Serendipity...

Good morning. I think you will really like this email. I wrote to you this last January about being a nice guy and the difficulties in meeting and keeping women. You published an article in your column titled Don't Paint Nice Guys Invisible which was outstanding. It looked like you had quite a few responses to it.

You forwarded to me the email address of a female reader here in Ocala that took interest in the article. Well, we sent emails back and fourth for a few weeks and had many great discussions. Unfortunately she was in a relationship at that time. However, she did tell her good friend Lisa about me and thought we would be a great match. Her girlfriend was not interested and that is where everything came to a screeching halt.

Fast forward to May 14, 2008 ... I work as a physical therapist in a sub-acute rehab hospital. I started talking to a patient's daughter who comes to see her mom every other day. It seemed as though we ran into each other all the time and we had some very interesting and deep conversations. After several weeks of this I gave her my number and in response she gave me hers. I called her on a Saturday and I fixed her dinner on Sunday night. They say true love comes out of the blue and hits you like lightening, so very true! She is absolutely crazy about me and tells me the innermost feelings she has for me. It has only been a few weeks that we have actually been physically together but it feels much longer than that. We both want to hold off on the sex part until we get to know each other much better. It changes everything. There is something to be said about maturity in relationships (I am 48 and she is 51, she is beautiful!). I have a very good feeling about her and we come from the same moral, spiritual, sexual and family frame of references. We will see. :)

OK, here is the zinger ... she is the girlfriend your reader tried to introduce me to back in January! Also turns out I know the reader because she works out at the gym I go to. Neither one knew this even from the emails. Lisa said she could kick herself for not contacting me back then and if she had known it was a guy like me she would have jumped at the chance! Wow.

Thanks again for your input and kind words. I will always keep reading your works (and looking forward to your new book!).

Sincerely,

Derek