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Body Transformed
A Journey of Surgical Weight Loss


How I Met Ed
May 20, 2003

I was sitting at the computer one night when I got an instant message from someone saying hello, asking where I live in my state. I checked the profile of the man sending the message and immediately understood that this was a guy with a sense of humor. His profile was filled with lightheartedness and fun. After a failed marriage to a depressed and depressing man and a couple of years alone, I was definitely interested.

Chatting led to phone conversations, phone conversations led to lunch, lunch led to dinner, and along the way I fell in love with Ed, the funny, charming guy from the Internet.

As has often been said, "When it's right, it's right." After only a couple of months, we both knew we had found the person we would spend the rest of our lives with. I have never before felt so cherished. All of my life I've been looking for a man who made me feel like I was the most important person on the planet. It took 46 years and lots of mistakes to find him, but I did. Not only does he love me, Ed genuinely likes me as well.

It's an interesting relationship, because in many ways we are polar opposites. I'm politically liberal. He's a staunch conservative. I'm somewhat of a feminist; he's a traditional kind of guy. Fortunately, he respects my point of view like no man has ever before in my life, so I don't feel put down when we disagree. We somehow find a way to agree to disagree without it meaning that we're doomed.

I don't know where this whole thing will lead, but for now I'm enjoying it and hoping that it never ends.

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Body Transformed: The Archive
Making the Decision
07/14/01: Making the Decision
08/23/01: Leaving Bill
09/18/01: No Job
09/20/01: Just That Quick
The Family and Friends Plan
09/19/02: Why Not Me?
12/26/02: Comparisons
03/22/03: Jumping on the Bandwagon
05/20/03: How I Met Ed
08/18/03: The Big Squeeze
11/06/03: New Body, New Husband
Seeking Approval
02/04/04: Time to Get Approved
03/12/04: Journey Begins
04/26/04: I'm Approved
06/13/04: Pre-Op Testing
06/20/04: In the Waiting Line
Making the Cut
07/10/04: Saying Goodbye
07/11/04: Sleepless Night
07/15/04: The Surgery
Strange Changes
07/22/04: Yummy Water
07/30/04: Smaller Tummy
08/16/04: 37 Pounds Down
09/07/04: My First 50 Pounds
10/31/04: Different Food, Same Love
New Body Countdown
11/07/04: 67 Down and Counting
11/12/04: Melting Away - 73 down
11/20/04: Breaking 200
11/26/04: Giving Thanks - 83 pounds
Holiday Madness
12/08/04: Slowing Down
12/15/04: Fortune 100, and Counting
12/27/04: Weight GAIN?
Quiet Rewards
01/06/05: Jeans Older Than My Kids
01/19/05: No Lap, But I'll Take the Luxury
01/28/05: A Most Unusual Revelation
02/07/05: Body and Sole
02/14/05: Flowers in the Mirror
Ready for Summer
03/31/05: Batwings and Tummy-Tucks
A New Life
12/15/05: Finally

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