Valentine's post: the good one

I was a very late bloomer when it came to dating. I met what I consider my first real boyfriend when I was 27. We only dated for 7 or 8 months before he moved away but I did love him. And I still miss his friendship as we lost touch. And I miss the laughter he brought.

We met in late January. He lived in the apartment next door to me. We quickly started spending tons of time together. And then Valentine's Day arrived. I knew we hadn't been dating too long... and my V Day track record sucked so I didn't expect anything. I came home from work that day and as I rounded the corner at the top of the stairs my heart stopped. Flowers! Sitting in front of my door! I ran over and picked them up... only to discover they were delivered to the wrong apartment. :( So I walked them over and left them at the correct door around the corner. Oh, well... back to normal.

Not the actual pizza. :)

I was in my apartment. I do not know if I had talked to him yet that night when there was a knock at my door. I walked over and opened it up to find, not flowers, but a white pizza box sitting at my front door. I opened it up and saw a handwritten note to me on the inside of the box, and what at first glance looked like a small pepperoni pizza with a slice missing. The note was funny and made me laugh, though I can't remember what it said now. So I walked over and knocked on his door with the pizza. We start talking and I come to realize that no... he did not give me a partially eaten pizza for V Day (that would have been pretty sad I suppose). He had heard me mention this pizza place a couple times. So he called them up and talked them into making a heart shaped pizza. The folks there had even made a smiley face out of the pepperonis.

Years later I saw that pizza place in a segment on the news talking about how they would make heart shaped pizzas for you per request for Valentine's Day... and I laughed and thought my old boyfriend started that! And I had the first one. :)

So what was special about his gift? It wasn't extravagant. But it was thoughtful. It was something specific to me that showed he had listened to me... and he had put in thought and effort. And as long as I have my memories I'll remember it.

I did get a card this year from a good friend... and it was very funny and obviously from someone who knows me. So I call this V Day a success. :)