I was at a work training event last week, and the participants had to introduce one another to the class. During their introductions, they had to include 2 truths and 1 lie about the person. There were lots of interesting truths and lies told, but one stuck out for me. After class as people were milling about, I approached the person and asked him to tell me the story in more detail.
I don't remember what his other truth or his lie was, but the truth that caught my attention was, "I met my wife while cold-calling to sell PG&E stock." True story. And, I got the details.
So, here goes - here is the story about how Mr. DJ met his wife.
In the mid-1990s, Mr. DJ was working for a firm selling stocks. He was cold-calling people to try to sell them stock in PG&E. One day, he called Ms. B. She did not speak English as a first language, but had a strong enough grasp of it to politely tell Mr. DJ, "No thank you. I'm not interested in buying cable." and promptly hung up on him. Not one to take no for an answer, Mr. DJ called Ms. B right back to correct her and let her know he wasn't selling cable, but that he was selling stock in PG&E. As it turns out, Ms. B wasn't a qualified investor. But during the course of finding this out, the conversation turned a little more personal. Ms. B had just broken up with her boyfriend, and was kind of sad. She was from Brazil, and was living here temporarily. Because of the break-up, she was planning to head back to Brazil.
Mr. DJ and Ms. B spent the next two weeks talking on the phone and getting to know one another. They finally agreed to meet shortly thereafter to go to church together on a Sunday morning - it was December 24. After church, they went to breakfast together. The next day, Christmas, Ms. B met Mr. DJ's mother.
Mr. DJ and Ms. B dated for the next 2 years, and ended up getting married in Las Vegas. Ms. B was walked down the aisle by an Elvis impersonator.
After they were married, Ms. B had to go back to Brazil to help care for her ailing mother. Unfortunately, she had been in the U.S. without the proper papers, so once she left, she wasn't going to be able to return. But, of course she had to go.
So, she went back to Brazil and cared for her mother. Mr. DJ worked tirelessly for an entire year to get the appropriate paperwork approved with immigration to help Ms. B get back to him. During that time, he quit his regular job to tend to Ms. B's business, and focused on his DJ business as well. He met with a lawyer to find out the best way to get his wife back into the country. He didn't end up hiring that lawyer, but used what he learned to "work" the system.
On February 15th (one day after Valentine's day), he got the call from Immigration telling him that she was all set and could come home to the U.S. One day later she was back in the arms of Mr. DJ.
Talk about an unlikely way to meet your spouse. They are still very happily married.
I absolutely love this story. I love how people can meet in such unexpected ways. I love how people can support one another and make one another a priority in life. And, I love how happy people can be when they meet their one.
I was saddened this weekend when I learned that someone close to me had their spouse walk out on them completely unexpectedly. I'll call this person M-n-M. M-n-M is pretty devastated and distraught, and was taken completely off guard. I talked for a bit with M-n-M, and despite the crappy situation, the advice I was given seems very relevant to me. M-n-M's advice: to be in a place where you can be open to love and a relationship, first you need to be happy with yourself. Only then can you really be happy with someone else. If you are lucky enough to be happy with yourself, being with the one you love just makes your already great life even better.
I sincerely hope M-n-M can make it through the tough times to come.
After hearing about this crappy turn of events, I was lucky enough to be on my way to Molecule's house. It was so comforting to walk in and have him give me a great big warm hug and kiss. Thinking about some of the shitty things people do to one another, or just general shitty stuff that happens in life, I feel so lucky to be in an amazing place in my own life, and even more lucky to be able to have Molecule in my life. I can truly say that having someone you love and who loves you back does make my great life even better.
Here's to better times to come for M-n-M, and for meeting people in unexpected places.
Until next time...
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