Alice, congrats, your a great lady, deserve to be happy.

well hey! Since you're spreading it around- where's mine??? hmmm???

have you looked in san antonio

congrats to you both

"Congratulations to both of you, how I wish I can post mine like this soon" ....

Congrats Alice Im so happy for U!! you so deserve to be happy!!

I am deeply moved by this out pouring of support and well wishes, thank you all so much.

A special thanks to those of you who I have spent time on the phone with!!

You are the greatest bunch of friends, I am so glad in many ways that I found Mingle and all of you.

Texas is where all the hotties are.

No argument :-)

now there;s a predictable response!!!

Yes, Ese, Krupa, ManO, Mo (even though I want to punch him in the nose half the time), I think there are more....

Alice and I first chatted each other up on March 7.

When I joined Mingle, I was only looking for pen pals. I figured that I was such damaged goods that I was not suitable for a real relationship. As it turned out, Alice had similar feelings. We asked and answered questions about everything there was to know about each other. In fact, we were constantly trying to give the other any possible reason to back out. It just didn't work. Every question only led to more perfect matches between us.

Before too long, we both knew pretty much everything there was to know about each other. (I do mean EVERYthing). You really can't do this if there is any holding back or if you are afraid to ask.

Niether of us has any money, so it was only with the help of a generous angel (Alice's Mom), that we were able to have our first date in April. Alice flew out to stay with me for two days, and it was amazing. There's a lot of scenery to show off in Oregon, but we never got around to that. It's hard to believe that we have only had one date.

I have struggled with the use of the L word. My apprehension is, am I in love with Alice? Or am I just in love with being in love? Or am I just in love with being loved? I worked very hard to come up with every close synonym for the L word that I could think of, and finally gave up. It certainly feels like love. We're just going to have to make this thing run and see where it leads.

There are still things to work out. We recently had our first fight. Alice thinks I flirt too much on Mingle. I don't think I flirt at all. I merely like to express my appreciation of people that I like. Most important, I don't want Alice to feel bad. So, from now on, I won't say anything nice about anybody.

We are planning our second date in October. It will be a difficult summer, but in the meantime, we spend hours IMing every evening. Alice is very fun to talk to.

Ah yes, the old "flirting on Mingle while seeing someone" issue. Good luck with that. I'm sure you guys will work it out.

:-)