In 2014, I was a twice-divorced mom of three, ready to put myself back out there. I was straight my entire life. I had never been attracted to women.
But after two from men, I made the decision that I was going to be open to love, however that looked. When I , I struggled with my salvation because I was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, and I grew up in the church. As I was out experimenting, I didn’t know if what I was doing was going to be pleasing to God.
So I conferred with the minister of my church and he helped me walk through that. Once I felt comfortable, then it was full steam ahead. When I joined Match.
com, I was trying to find my person. I came across Patricia's profile and I was immediately taken with her looks. I was like, "Oh, wow, she's pretty," and I later found out that she thought the same thing about me.
She told me that she said to herself, "Oh, she's super fine." But after taking a closer look at my profile, she realized that she knew me through one of our mutual friends even though we lived in different states. When people hear this story, they say, "This was meant to be, because this is insane.
" Turns out, she knew my ex — because they had dated, too. Small world. Patricia had also been married before — also to a man — and divorced.
Initially, I think we both thought that if we'd dated the same person, then this couldn't possibly work. It was too weird. But once we chatted a little bit online, I realized just how easygoing things were wit.
