Browse By Topic When You Least Expect it -- Expect it! My name is Pam and I met my husband Sam 6 years ago in October.
I was 27 years old and was at the age when I thought I would never get married. My grandmother, however, would tell me that when I least expected it I would meet the man I was looking for.
I would date off and on but I never felt comfortable around men my own age. I grew up in a military family where we moved every three or four years and was forced to grow up quickly. I have always felt more comfortable around men a lot older than myself - but never thought about dating men a lot older than me. I never thought about it until my grandmother died.
My grandmother's death came as a complete surprise. She was 75 but had not been sick a day in her life. It was a complete surprise and shock to the whole family. When we went to the funeral home that my family has always used, there was a new Funeral Director that we had never met. His name was Sam and he was 57 years old I was The family had been up all night and we all looked terrible. When we my father, mother, grandfather and me went in to make the arrangements for my grandmother, I sat down at the table next to the funeral director.
We hit it off wonderfully. He was funny, sincere, caring and empathetic all at the same time. He appeared to have the mannerisims that I was looking for in a man - expect for the age part. We started dating seriously about 6 weeks after my grandmother died and dated for almost a year before we were married. Sam is very mild mannered, not prone to agitation, empathetic and typical type B personality. I, however, have been known to have a temper, easily agitated and have been called an extreme type A personality.
