Photographs and memories...

[JustDee]

Geez,, all of my blogs are so full of blah blah blah...

me, me, me, me, me!

Does anyone have a violin...?

this one I hope will be a bit more funny.

Have you ever looked up and old love? I'm sure we all have an image in our head as to where someone we knew "way back when" must be now, at least I know I did. Will with this wonderful invention (you know the one Al Gore invented) the "internet", we can now find our past loves and friends in almost the blink of an eye. So, being the research savvy person I am, that is what I did.

First boyfriend, Rory T****w. Knew him in 5th and 6th grade. My first love, wanted to name my first child after him. A little chubby, beautiful blonde hair and the bluest eyes you ever saw. He had to move to Colorado because of his asthma, something about the air being cleaner there then in California where we lived. Oh how I loved that boy and I often imagined him as some mountain man, living with his wife and kids. I thought he would be a blue collar worker with a "mother earth" type wife and at least 3 kids with his cherubic face, blond hair and piercing blue eyes.

Is this what I found? Hell NOOOOOO! Several years ago, I did a search and came up with an article about his arrest. He had several warrants pertaining to drugs. Did my image of him diminish, only slightly. I still saw him as a tall man, robust but overall healthy, still with his piercing blue eyes and his full head of blond hair. And his poor "mother earth" wife, having to raise his poor children alone. I said a prayer and hoped for his quick recovery from this small misstep.

Ha.. what a joke. I did another search a few weeks ago and what I found came as quite a shock to me. It didn't surprise me that he was actually still in jail, what did surprise me was that he would be there for another 12 years. He is currently serving a 15 year sentence for the making of meth anphethamine. Now you would think that this would be the biggest surprise... but NOOOOO. They had a picture of him... an Effing picture...

I wish I could put it here, but I wouldn't want to post someone image without there permission (sorry family) but I'm not likely to get that any time soon. What surprised me was that although he was tallish (5' 10") He was also rather large around the waist.. OK, who am I to judge, people get fat. But his blond hair was gone, at least most of it was, except for that which was on his chin, a very long beard that protruded from the point of his chin only, so long in fact, that he had it in a pony tail. I couldn't really see his eyes, they still looked blueish, but not the piercing blue of his youth. In short, he looked like a biker dude.... Not the way he lived in my mind all of these years... maybe I should write to him and ask him, "WHAT THE F*** HAPPENED TO YOU?"

my next boyfriend was no so surprising. I dated him in high school....His name was Matt. He was HOTTT. All the girls wanted him, but he was mine for 10 glorious months. Afterward, we were just friends... but I lost track of him after college,, his college.. not mine. I heard he had gotten married and become a podiatrist (his father in law was a podiatrist and he joined his practice). I scoffed at him because in school he wanted to be a marine biologist... podiatrist was so mundane after that. well, I also finally tracked him down. Not only is he a podiatrist, but he is a foot and ankle surgeon... now this is very nice, but he doesn't only work on the wealthy feet of NJ, he works in a clinic.. a freaking clinic. This guy could care less about the poor in high school and I certainly didn't think he would ever allow his hands to touch "poor" feet. I found his image also... he is older, a little wider, but over all the same Matt I knew in high school... except that he was a podiatrist.

So those are my two "forever memory" boyfriends and how they wound up... anyone else want to share what became of your past "love"?

I look forward to laughing or crying with you.

[Pypermarru1]

This was a super cool idea. I looked up my first REAL boyfriend from high school. Steve (last name shall remain private)....holy crap......He is the a high ranking executive at the head quarters of a well know Pizza chain......that is so crazy because Steve and I met at our first job 'Chucky Cheese' and started a whirlwind crazy kids in love romance. We went to different high schools so we had to settle for make out sessions in the 'Chucky' costume closet and interludes at our version of inspiration point. He thought that Hulk Hogan was the coolest cat on the planet and White Snake rocked hard!. (no wonder I broke it off in the summer of 87) The break up went badly because just weeks before he had confessed that he loved me. Course if I remember correctly I was hot for his mom..she was so frigg'n cool and european-ish.
Anyway, he had blonde hair and brown eyes, about 5'10, with big beefy man arms. He use to talk a lot about gadgets and cars.
He looks exactly the same now (from his head-shot), only older and better groomed. I am going to send him an email at his work....It will blow his mind.
I will title the email "Steve, Chucky called and wants your loyalty back you traitor"
Excellent idea JD....looking up old flames. Was easier then I thought to find him.

[SydTheSkeptic]

Hey, White Snake DOES rock!

[JustDee]

wtg pyper... wtg...