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From Painfully Honest to Blissfully Happy

Posted by Leticia, 05 Feb

Something drew members “Lily_Rosie” and “jack213” to one another. They lingered on each other’s profiles, saw something that spoke to them, and clicked the button to reach out. These singles bridged the broadband gap and now they are much more directly connected — they’re married! 

Shannon joined our site because she didn’t feel she had much choice. “As a single mom working full time, traditional dating was too hard for me,” Shannon informs us. “I knew I was not going to find love in my immediate area. I tried other sites with high hopes. Then I came to you after a Google search. Your site brought me the love of my life!”

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However, Shannon wants to remind readers that her happy outcome was a long time coming. “Don’t give up! I joined this site, hoping for the best, and it took me three years to meet this man. It took another three before we married. It doesn’t happen overnight! I know we wish it would, but it doesn’t.”

Paul was a divorced father of two. He begins his part of the story… “This was my first time with online dating. I was divorced and my children suggested I give it a try. I was very skeptical, but I hoped for the best. I had heard some horror stories from friends.”

Our site stood out to him as his best bet, so Paul took the plunge and signed up. After two months with us, he saw Shannon’s profile and was impressed. “Her pictures blew me away. She was very down to earth, and just so beautiful. She was everything I wanted and more.” So he sent her an email…

Shannon read it with certain criteria in mind. “My biggest factor was that my match have children and be comfortable with me having children,” she tells us. Looking at Paul’s particulars, she saw that he was in a similar situation. “It worked perfectly. His initial email was so honest and straightforward. I was attracted to his honesty from the beginning. He told me he was a single father who loved his girls and that was all I needed to hear. I thought he was very handsome in his pictures, too!”

So she wrote back and they opened up a dialogue. Paul says that Shannon didn’t come off as someone who knew her profile photos were “stunning,” as he describes them. He observed that initially she was “very quiet and shy, and it really caught me off guard.” Shannon was just nervous and warmed up pretty quickly. “He was very honest and open,” Shannon reports. “He was easy to talk to.”

Paul is grateful that he took a candid, “lay it all out there” approach. “Be honest,” he advises singles. “I told her everything, probably some things she didn’t even want to know, but I didn’t want her to be surprised by anything during our relationship. Some parts of your past may be embarrassing or painful, but it’s best to let people know upfront, rather than find out the hard way. I wanted an honest relationship with a good woman, and I got that by putting myself out there. It may be hard, but honesty is the best way to gain someone’s trust.”

To confirm their perceptions of each other, the pair scheduled their first date. “I wanted to see if the chemistry we had on the phone would be the same in person,” explains Shannon. Paul jokes, “I had to see if this beautiful person was real!”

When Shannon first laid eyes on Paul, she wasn’t disappointed. “He's adorable!” she thought to herself. “What a cutie!” He remembers his first thoughts being along the same lines. “She’s even more beautiful in person. Am I being punked?”

Shannon says she was most surprised by “how we immediately clicked. I just felt so comfortable with him. Our first date was so romantic. We didn’t want to leave each other’s side for a minute.” Paul noticed a turnaround in her demeanor. “She was so warm and friendly, definitely not shy!” He immediately asked her out again and Shannon was eager to accept his invitation. She tells us that Date No. 2 presented another point in Paul’s favor. “He can cook! On our second date he cooked, and that was a wonderful surprise.”

As this romantic liaison evolved from dating into a relationship, the wonderful discoveries kept coming. Paul reflects, “I’m finding out new things every day that make me love her more.”

We’re sure you’re wondering how Paul proposed. Shannon provides the answer… “New Year’s Eve of 2012, we went to Atlanta. As the peach-drop countdown began, he got down on one knee and proposed in front of everyone. Of course I said yes!!! I’m happier than I can ever imagine being.”

Paul is still marveling at his good fortune. “She has shown me what real, true love is,” he says. Shannon adds, “I have told my friends and family that online dating can work. Be open to the possibilities. I always had hope and faith and believed that my love would find me, and he did! I’m so happy I joined this site. We would never have met otherwise. THANK YOU!”

All in a day’s work, Shannon!

