# I'm in love! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 23, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462 "2003-07-23T19:08:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/1 "2003-07-23T19:08:26Z")
Where to begin… I met Tom about 3-1/2 months ago in a bar. I was dating someone else at the time, but I went to this bar occasionally to shoot pool and play Trivia. I asked him to play pool with me. I saw him a few times after that and we began to talk more and more, finding lots of things in common. One day I was pissed at my “boyfriend” - he never wanted to go do anything, and I was feeling rather used (sexually) - I was on my way to a Dopefest, and I called Tom. He had given me his number a while back, in a friendly way. He was never pushy about dating me, and seemed to understand that I was seeing someone and that I just wanted to be friends. So I took Tom to the HouDopefest, even though he doesn’t even own a computer, much less know what the Straight Dope is. We had a great time! Drinking beer and eating seafood, talking with the other Dopers. After that, we went and shot some pool at our little bar. Then he wanted to take me out to this little blues club. So we each went home and changed for the evening. He picked me up, and more fun was had! We drank and danced the night away. I think we’ve only spent 2 days apart since. He is the most wonderful man I’ve ever met! Kind, considerate, a man of his word. He took me to his hometown of Daytona Beach, Florida over the July 4th weekend. I’ve met all his family. He brings me flowers, he cooks me dinner, he takes me out. He told me he loved me under the moon and stars on the beach. It’s a whirlwind romance, and I have fallen hard. He likes to do yardwork, and is landscaping my backyard. He even went and bought a chainsaw to cut down the half-dead tree! He lives in an apartment, a mere seven minutes from my house, and is actually enjoying what I consider hard labor. My yard looks great! And the chemistry between us is unbelievable. I melt when he kisses me. I am so blown away by my good fortune, to meet someone who is, I truly believe, my soulmate. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mean\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Boy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/2 "2003-07-23T19:15:48Z")
Damn! All i can say is… your damn little lucky girl! Enjoy the relationship and the time both of you spend together. That’s all i can tell ya… ahh… congratulations too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/3 "2003-07-23T19:24:01Z")
Congrats! He sounds like a keeper for sure! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/4 "2003-07-23T19:32:48Z")
Wow! You let a guy who lives in an _apartment_, without a yard of his own to scape, experiment in _your_ backyard? With a chainsaw? That’s pretty brave of you. Oh, I’m just kidding. Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/5 "2003-07-23T19:47:00Z")
I’m so glad you found him, and that it’s working out. I think you deserve a little “lucky in love” right now. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/6 "2003-07-23T20:07:44Z")
Wait a second… He’s sweet, kind, considerate -and- LIKES to do yardwork??? Dayum! He sounds like a Keeper! Wonderful! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/7 "2003-07-23T20:17:25Z")
Most definitely a keeper. And did I mention he’s 6’5, blond and blue-eyed? Major hunk. (This little voice in the back of my head keeps saying awful things, though… Like “What in the hell does he see in you?” I’m doing my best to drown her out. I sometimes have self-esteem issues, but I do know I am a sweet, giving, warm person. I’m kind of overweight at the moment, but I’m working on it.) ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/8 "2003-07-23T21:29:46Z")
YIPPPEEEE!! 😃 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dolores Claiborne \* > \*\*This little voice in the back of my head keeps saying awful things, though… Like “What in the hell does he see in you?” I’m doing my best to drown her out. \*\* God, do I know _that_ voice! **Don’t listen to her!** [sub]now if I could just _follow_ that advice…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Siegfried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Siegfried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siegfried)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/9 "2003-07-23T22:39:00Z")
Hey, congrats, **Dolores**. I think I remember Tom from the HouDopeFest; he’s a really nice guy. This is really great. As for the little voice, I suggest hard liquor to drown her. A warning, though: in your attempts to drown her (especially using Tequila), you are more prone to doing sinister things like sing Celine Dion’s greatest hits at the nearest karaoke bar. Just a friendly warning from someone who has a blackmail video of his friend doing such a thing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/10 "2003-07-23T22:50:15Z")
I remember Tom, **Dolores**. Seemed like a nice guy - good sense of humor. I’m happy for ya. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/11 "2003-07-23T22:57:36Z")
Luck and joy to both of you! ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/12 "2003-07-23T23:00:06Z")
Nice! Love rules! Go love! ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/13 "2003-07-23T23:21:10Z")
KarmaComa reads the title: “I’m in love!”… he glances at the OP username, Dolores Claiborne, winces, and tucks his feet under his chair. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/14 "2003-07-24T12:57:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KarmaComa \* > \*\*KarmaComa reads the title: “I’m in love!”… he glances at the OP username, Dolores Claiborne, winces, and tucks his feet under his chair. \*\* I think it’s time to change my user name… Thanks for the good wishes everyone! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/190462/15 "2003-07-24T13:47:13Z")
Awwwwwwwwww! Congrats! 🙂