This was originally posted by brewmax on the community forum.

Oh, you are just so damned cute, Julie! You vowed to yourself that this was a woman you should pursue but 6-12 months (not days or weeks but MONTHS????) later you're still thinking that you have to DO something???

And what about the wet hair?? Did you leave the restaurant before she did that day?? Or did you find out that day why she always came back with wet hair? Come on. . . the suspense is killing us! :)

This was originally posted by evergreen on the community forum.

.........to a restaurant down the street from the office. It was interesting that she wore a raincoat with the collar up, dark glasses AND a hat with the brim down over her eyes!!!
Well, later on in our relationship she dressed that way to go to gay bars just in case someone from the office was there (That's the way it was in the '60s, had to protect your butt!!)
But I digress!!!
Lo & behold she entered the restaurant & made a b-line for a table where this other woman was waiting. I watched as they sat & had a very intimate looking conversation. (Oops, a conversation can't be seen, just heard!! But, you know what I mean!)
Okay, so I decided right then that there was something more than just friendship between those two. I vowed to myself that this was a woman that I should persue. (Up to this point my only experience had been attempts to convert straight women. Up to this point I would have run a mile if a "lesbian" had approached me!!!)

I'm going to "Fast Forward" now to maybe 6-12 months later. I'm still thinking, daily, at work that I have to do something to get to know Phyl better. Then, one evening, a crowd of us from the office went for a drink at the Savarin Bar ( Well known as the "annex" to our office at Bell) I ended up sitting next to Phyl & I was telling her that my room-mate, Rosie, had set me up with a blind/double date (male) on Friday night. Oh horrors, I didn't want to go! So, Phyl suggested that maybe the two of us should go to a movie instead. Oh yes, of course I accepted!
To be continued.................

This was originally posted by evergreen on the community forum.

Who is Bremax????

This was originally posted by Bev and Susan on the community forum.

LOL Bremax!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was originally posted by brewmax on the community forum.

Okay, Evergreen. . .her hair's gonna be dry soon if you don't get back to the storytelling!

This was originally posted by cuner33 on the community forum.

Can anyone tell me how to get my kodak gallery link in one of my posts to share some photos? I would like it to be a link that everyone can just click on to see them. help....

This was originally posted by brewmax on the community forum.

Great, great, great story!

And, hey, I used to live in Cocoa Beach, not far from Ron-Jon's Surf Shop!

This was originally posted by cuner33 on the community forum.

Ok....so Chris and I(DaLynn) decided to contribute our story...

Chris is a paramedic and last Feb. she moved from Cocoa, Fl. to Daytona Beach to work for the company I had been working at as an EMT for 7 years. This particular company requires a certain amount of overtime shifts to be done by each employee to avoid being mandatoried in on your day off. So, I had signed up to work one day last April.

Prior to that day arriving, I passed Chris (who I had never worked with before)in the work bay and she said "Hey, I see you will be working with me next week".....I stopped, turned around and said "Uh, no, YOU will be working with ME!". The look she flashed me was priceless, and according to her that is when she knew she was in trouble.

The day came and we worked fabulously together...laughing, smiling, telling life stories and what not. During these conversations she found out that I was also a hairstylist/nail tech and decided since she was new in town to give me a try, and made an appointment before our shift ended.

So the morning of her appointment I was getting ready for work and thinking, "Gee, I feel a little nervous....this girl is pretty....and GAY! And she is coming in for a pedicure and manicure!!!! I'm going to be rubbing on her arms, legs and feet!!!". By the way, did I mention that I am STRAIGHT??!!!! And I am dating/living with a GUY!!!! My nervousness consumes me as I'm getting ready for work and suddenly I'm changing outfits left and right. I finally settle on one and start making my way to work.

I had just finished setting up her pedicure when she walked in talking on her cell phone and waving, looking all tan and again making my nerves a bit edgy. Then I see her feet---baby soft feet that had never been walked on barefoot. We start her pedicure and I'm doing my best to make good conversation and when it's time for the foot/leg massage she starts this oohing and ahhing and saying how I could just do this all day long. For the first time I had the crazy thought that I would like to and was glad she liked this straight girl's massage.

