Smitten with Mr. Short, Pot Bellied Never Married & Average Looking

myharleysgotpink and SweetKatieA thanks for posting your stories. Gave me a faint glimmer of hope that maybe there is at least one other girl out there that will accept me.

I met someone who I probably wouldn't have given a second look if I saw him walking down the street because he was not physically my "type". Taller than me but not really tall like I'm use to and he's what I would call average in the looks department.

Turns out he is probably the most caring, loving, giving man I have ever met. He's a gentleman, he doesn't drink but doesn't judge me when I have a drink. He thinks it is a man's responsibility to take care of the woman in his life. If something is broken he wants to fix it, he's protective of me and wants to make sure that I am safe. He wants to pay for everything but I won't let him so he is trying to get comfortable with that (that's a real tough one for him). He is very respectful at all times, loves his family, cares about people...I could go on and on.

This has been a valuable lesson for me and I don't even want to think about my dating life before him.

I just had a first date with someone that I felt clicked with me amazingly well. It took a long time for us to meet due to circumstances and I was disappointed in his looks (my mind had imagined him quite differently). I am going to see him again and have been having mixed feelings about this but you have given me renewed enthusiasm.

I'm 5'8" and he was looking for 5'5" and under with dark or black hair....I was not on his "list" either!

Yes, he is that and more. He is not the "type" I might have found myself talking to in a social setting as he is rather shy, quiet and very unassuming looking. He is my height (when I'm barefoot), socially rather awkward, admittedly quirky and (by his own admission) odd.

I was drawn to his profile over and over. His words revealed such utter respect for females that some might have found it smarmy. I did not. Our political views mirrored each other, as did our work ethic and background. He had but a couple must haves that he was looking for and they were the same as mine. If I had a list of must haves for physical characteristics, he would not fit any of them.

I thought I had to have witty and banter-minded. He is literal, more often than not he just doesn't "get" the joke or inuendo while sarcasm / plays on words is lost on him at times as well. He admits to being shunned in school, particularly by girls. Picked on, bullied and teased, he always took the high road and did not retaliate. In later years he became a police officer in his hometown - finding the satisfaction of retaliation in jailing one of his high school bullies.

Upon meeting I found him to be exactly as his profile described. Unlike my abusive husband of 27 years, this never-married gem does not even glance at women when with me, opens doors, walks on the street side, is uncomfortable when I insist on paying for dates, treats his parents with respect, and gives me all his attention when we are together. He asks if I am ok and if he can get me anything. Out of past necessity I am extremely self-reliant but learning to let him help.

I will find witty conversation with my co workers. He never drinks, but I can get that with occasional girls night out. He may not have everything I thought I wanted, but he has everything I need.

"I was the type nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty".
Barbara Walters

Yes, he is that and more. He is not the "type" I might have found myself talking to in a social setting as he is rather shy, quiet and very unassuming looking. He is my height (when I'm barefoot), socially rather awkward, admittedly quirky and (by his own admission) odd.
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