Wooing lasted a long time, while it had some bumps and warts, it was mostly smooth, until it wasn’t.
After we both broke off our other relationships, we had our first date on a Sunday evening in February, 1961. I don’t think we held hands as it took place in Christ Church, Dartmouth. Mart came to pick me up and we walked there together. We married here June 17, 1967. I wish I had kept a photo from that day.
We dated exclusively for a few months but all of a sudden he started dating his old girlfriend. Didn’t tell me he was going to do that. He had a soft spot for red hair. She had red hair, I did not. She had a light blue dress on, too. His favourite.
He told me that she began calling him when I left in 1984.
In any event, he dated her again for a month or so and I began dating another. Out of the blue, he invited me to his graduation party. We were then boyfriend and girlfriend, for the next four years, exclusively. We were in love and known for that among our many friends and family. We were gonna get married someday. I was mostly over the moon during those years.
Well he almost slipped up during debutant season, after we had been dating a year or two. He was invited to the ball and other events in Halifax, but he turned her down. His father apparently suggested it would be good experience for him!
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