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mariabonita-24 & alex.tav
I love her... I think that's how - in this summarized and sincere sentence - I can begin writing about our story. It all happened too fast.

I had been registered at the site for quite a while. I had met many people, and had started to believe I wouldn't meet someone who'd really 'shake' me. It'd been a little over a year since I had become a widow (with a small boy). I was carente, wanted to meet someone. Another obstacle was the distance factor. I live in Belem, and the majority of people I met were from the south and southeast.

Despite having many friends whom I'd met over the Internet, real friends, I was always a little awkward about trying out a "virtual" relationship. That's the stigma of Internet users lying, joking etc… I lived for my work and for my son. There was no time to go out. My only option in a lonely weekend was to search for people on the internet, chat, and who knows - just like it happened in fairy tales - I could be lucky (as lucky as someone who won the lotto) enough to find my "charming prince"...

Well, I did win the lotto (laughs)! Alexandre is the perfect match for me. I was giving up already. I had chosen a few people and sent messages to them, but nothing lasted too long... And in one of these profiles there he was. It didn't even get too much of my attention, but I decided to write him a message. I received an answer from him a couple days later, but his profile still did not match mine very well. It was not the ideal profile. I didn't answer it right away. Three weeks later - with more time on my hands - I read it again and again, and decided to give it a shot. So I asked him his number, and he gave it to me. I called, but he was busy at the time, and asked me to call a little bit later. I was upset and decided I wasn't going to call anymore. To my surprise, he called me. We spent about 4 hours on the phone. It was a great conversation. I didn't get too hyped from it, because it seemed as if I had already experienced what I thought was about to come: many phone calls, plans, and then it would be over - always long distance (from Belem to Sao Paulo).

Besides, I had already lived in Sao Paulo and didn't want to go back. Someone with a stable life in Sao Paulo would not give it all up and move to Belem either. In other words, cheering me up was no good. He sent many emails saying that he couldn't stop thinking about me, etc. I wrote him back, saying that I felt the same, but I was slowing myself down. I called him up and made a little joke, saying that he could spend the holiday at Belem. He said he would, on the first flight of the next day. I didn't believe it. I only began to believe it when I called his cell phone in the morning and heard airport-like noises from his phone. When I saw him in the departure room I felt chills in my stomach, but I was very calm and always thought to myself: "Well, we may have a couple wonderful days, but he'll go back and you can't suffer because of it, Danielle. Do not fall in love...". This thought haunted me. I took him to the hotel and we talked for a long time. I wasn't faling in love. I was already loving him.

We spent four wonderful days. On the second to last day, he said he wanted to be with me forever, and didn't care about what he had to do in order to get it done. I felt the same. We sorted a few things out. I introduced my family (including my son) to him. He went back to Sao Paulo, asked to be dismissed from a very stable job, and gave a very "bombastic" news to everyone: that he would live with me in Belem. He came to spend New Years Eve with me, and we engaged.

In January, I went to Sao Paulo in order to be there for his birthday, as well as to meet his family and friends. In order to do so, I asked to be dismissed from my work. On the way back, we came together. We rented our apartment and have been living together: He, my son, and I... We're in a crisis right now. We have been arguing almost everyday, but I'm sure we'll get through this. Adapting to a new life, obligations, and radical changes, without mentioning the fact that we're really getting to know each other now, in a relationship together... There are so many differences!

If I could go back in time, I would do it all over again because I really love him. I think these problems are rooting our relationship, which didn't have any basis before... I love him even more every day that goes by. I have reached the conclusion thatAny where, in any situation or place you may find the right person, because he/she exists. All you must do is believe in fate...


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