I'm super interested to read about everyone's first meeting with their SO. I'm sure you all have some great stories and, in writing about it, will probably make yourself feel happy to re-live the moment in a way... I'll start with mine...
Flying from California to Illinois, I had enlisted the help of a friend in giving me a ride to the airport. My flight was leaving at 6:10am, so I wanted to be there around 4:30am to leave enough time to get through security. I had my friend stay the night at my place since I was planning on leaving with him around 3-30am (takes about an hour to get to the airport from where I live). I didn't sleep at all that night. I had way too much on my mind. I laid in bed with the lights off, my eyes closed, but I didn't sleep. When 3am rolled around, I jumped out of bed, wide awake, told my friend (who didn't sleep either) "Alright, lets go!" It's at this point that he informs me that he is not the one who's actually going to drive, and that another one of my friends will be driving. He was still going to come with me, but he wouldn't be driving. This meant we had to go to my other friend's house (10-15 minutes), wait for him to wake up (another 15+ minutes), warm up the car (5 minutes), drive SLOWLY to the freeway and ON the freeway...stop halfway there to get gas and something to eat (15 minutes), etc... This was pissing me off a little, and made me even more nervous than I already was because now I was starting to think I would miss my flight.
We didn't get there until around 5:25am or so...almost an hour later than I wanted to arrive and boarding time was at 5:30am. Either way, we'd made it. As I stepped out of the car, I was shaking and I couldn't control it. I was so nervous, not only because I was flying to meet my SO, but because I'd never flown by myself before, and the fear that I could miss the flight didn't help... I said goodbye, thanked my friend and walked, fast, into the terminal. As I took an escalator up to security, I came face to face with a security line that extended VERY far. Now I was really scared of missing my flight... Thankfully as I stood in line, a TSA person was walking down the line and announced that the time to get through security would only be 10-15 minutes, even for the people way at the back. This was slightly reassuring...
I made it through security quickly, as was promised earlier, and headed down the terminal to my gate. No lines there of course...everyone had boarded long before I got there... As I got on the plane, I had another moment of fear, 'what if my carry-on didn't fit in the compartment?' When I bought it, I bought it because it was the most spacious bag i could find. It makes use of every quarter-inch allowed on the plane, lol. I hoisted it up to a compartment, and...i couldn't get it in! I felt so dumb and immediately thought to myself about how all the veteran flyers are watching me and probably thinking "Oh great...it's one of THOSE guys..." lol. I tried to play this off smoothly though and didn't try to force it. I went a couple rows down and found a compartment that wasn't totally full and my bag fit there just fine...whew!
Very soon, the plane took off on a 4 hour flight that would seem like a life time... I had a middle seat, and the window on my row was badly placed so, I never saw anything during the flight which, made me kind of sad because I wanted to look out on the streets and highways and just imagine that my SO will be driving on one of them to pick me up soon...
Finally, I arrived. When I turned my phone back on, I had a few text messages from her letting me know that she was in traffic and will be late. She assured me that she can't wait to see me and to explore the airport while I wait. I texted her back to let her know I'd arrived safely and that I was really nervous, hehe. Since she was going to be late, I took my time walking through the airport, just thinking to myself about how I couldn't believe I was really there and that this whole thing was really happening. I was there!!! I went to the bathroom and just stared at myself, hoping I looked okay...
After walking around a little more, I made my way to baggage claim since I figured she should be arriving soon... My whole plan for our meeting was to be walking toward each other in the terminal so, I made sure to walk slow in anticipation of her phone call. Unfortunately, I arrived at baggage claim and when she did call, she called to tell me that traffic was pretty much stopped and it was going to be a little while longer. With more time to kill, I called my friends and some family to let them all know I arrived safely, but mostly I just sat in baggage claim thinking to myself...anticipating the one phone call from her that would be the one where she tells me "I'm here!" She called me a few more times while I waited, and every time my phone vibrated, it made my heart start to pound, wondering if she had arrived yet...
Finally, she called me to let me know she was at baggage claim, and my heart started to pound. So, as we're on the phone, I'm of course looking for someone with a phone held to their ear. I saw one person with a phone, her back turned to me, but she was too short and didn't look like my SO... I asked her "Where are you?" and she told me that she'd gone into the bathroom real quick, which was DIRECTLY TO MY LEFT! I couldn't believe that I'd somehow missed seeing her go into there, and I can't tell you enough how hard my heart started to pound, knowing she was in there, just mere steps away, and that she'd be coming out soon. I'd always envisioned seeing her first, before she saw me, and now, that scenario was out the window...we'd be seeing each other at the same time...
I quickly walked away from the bathroom some... I didn't want to just be standing there when she came out. Finally she told me "Alright, I'm coming out." I turned around and slowly walked toward the bathroom, holding my breath, and then, I saw her... I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe that this was actually happening... I knew she would be beautiful, I knew she would be stunning but, she absolutely blew away my expectations... She was wearing a loose, wavy, light brown dress...heels to match, some gold bracelets around her wrist... I absolutely couldn't believe how amazing she was. I felt so unworthy to even be in her presence, she was so much more than I imagined. And to think, she was telling me just nights before that as long as I imagined a walrus, we'd have nothing to worry about, lol! I knew she was just being a typical girl when telling me that though, not feeling confident in her appearance no matter how good looking she is... I knew what she looked like, so I knew I was attracted to her and I knew what to expect and that I wouldn't be disappointed.
She was so nervous that she took me, quickly, into an elevator, and when the doors closed, we finally embraced.
We spent an amazing week together touring all around, her hand in mine the entire time... It was truly a dream come true, and, like most dreams, it came to end much too soon... But, we are committed, and while we don't have a date set for the next meeting, hopefully, it won't be too long.