As we moved on to her manicure (which also had the oohing and ahhing-lol) we began talking about hair (her hair happens to be kinky, curly and unruly) and I mentioned how I could relax hers a bit to make it more manageable. She immediately agreed saying she didn't have to be in to work until later that night so she had time. After finishing up her manicure we moved over the she shampoo area.

As I start shampooing her hair I am able to really take a good look at her features up close and see that she has the most beatiful skin. And I couldn't stop staring. You have no idea how many times that day I reminded myself how straight I was.

Chris spent almost 5 hours in the salon that day with me (which is unheard of because I usually stay booked--and that day I only had her on my schedule).....I wasn't in a hurry to let her leave so I really took my time and chatted all day with her. But the time came when we were done. She made her next appointment and left.

I joined my boyfriend and his friend that evening for dinner and could not stop thinking about her. When we got home, I poured a glass of plum wine and walked outside to call my best friend. I started pouring my guts to her about how I thought I was attracted to a lesbian and how weird I felt....she laughed saying that it was normal and she too had felt that way before--many times. More wine went down and then I called Chris.

She sounded happy to hear from me and we talked until 3am--long after my boyfriend went to bed. I told her (after much more wine) what I was feeling and she said she was attracted to me as well. But I have a boyfriend--and I'm straight. Well leave it to her to ruin my scapegoat---she only dates straight girls. I am so in trouble!!!

The next week we were both working again but on 2 separate shifts and somehow she had gotten stranded at one of our sub-stations and her car was at another one--conveniently right around the corner from my house. I offered to give her a ride and she said someone had already offered one...so I found that person and said "I will take her because it is right near my house and out of the way for you."

We were both suddenly a nervous wreck being together in the same vehicle. Once we got to our destination, we were deep in conversation and she said that she would like to kiss me but not outside the station. Well, nobody was around so I said "No better time than the present". And so goes the first kiss--that lasted an hour!!!

Chris and I have pretty much been together ever since then.....and exclusive to one another since September 18, 2005. She is a an unselfish soul that has been by my side every day, holding my hand, and treating me like a princess. I am now a believer in the saying, "Never say Never"...because NEVER in a million years would I have imagined spending my life with another woman! We are now not only partners in life but permanent partners on our own truck at work.

This was originally posted by Janice & Kathy on the community forum.

Alice, I was thinking the same thing about you and Teresa! There is so much love and comfort and fun, you two are just a joy to be around. You have such a quick wit and Teresa is the only person I have ever met that is quicker to mist up over something sentimental than I am!!

See, there she goes! LOL :D

This was originally posted by brewmax on the community forum.

Heck, Evergreen's Julie has us looking for the next segment more than The L Word ever did!

Her hair was wet/damp and so the next time she followed her . . . hmmmm. . .

This was originally posted by Conundrum on the community forum.

We've been togeather 5 years and I still get all excited when she calls. We still sneak off at work to call and say a quick hello quite often. Its like we're still teenagers or something. I could be having the worst day of my life and she just has to smile and hug me and so much of the day melts away. She's definately the best thing that ever happened to me.

This was originally posted by Bev and Susan on the community forum.

What an excuse, evergreen!! Just go ahead and keep us in suspense!

This was originally posted by becbeth on the community forum.

Beth would probably be slightly be embarrassed about me sharing like this... I can remember what Beth was wearing, a blue oxford shirt. Her eyes pierced through me but I don't know if she even remembers our first meeting. I have no idea what i was wearing but I do remember the excitement i was feeling, i could hardly catch my breath. I suggested ordering chinese in at her apartment for our first date under the guise of the devious plan of my big seduction. But when the time came I was so nervous she became my seducer. I fell in love with her to the music of Sarah Mclaughlin. She has had my heart since then. Ten years later we are still together and her eyes still penetrate mine, she still excites and seduces me. I am so happy to become her wife and lifetime partner at the committment ceremony on the cruise!

This was originally posted by evergreen on the community forum.

Okay, I haven't forgotten the next (& last) installment. Am busy with some volunteer work today.
Great reading all of your stories.
Good thread!!

This was originally posted by PokerAlice on the community forum.

Kath, I remember thinking (the first time I heard your story)you two belonged to each other, you just didn't know it yet :) Janice needed help crossing the river of life, you were just her paddle. Oooh, sounds kinky. No one who sees you two together could ever doubt that the right thing happened.