# My blind date for Valentine's Day hasn't gone home yet!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268 "2006-02-13T14:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/1 "2006-02-13T14:26:01Z")
Last year an old friend from high school called me up and told me that she had someone I had to meet and would I like a date for Valentine’s Day. I said, “What the Hell?” and went over to meet my date. I had been made a widower about a year before and it would be nice to not be alone. My old friend had prepared me up front, KD has MS and was in a wheelchair. My friend had read about my experience with a brain injury and subsequent recovery in the local paper and she thought that I might be able to inspire KD. KD had lost her husband in 1999, automobile accident, and she had had a really hard time. I wasn’t prepared for KD to be so HOT, she is really very very attractive blond with real long legs. We both started with the same idea, have some fun and go our seperate ways. I assumed that KD would be high maintenance like my wife had been, I wasn’t ready to get tied down with someone like that. Not that I was real impressive, I had this “wildman” thing going with my hair and I had put on some weight. KD said that I looked like Jerry Garcia, I heard that three times last year so there must be some validity to it. Later KD told me that she had always preferred men taller, her husband had been 6’5" and I push 5’7". She told our friend that there was “no way in Hell” anything would ever happen between me and her. We went out to eat and then back to my place and took care of our mutual lust. Then we talked, and talked. I was impressed with KD, she has lived in Hell, more so than me, and is still here to tell about it. I admire her. She says that I’m impressive, that I have been to Hell also and continue to go on. She said, “You don’t pity me.” She hasn’t gone back home yet!!! ---
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/2 "2006-02-13T14:27:21Z")
I’ve cut off most of my hair and lost 40 pounds, people notice. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/3 "2006-02-13T14:40:50Z")
Good for you! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/4 "2006-02-13T14:46:06Z")
huh…maybe you’ve struck a cord…(insert jerry garcia musical joke here) good for you, though…you never know when the littlest things turn into something more. keep us posted. ---
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/5 "2006-02-14T12:00:46Z")
I just had to run the thread back up to the top. I’m soooo happy this morning. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/6 "2006-02-14T12:52:04Z")
Yay for KD and you **hlanelee**! I hope the two of you find much happiness together. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/7 "2006-02-14T13:11:20Z")
I have got a superb case of the smilies after reading your OP and the Bump **hlanelee**. It is threads like yours that make All the Bad Stuff in the World seem trite and totally insignificant in the _really_ big scheme of things. May KD never go home. Happy Days Dude!! ;j ;j ;j ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/8 "2006-02-14T13:25:51Z")
Excellent! I’m glad for you. I’m made even more glad by the way I interpreted your thread title at first. I thought you meant you parted ways and she never turned up at home and now you’re a murder suspect or something. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/9 "2006-02-14T15:21:08Z")
So you’ve given her a ‘touch of grey’, eh? ---
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/10 "2011-02-10T16:24:27Z")
I bumped this up because we will be celebrating six years together next week… and here’s a related link: [Need Help…Suggetion for Wedding Vows…Bride in a Wheelchair](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=453106&highlight=wheelchair) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/11 "2011-02-10T16:30:15Z")
Wow! Congratulations! 🙂 ( :: opens thread, puzzled by title :: But Valentine’s Day isn’t here yet!) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/12 "2011-02-10T17:00:09Z")
When I first saw this topic title, I thought “hasn’t gone home yet” meant she went missing after the date and was presumed dead. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/13 "2011-02-10T17:01:17Z")
Sometimes it’s worth bumping old threads. Congratulations Mr and Mrs **hlanelee**! ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/14 "2011-02-10T17:03:09Z")
disregard ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/15 "2011-02-10T18:03:14Z")
Wow. Congratulations, you guys! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/16 "2011-02-10T18:46:10Z")
Wait, wouldn’t it be five years? Unless you wrote the OP a year after your first date and she STILL hadn’t gone home… ---
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/17 "2011-02-10T19:03:08Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Wait, wouldn’t it be five years? Unless you wrote the OP a year after your first date and she STILL hadn’t gone home… That’s correct the OP was made a year after our first date which was on 02-14-2005. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/18 "2011-02-10T19:39:34Z")
Do zombies make good dates? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/19 "2011-02-10T19:42:24Z")
Whatever, **Omar.** Sweetest zombie ever. Mazel tov, you crazy kids! I’m glad you found each other… (Strange. My eyes are watering all of a sudden … ) ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268/20 "2011-02-10T19:57:47Z")
Well, that’s great! Although I hope by now she’s called someone to go feed her cats. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blind-date-for-valentines-day-hasnt-gone-home-yet/344268.md?page=2)