Part I: The Meeting (This was when it all started)

by: Syd

Sometimes some things happen that we cannot grasp; but everything happens for a reason. And I guess it was the same thing with what happened to us.

It was I who found him. And it was during a time in my life when I was really feeling so down. I found this site for travelers who want to exchange ideas and meet people. It was not a dating site. I tried to browse several profiles and clicked those which I found to be interesting. I remembered I clicked his and sent a friendly invitation; I did the same to others, with the hope that one of them would accept.

After a couple of days or so, I checked my profile and found a message from him:

Hello Miss Syd, thanks for stopping by my site. I see you have requested for me to add you as a friend and yet we’ve never officially met, so now I’m gonna make you work for it .. I want you to send me a list, song, poem, love note….or whatever you want to convince me you are worthy of my friendship…. if you impress me, I’ll consider your request.(It doesn’t take much to impress me. ) If you choose not to respond then I guess we’ll pass like two ships in the night never knowing what could have been…*sniff*… well I’m sure you’ll get over it someday… don’t beat yourself up. Anyway… Peace, Love and Underwear. FoxxSlayer.

Honestly speaking, I felt a bit surprised, a bit annoyed, a bit challenged and a bit excited the moment I started reading his letter. Immediately after I was done, I sent him my reply:

hi,

i see you have certain requirements and tests before you accept someone’s friendship request…hmmm…rather unusual, i should say. i feel like i’m in an audition or i’m applying for a job, lolz!

well, i believe the only thing that i can do to convince you to become friends with me is my pure and genuine intention. that’s all. true friendship can be expressed in many ways. but it can only be done if two people will give each other a chance to prove to one another that they are willing to give it a try…

i hope that principle will work with us.

anyway, i am here to offer my sincere intention of friendship. and i will be glad to hear that others will accept it…including you.

Have a nice day, FoxxSlayer!

I received another reply from him:

Hey Syd,

OK… pure and genuine intention, I hear, is the best kind of intention, so I am honored to pursue a friendship with you…. Wow! THAT sounded cheesy! Anyway… I wasn’t trying to set requirements or test ya… I just wanted to see if you would do it…… although, a poem would have been nice. Well I hope to talk to ya later and get to know ya…. Oh… and when you get to know me, remember this…. you have no one but yourself to blame! ciao!

My reply to this was:

Hi Foxx,

so you like poems? well, sorry i didn’t have much time to send you one, but maybe in the coming days…anyway, I’m glad and I thank you for accepting my friendship…err…why would I blame myself? …for what???

have a great day!

Our online conversation started in June 23, 2008 and went on continuously up to this day…Little did we know that those simple exchanges of words would be the start of a wonderful friendship that would eventually blossom into a promise of undying love for each other…

It’s been a wonderful feeling that I never want to end. Despite the trials that keep coming my way, it’s his love that’s keeping me strong and giving me hope.