Who is this Girl? (The Guy's Perspective)

Janah... Such an unusual (but pretty) name. Mum (Jenny) had told me about this girl that worked up the road from her. She was young, pretty and a day dreamer. At the time I didn't pay to much attention to what Mum was saying about her, I mean why would I? I was engaged.

The thing about my engagement though is that it was falling apart. My fiance' and I had become two very unhappy people. We had been together for 4 years and 3 months (1 year and 3 months of engagement) when it happened. She finally made the decision to end the relationship.

I was a broken man, devoid of all happiness, lost in a world of despair which I had helped to create. I drowned in my self pity for a while, but soon realised that I wasn't doing myself any favours by doing this.

So in the words immortalised by Austin Powers, I thought "That means i'm single again! OH BEHAVE!".

Of course I wasn't looking for another relationship, really just friendship and new people. Mum still swears that she wasn't trying to set us up, but she mentioned this Janah girl again and said that we had so much in common and that I should catch up with her one day. So I did what any normal young person does... I added her on Facebook.

At first I searched for "Jenna Upton" and come across some rather, how you say, unattractive search results. This is when Mum corrected me and said "No its Janah. J, A, N, A, H". So I give that a try and bang, first person that pops up, this cute dark haired girl in a floral top. I said to mum "Is this her?" and mum said "Yup!".

So I add her, and a few days later she accepts my friend request. I think "Okay cool" and then soon realise that she wasn't on Facebook very often.

Thursday 11th February 2010 (Your dates are wrong sorry Jan Jan)

After Facebook stalking her photos for a few weeks (which I couldn't help because she was so pretty) I finally see her online. I was in Bundaberg for work and was staying at a really nice hotel with internet access. So lying in my hotel room in Bundaberg, I type the first fateful sentence that started a romance so wonderful and complicated that even we have trouble comprehending it sometimes. These fateful words were "So... Mum tells me you're quite the singer...". I can't remember her response, but I remember that I held my breath waiting for the reply.

So we chat, and chat... and chat... and chat... And finally she says she has to go, but not before leaving her number. I was feeling pretty good at this point. I'd chatted up a girl and got her number. I thought that was a pretty good achievement for a guy who hadn't flirted with a girl in over 4 years.

Friday 12th February 2010

So we start texting on Friday, just short texts, silly texts, texts I can't recall, but texts non the less. I'm feeling really good at this point, i'd actually found a girl who had heaps in common with me.

Saturday 13th February 2010

So its the weekend, i'm minding my own business, thinking about the meaning of life when I decide to text Janah and see what she's up to. She tells me she's going to Brisbane for a wedding and is really looking forward to it. So we start sending more random texts and I soon realise that she is texting me when she's supposed to be in the middle of a wedding. She eventually texts me and tells me that they missed the wedding! I was feeling sorry and humoured all at once.

Anyway, tommorow is the best part. That's a different post though!

Who is this Guy? (The Girl's Perspective)

Daniel...I had heard the name from Jenny's mouth so often I felt I knew the guy. Jenny is Daniel's mum. The company I worked for worked closely with the company she works for. After a couple of months we became good friends, calling each other "love" and "sweetie" and putting the little hugs and kisses (xo) at the ends of our emails. This went on for over 12 months.

Jenny would update me on her family and how things were going. Dan was engaged, Michael was looking for work, and Amy was miserable at work.
It was in January that Jenny told me that Dan was having relationship issues and it wasn't looking good. Of course I listened intently as Jenny told me Dan was a "church person" like myself.

Then it happened. Jenny told me Dan's wedding was off. She went into a little detail. She said Dan was in pieces; a shattered, broken man. There was no sparkle in his eye and no joy in his heart anymore.
A few days pass and I find myself visiting Jenny at her office once again. She tells me Dan is regaining himself, setting new goals and growing from his ordeal. She is a proud mother. A good mother. She told me she asked Dan if he knew me as I was a "church person" like him. She showed him my picture on Facebook. He did not recognise me, but he added me sometime later that week.

Friday 12th February 2010

On Facebook, minding my own business. A little chat message pops up, "So...mum tells me you're quite the singer..." The name "Daniel" was on top of the message.
Assuming it was another mate I was going to reply, "What the heck are you on about?!" but noticed, "hang on this is a different Daniel...Jenny's boy!"
We chat...for hours. He was encouraging me, and I was trying to encourage him.
Yes, i gave him my number if he ever wanted to chat. He was a nice guy!

Saturday 13th February 2010

So it's the night after our first cyber chat. I'm on my way to Brisbane for a wedding. I get a really lovely text message--from DANIEL!! Yes we text pretty much all day. Just random stuff you know?! This guy is super nice!

Anyway, tomorrow is the best part. That's a different post though!