How it all happened - Betsy's perspective

WARNING: HEAVY CHEESE (There's just no other way to tell it)

It's hard to believe that six months ago I didn't even know Rick existed, except in the "somewhere out there..." sense of knowing. Last Spring, I decided to try online dating. I'd done a couple of brief online stints over the years and felt like it just wasn't a good way for me to meet men. This time around, my girlfriends and I decided to start a single girl's secret blog where we could anonymously write our dating adventures. I wanted the blog to motivate me to find interesting dating stories to write about. Not knowing where to find good blogging tales, I turned to internet dating.

This time around was different because instead of feeling vulnerable, I just felt like I had an assignment for my blog. It was easy and fun. I was only on a few weeks before I met Rick. He was my second online date.

Date one: He came up to Salt Lake and met me at my favorite Thai restaurant. Having been in a few relationships that just seemed really hard, I had prayed that when I met the right guy, we'd both know it right away. Our eyes met and it felt like lightening had struck. We had a nice dinner with easy conversation. Then I invited him to the Broadway to see an indie film I'd been wanting to see. He was excited and we both loved the film. He passed the indie movie test, I was pleased.

Date two: Rick called and asked me out for the next weekend. We took our mountain bikes up to Sundance. More points for Rick-- he liked to bike. Not to mention he planned really cool dates and treated me extremely well.

Date three: Utah symphony up at Deer Valley. I was pretty much hooked at this point. I think we talked that night and admitted we were both freaking out as we liked each other a lot but knew each other only a little. I've never had that happen before. I've been someone who lives in my head, but my heart was totally in charge of this one. I was totally swept off my feet.

Two months later we were engaged. Rick is so many things I had given up on finding in a guy. Being single for so long, I just figured I'd have to settle in certain areas. Rick proved me wrong. I had no idea a man like him existed. I consider myself one lucky girl!