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Some of us don't get that lucky on the second try.

Have you ever noticed that people always find what they're looking for in the last place they look, and they stop looking for something they've lost after they've found it? Dating is like the shell game. Put a nut under four shells. Mix them up. Look under the first shell. Is it there? No. Pick another shell. Is it there? Yes! Are you going to bother looking under the other two shells? No. You've already found your nut. Some of us don't get that lucky on the second try. I've been looking for 'nuts' for 8 years and always coming up empty... until now.

July 28, 2005, I was contacted by someone without a picture. Normally I don't give it a second thought because I had an experience with someone not letting me have a picture after a long correspondence, so I don't play that game anymore. But LA was different. Something about her profile struck me as interesting. Unfortunately, I was still stuck on my last relationship, wondering what had happened to it and didn't think it fair to go into another until the first was resolved. Closure is very important. I soon had the misfortune of getting back with my former girlfriend...at her suggestion. At first I thought it was a miraculous second chance, but it wasn't that at all. It was simply to prove why I shouldn't be with her. She was even more of the same reason we broke up the first time, and this time it was my decision. It gave me closure and proved that I didn't have to be with someone out of desperation. I could wait until I found someone who was GOOD FOR ME AND MY SON.

After this needed time of healing, I decided to look up LA again, thinking that surely someone like her was already gone. Before I could contact her, she contacted me again. I thought this couldn't be a coincidence and pretty soon we were corresponding daily. Six weeks later we had our first date. Since we both have kids, we decided to take a chance and meet with our escorts in tow. We were both too stubborn & too cautious to give our relationship much credit at first. So we went on a lot of dates right in a row, wrote daily, and talked each night on the phone. LA finally decided that nothing was going to happen. After all, I hadn't even brought her flowers yet. She thought to herself that it would sway her if I had. So she called to tell me how she felt about us and how it was going nowhere. But she just got my machine because I wasn't home that night. I was standing on her doorstep...with flowers. She decided there might be something to me after all (and prayers of the heart). And thus began our daily and nightly ritual. Her father had told her to marry the guy she couldn't live without. She finally admitted that she couldn't live without me which was a relief because I already couldn't live without her either. We got engaged at the Ogden Tabernacle and plan to return there in September 2006 to be sealed.

It is easy to become discouraged when doing this whole dating thing, but patience will reward you if you make a decision TO BE THE RIGHT PERSON and hold out for the person right for you. Patience isn't easy, but it's worth it. The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. Now we know what that means.

Sincerely,
Steve & Lisa
"ANewHope & LisaA"

ANewHope & LisaA

We plan on being married August 5

We met on LDS mingle in August 2005 and talked online. We met up again in January 2006 and started talking every night and emailing throughout the day. We were not able to meet when we wanted but felt connected. We were finally able to meet at General Conference 3 months later. We both immediately knew we had found our eternal companion. We got engaged 3 weeks later on a mountain top overlooking the Rockies. We plan on being married August 5 in the Idaho Falls temple. We would have never met if it hadn't been for LDS Mingle. We feel so blessed to have found each other. Thank you!

Candle911 & loaner

Love at first smile

Chris (uscferrari) viewed my profile (lawcutie) and says he fell in love with my smile. He instant messaged me on January 8th, 2006 and we chatted for a few days before we switched to phone calls. We both agreed that we didn't want to fall in love online and that we should meet in person quickly. We met for the first time on MLK day for brunch. Things were a bit awkward that first date, but by the third date we were pretty tight, and shared our first kiss (while watching The Best Two Years.) It wasn't long before we agreed to date exclusively and started telling each other we loved each other. We live 111 miles away from each other, so we've had to limit our dating mostly to the weekends. I was also in my last semester of law school during most of our relationship and Chris has been very understanding and supportive of my having to study every night. And I know it will be even rougher while I study for the bar, but I also know that Chris will be there for me through
it all!

Marriage talk started as a hypothetical in February, but we managed to wait until May to make it official. Chris's proposal was literally very sweet. One of our favorite dates was when we sat outside a truffle shop in his car eating chocolate, kissing, and listening to Cold Play. So Chris decided to hide the ring in a large truffle. Chocolate and diamonds....who can resist? Not me! So we made it official. We are getting married August 12th of this year in the San Diego temple. We can't wait to begin our life together.

Thanks!

Lawcutie and USCFerrari

Lawcutie and USCFerrari

We married for time and eternity in the Salt Lake City Templ

Dear Sara,
Yes I did meet my mate on your site. His name was Bellringer11 and mine was Daylee. I had just about given up when Bellringer sent me a wink. I looked at his profile and we were a 98% match or something like that. The highest I had ever been hooked up with. I sent him an email and we corresponded with each other for about a month before we met in person.

It is always nice to get to know someone via letters and telephone, so it isn't as awkward when you finally meet in person. We met in October 2005 and we married for time and eternity in the Salt Lake City Temple April 14, 2006.

Thank you for providing an avenue for two people to meet.

Bellringer and Daylee

Bellringer and Daylee

I am planning on asking her

I had just got home off my mission in late January. I hadn't checked my mingles in a little while, but the first time I did she was there Jen. I smiled at her and the next day she emailed me. Things progressed and a few weeks later we spoke on the phone. 11 days later I was knocking on her door 8 hours away from where I lived. She lived in Michigan where I used to live when I was younger. Lucky for me, my sister still lived there and let me live with her. Things continued to progress with Jen and I. I got a great job, which gave me the opportunity to afford such things as a engagement ring! I am planning on asking her in the next few days and then San Diego Temple here we come LDS mingles was where it first started Eternally grateful Brandon.

**UPDATED Jan 19th, 2007**
Jen and I are getting married relatively soon. We set the Date in San Diego to go to the Temple on Tuesday. We are getting married on June 15th 2007 at 3:00. And I would love to send you the story of our wedding day. A lot has happened and my relationship with Jen has just flourished. We are looking into buying our first home together, which I will fix to perfection so after her semester at college and our wedding it will be ready for us to call home. We have told so many people our story and they all consider it to be fate and in so many ways I agree. If it wasn't for the internet and LDS Mingles I would never of had the great opportunity to meet the love of my life. Right now Jen is back at school and I am busy with tax season in full swing, we look so forward to our marriage and unity for time and all eternity in the Temple. We are going to head back to my home in Nauvoo in May for her to receive her own endowments, and then off to San Diego in June. My life couldn't be going better, we met with the bishop here the other day to discuss the wedding and we are so surprised at how ahead of the game we are because all the things we were able to talk about while members of LDS Mingles. We are so excited to let you know and we will continue to let you know about the great success we have achieved due to LDS Mingles. Whenever you will let us we are glad to tell the world true love does exist and you can find it online and it can be amazing. Thank you, Brandon.

bubba_bz

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