The Love of My Life

I never thought it possible that I would meet the love of my life on the internet.

After all, I had this dream of a romantic encounter that would brighten my everyday life and where sparks would fly from the very first moment.

It turned out completely differently....
I was lying on the sofa with a bad case of the flu, bored to death. While binge-watching shows, I thought about my life as a single person and daydreamed about how nice it would be to have a sweet someone at my side who could nurse me back to health. Although I had always smiled at couples in my circle of friends who called an internet flirtation "the love of my life," I wanted to give it a try myself and used my smartphone to search for dating sites online.

Looking for a Partner Online for the First Time and the Search for the Love of My Life

The huge number of dating sites overwhelmed me, but I still found one made especially for heavy metal fans. I signed up there and created a profile in a few clicks. Next I used the user search and entered my ZIP code. Sure enough, I found a few men who lived near me. I even found a former classmate among the profiles.
While I was poking around there, a window popped up: I had received a private message.

At first I was actually messaged in a rather clumsy way a few times. But among the dumb, impersonal messages there was one likable one. I replied right away to the personal message, and so began a nice chat with a likable guy named Peter. Over the next few days we kept writing, and soon we wanted to meet in real life too. I never would have believed an internet flirtation could hit me like this. My flu was gone in no time, which was probably also down to my positive mood.

The First Date in Real Life - The Love of My Life

Since we lived not far from each other, after just two weeks we arranged to meet for a drink at the rock bar in the next neighborhood over. I was standing in front of the bar a quarter of an hour early, waiting very excitedly for the nice gentleman from the internet. That I was about to meet the love of my life, I wouldn't have thought at the time.
When he came around the corner and I recognized him right away, my heart started pounding. His smile showed me that he, too, wasn't disappointed by this unusual date.

From then on everything went very fast
The first meeting clearly showed that we were a good match. So we didn't waste any time, and from then on we met every day after work. That this person, the love of my life, was to come into my life not in the real world but on the internet no longer mattered. I was happy to have met this wonderful person. Which way it happened doesn't matter anyway.