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  1.   Prisyd says:
    Posted: 1 day ago

    Hello am kind and caring am away a good person

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  2.   Basirat67 says:
    Posted: 1 day ago

    I'm interested in white men

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  3.   Allijay says:
    Posted: 12 May

    AM a cool and vwry lovely person

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  4.   p3rcy9bb says:
    Posted: 01 May

    Blessed

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  5.   sam_jam27 says:
    Posted: 28 Apr

    Wow, here's a PSA Public Service Announcement. Although I have a valid US Passport traveling overseas remains on my bucket list. However when I get random filtered flirts from women in on the continent of Africa? The Continent of Africa? So here it comes take it or leave it? Nothing personal just a touch of brutal honesty from an Upstate NY native. Unless I reach out to you, unless I reach out to you across the Atlantic Ocean that I'm traveling in your direction be it Africa, Europe, The Americas, I will delete all filtered flirts, all filtered flirts will get deleted. If this offense you? Oh well.

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  6.   Thonia212 says:
    Posted: 26 Apr

    Can't wait to meet my man

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  7.   Bless-966 says:
    Posted: 26 Apr

    I can wait to meet my potential man

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  8.   Rechaelangel says:
    Posted: 21 Apr

    I can't wait to meet my Mr right

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  9.   Mi_Amor2 says:
    Posted: 19 Apr

    I can't wait to meet my man

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  10.   Oge27 says:
    Posted: 14 Apr

    I can’t wait to meet my man

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  11.   Dolly.P123 says:
    Posted: 11 Apr

    I can’t wait to meet my man also

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  12.   childhoo says:
    Posted: 10 Apr

    ❤️❤️❤️

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  13.   Prince2325 says:
    Posted: 09 Apr

    Congratulation

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  14.   Prince2325 says:
    Posted: 09 Apr

    Congratulation I'm also interested

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  15.   Sugar2411 says:
    Posted: 31 Mar

    I’m interested

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  16.   20160 says:
    Posted: 28 Mar

    I can wait to meet my Mr right

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  17.   manneh2025 says:
    Posted: 24 Mar

    Congratulations

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  18.   Ugandanbea says:
    Posted: 13 Mar

    I can't wait to meet my boo and coming back here to testify about it

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  19.   Chicliffoed says:
    Posted: 28 Jan

    I can't wait to testify in the site ,i am the next

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  20.   Trusle says:
    Posted: 21 Jan

    I’m interested

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  21.   Maraicy says:
    Posted: 15 Dec 24

    Let us fix it here:)

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  22.   Chikalav says:
    Posted: 23 Oct 24

    Am interested in it

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  23.   Rizzlex says:
    Posted: 20 Oct 24

    Lot of fake accounts on here.

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  24.   Yarie23 says:
    Posted: 25 Sep 24

    Single and ready to settle down

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  25.   Shigoma says:
    Posted: 14 Sep 24

    Congrats

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  26.   Mimie56090 says:
    Posted: 31 Aug 24

    Congratulations

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  27.   Firstgold says:
    Posted: 26 Aug 24

    Niceone

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  28.   Jummie1028 says:
    Posted: 25 Aug 24

    Good

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    Posted: 20 Aug 24

    Nice

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  30.   Kellie18 says:
    Posted: 16 Aug 24

    Good

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  31.   Ezei says:
    Posted: 06 Aug 24

    Good one

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    Posted: 02 Aug 24

    Nice

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  33.   chizow2024 says:
    Posted: 31 Jul 24

    congz to them

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  34.   Promisememo says:
    Posted: 27 Jul 24

    Congratulations

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    Posted: 21 Jul 24

    Congratulations

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  36.   Rose8131 says:
    Posted: 18 Jul 24

    Beautiful

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  37.   Lindashine says:
    Posted: 12 Jul 24

    Wow beautiful, i tap into your blessings

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  38.   Rukell says:
    Posted: 12 Jul 24

    Congrats to them

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    Posted: 06 Jul 24

    I tap into your blessings Congratulations

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    Posted: 06 Jul 24

    Good day everyone

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    Posted: 19 Jun 24

    Beautiful

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  42.   Rutheylove says:
    Posted: 18 Jun 24

    Lovely,I hope i get mine too

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  43.   Joahmj says:
    Posted: 20 May 24

    Where's that lucky woman who's ready to make a memory to share our testimony together in here. Please message me if you are the next in line. I can't wait

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    Posted: 16 May 24

    Good morning lovers,

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    Posted: 01 May 24

    Good

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    Posted: 17 Apr 24

    Hi

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  47.   Obey22 says:
    Posted: 09 Apr 24

    Wonderful story, I hope I get to tell mine soon here.

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    Posted: 03 Apr 24

    Good man

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    Posted: 30 Mar 24

    Nice

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  50.   Preshll says:
    Posted: 29 Mar 24

    Congrats may God bless your Union

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