I was a 19 year old, single mommy, struggling to attend college full time, work, & still have time for my son. Luckily my family & some wonderful friends made this doable. Anyway, I was taking a college class & need "community service" to finish a government class. The easiest option was to ride around with a police officer for 16 hours. You guessed it, he was the officer I ended up riding with!
Unbeknown to me one of the dispatchers had asked Tim if he "wanted me" to ride with him & he more than approved. The first thing he said to me was, "Smoke bother you?" My pickings were slim so I lied, "No Sir." Then his famous line came out, "I can't read your mind so if you need to pee, you want something to drink . . . you gotta tell me." I should have known then. If I had a penny for every time I heard, "I CAN'T READ YOUR MIND TIFFANY" I would have a pair of Seven Jeans for every day of the week!
I spent the next 2 days riding around with this "cop." 16 hours in a car with someone - you get to know them real good! We had such a good time together - laughing, telling jokes, sharing stories about our kids & our journey down broken roads. I just had this, "this is it," feeling after the first night. I was so giddy, but not so sure what he thought. He made it a point to make it clear that he thought it was "unprofessional to date a woman he met on duty." Ladies - it is ALL a line!
At the end of my last night he tells me that he has pug that just had "pure-bread" puppies & that if I want one for my son he will give us one. I still laugh about this today b/c I don't think the man has ever had anything, "pure-bread" (until me). He gives me a business card with his home & cell number on the back to "call about the puppies." Ahh, so he is interested! I knew it when he bought me lunch!! He drops me off at my car & I now have a boost of confidence. I call his cell on my way home & tell him, "I'm not the kind of girl to call men, so if you are interested, here is MY number, you call me!" He was a little shocked by my forwardness, but thrilled to have my number without having to ask for it.
. . . He called!
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Your story made me smile - thanks for sharing! Now, what movie did y'all see? And was dinner good? Enquiring minds want to know!
Ahh! It makes me smile too! <3
I really really really wanted to go see Fireproof, but it wasn't playing at the small theater we go to. Bummer. Instead we saw some cop movie (typically the last thing on our list, but our choices weren't good)- it was okay.
Dinner was GREAT! Chili's! & it was St. Judes night so all the profit went to help fight cancer in kids. I ate way too much, laughed way too hard, & had a fabulous "date" with my husband that I tried to tell I didn't know well enough to hear about his emergency trip to the bathroom!! lol . . . gotta love him!
Yay, sounds like a great night! We're hoping to get out at least once just the two of us before baby #5 is born in January - I'd like to see Fireproof as well!
Awesome! Thanks for writing about it. Glad you had a good time.
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