day twenty-nine: who is your closest or most special friend that you’ve never met (in person) and what do they mean to you? how did you cross paths? talk about how you “met” them: facebook, twitter, an online support group, etc.

closest/most special friend i've never met in person - therren.

we actually met on match.com several months ago. his initial e-mail was the BEST intro e-mail i've ever gotten, to date. he didn't ask me questions about things that were already plainly spelled out on my profile, and he didn't start with "so, what are you doing this weekend?" <--gets on my nerves. lol.

since then, we've talked just about every day, about different things...via text or on the phone. we rarely e-mail each other anymore.

he means more to me than i thought he would, mainly because i've been so emotionally detached for so long. i wasn't really paying attention to any signals he was sending that he might have some sort of 'feelings' for me, because our conversations were usually very playful and light-hearted in nature.

a couple days ago, he sent a text that simply said "meet me in the city for dinner & drinks." well, i was in a movie, and didn't get that message until a couple of hours later, and by that time it was too late for me to go home, get ready & drive into DC. so i had to tell him maybe we should just plan something...

he was frustrated. he's asked me out a few other times before, and usually i'm at work or involved in doing something else that was pre-scheduled. i think that's what put things in perspective for me...that things were a little more emotionally involved than i had previously accounted for.

after explaining how sorry i was, and also giving him a peek at how my weeks kinda fly by (my schedule), he was more understanding. i still felt bad. he's super busy, too...goes to school, works FT, and is an army vet. lots going on.

anyway, i'm hoping we meet soon. he's 6'4". lol. you know how much i like tall, dark & handsome. :)