The rest is history! Thank you for reading
Flying from California to Illinois, I had enlisted the help of a friend in giving me a ride to the airport. My flight was leaving at 6:10am, so I wanted to be there around 4:30am to leave enough time to get through security. I had my friend stay the night at my place since I was planning on leaving with him around 3-30am (takes about an hour to get to the airport from where I live). I didn't sleep at all that night. I had way too much on my mind. I laid in bed with the lights off, my eyes closed, but I didn't sleep. When 3am rolled around, I jumped out of bed, wide awake, told my friend (who didn't sleep either) "Alright, lets go!" It's at this point that he informs me that he is not the one who's actually going to drive, and that another one of my friends will be driving. He was still going to come with me, but he wouldn't be driving. This meant we had to go to my other friend's house (10-15 minutes), wait for him to wake up (another 15+ minutes), warm up the car (5 minutes), drive SLOWLY to the freeway and ON the freeway...stop halfway there to get gas and something to eat (15 minutes), etc... This was pissing me off a little, and made me even more nervous than I already was because now I was starting to think I would miss my flight.
We didn't get there until around 5:25am or so...almost an hour later than I wanted to arrive and boarding time was at 5:30am. Either way, we'd made it. As I stepped out of the car, I was shaking and I couldn't control it. I was so nervous, not only because I was flying to meet my SO, but because I'd never flown by myself before, and the fear that I could miss the flight didn't help... I said goodbye, thanked my friend and walked, fast, into the terminal. As I took an escalator up to security, I came face to face with a security line that extended VERY far. Now I was really scared of missing my flight... Thankfully as I stood in line, a TSA person was walking down the line and announced that the time to get through security would only be 10-15 minutes, even for the people way at the back. This was slightly reassuring...
I made it through security quickly, as was promised earlier, and headed down the terminal to my gate. No lines there of course...everyone had boarded long before I got there... As I got on the plane, I had another moment of fear, 'what if my carry-on didn't fit in the compartment?' When I bought it, I bought it because it was the most spacious bag i could find. It makes use of every quarter-inch allowed on the plane, lol. I hoisted it up to a compartment, and...i couldn't get it in! I felt so dumb and immediately thought to myself about how all the veteran flyers are watching me and probably thinking "Oh great...it's one of THOSE guys..." lol. I tried to play this off smoothly though and didn't try to force it. I went a couple rows down and found a compartment that wasn't totally full and my bag fit there just fine...whew!
Very soon, the plane took off on a 4 hour flight that would seem like a life time... I had a middle seat, and the window on my row was badly placed so, I never saw anything during the flight which, made me kind of sad because I wanted to look out on the streets and highways and just imagine that my SO will be driving on one of them to pick me up soon...
Finally, I arrived. When I turned my phone back on, I had a few text messages from her letting me know that she was in traffic and will be late. She assured me that she can't wait to see me and to explore the airport while I wait. I texted her back to let her know I'd arrived safely and that I was really nervous, hehe. Since she was going to be late, I took my time walking through the airport, just thinking to myself about how I couldn't believe I was really there and that this whole thing was really happening. I was there!!! I went to the bathroom and just stared at myself, hoping I looked okay...
After walking around a little more, I made my way to baggage claim since I figured she should be arriving soon... My whole plan for our meeting was to be walking toward each other in the terminal so, I made sure to walk slow in anticipation of her phone call. Unfortunately, I arrived at baggage claim and when she did call, she called to tell me that traffic was pretty much stopped and it was going to be a little while longer. With more time to kill, I called my friends and some family to let them all know I arrived safely, but mostly I just sat in baggage claim thinking to myself...anticipating the one phone call from her that would be the one where she tells me "I'm here!" She called me a few more times while I waited, and every time my phone vibrated, it made my heart start to pound, wondering if she had arrived yet...
Finally, she called me to let me know she was at baggage claim, and my heart started to pound. So, as we're on the phone, I'm of course looking for someone with a phone held to their ear. I saw one person with a phone, her back turned to me, but she was too short and didn't look like my SO... I asked her "Where are you?" and she told me that she'd gone into the bathroom real quick, which was DIRECTLY TO MY LEFT! I couldn't believe that I'd somehow missed seeing her go into there, and I can't tell you enough how hard my heart started to pound, knowing she was in there, just mere steps away, and that she'd be coming out soon. I'd always envisioned seeing her first, before she saw me, and now, that scenario was out the window...we'd be seeing each other at the same time...
I quickly walked away from the bathroom some... I didn't want to just be standing there when she came out. Finally she told me "Alright, I'm coming out." I turned around and slowly walked toward the bathroom, holding my breath, and then, I saw her... I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe that this was actually happening... I knew she would be beautiful, I knew she would be stunning but, she absolutely blew away my expectations... She was wearing a loose, wavy, light brown dress...heels to match, some gold bracelets around her wrist... I absolutely couldn't believe how amazing she was. I felt so unworthy to even be in her presence, she was so much more than I imagined. And to think, she was telling me just nights before that as long as I imagined a walrus, we'd have nothing to worry about, lol! I knew she was just being a typical girl when telling me that though, not feeling confident in her appearance no matter how good looking she is... I knew what she looked like, so I knew I was attracted to her and I knew what to expect and that I wouldn't be disappointed.
She was so nervous that she took me, quickly, into an elevator, and when the doors closed, we finally embraced.
We spent an amazing week together touring all around, her hand in mine the entire time... It was truly a dream come true, and, like most dreams, it came to end much too soon... But, we are committed, and while we don't have a date set for the next meeting, hopefully, it won't be too long.
The rest is history! Thank you for reading
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