel, I've never heard this story about your and your blue-eyed hottie before. It made me cry! It's so sweet. True love. Man, you can't beat this!
Off to tweet it now… 🙂
Lisa Kessler
13 years agoAwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! Very sweet story Rachel!!!
Thanks for sharing that…
*HUGS*
Lisa 🙂
Rachel
13 years agoAh, Kendall, you so rock. I'm glad I could share this with you. And thans for the tweetage! 🙂
Lisa, I'm glad you liked it. It's one of my faves.
Heather Powers
13 years agoWhat a romantic post, my hubby makes me laugh with funny faces when I'm having a rough day:)
Heather aka Earth
Rachel
13 years agoHeather, treasure him. Anyone that goes out of their way to make us smile is so worth it!