Internet Love in Arkansas - May 25
We arrived at my cousin Shanti's house late last night and were grateful to have our own clean, quiet bedrooms. Both my mom and I snore and I'm not used to sleeping in the same room as someone else. By the time we arrived in Fayetteville, which is in the northwest part of
Arkansas, we had driven over 1300 miles in just 3 days. Now, we can just relax and do a lot of nothing in Shanti's brand new house. Which brings me to an interesting story:
Here's a little story for for those who are skeptical about Internet dating. Shanti and Ravi found each other through a dating website last year and met in person about 6 months ago when Ravi was in New York on business (Shanti lived in New Jersey and Ravi in Arkansas). To their surprise, they fell madly in love with each other almost instantly. They were engaged within a month, and then bought and moved into into a brand new 5-bedroom house within 3 months. The marriage is scheduled for September, 2006 and Shanti says "Thank you Shaadi.com!"
The happy couple, Ravi and Shanti...
...and their brand new home.
Fayetteville seems kind of rural and quaint and even when we were driving through the "city" I thought we were on a giant farm. There were cows roaming around and everything. Ravi proudly informed me that "Fayetteville is the largest city in northwest Arkansas," which sent Shanti into hysterical fits of laughter. Arkansas has places called "Toad Suck Park" and the "Greasy Pig Bar-B-Q" and today's headline in the local paper was: "Fayetteville Library Bringing in Collection Agency to Help Collect Overdue Fines." Wow, there's some earth shattering news! Where's CNN?
But seriously, Fayetteville is surrounded by beautiful mountains and the people are down to earth and friendly. And it was really nice seeing my cousin again after her transformation. Her life has changed so quickly and she left her entire life in New Jersey behind- her school, job, family, home- all because she found the "one." I wonder if something like that will ever happen to me? A part of me hopes it does and a part of me doesn't.
Arkansas, we had driven over 1300 miles in just 3 days. Now, we can just relax and do a lot of nothing in Shanti's brand new house. Which brings me to an interesting story:
Here's a little story for for those who are skeptical about Internet dating. Shanti and Ravi found each other through a dating website last year and met in person about 6 months ago when Ravi was in New York on business (Shanti lived in New Jersey and Ravi in Arkansas). To their surprise, they fell madly in love with each other almost instantly. They were engaged within a month, and then bought and moved into into a brand new 5-bedroom house within 3 months. The marriage is scheduled for September, 2006 and Shanti says "Thank you Shaadi.com!"
The happy couple, Ravi and Shanti...
...and their brand new home.
Fayetteville seems kind of rural and quaint and even when we were driving through the "city" I thought we were on a giant farm. There were cows roaming around and everything. Ravi proudly informed me that "Fayetteville is the largest city in northwest Arkansas," which sent Shanti into hysterical fits of laughter. Arkansas has places called "Toad Suck Park" and the "Greasy Pig Bar-B-Q" and today's headline in the local paper was: "Fayetteville Library Bringing in Collection Agency to Help Collect Overdue Fines." Wow, there's some earth shattering news! Where's CNN?
But seriously, Fayetteville is surrounded by beautiful mountains and the people are down to earth and friendly. And it was really nice seeing my cousin again after her transformation. Her life has changed so quickly and she left her entire life in New Jersey behind- her school, job, family, home- all because she found the "one." I wonder if something like that will ever happen to me? A part of me hopes it does and a part of me doesn't.
posted by Navin at 12:05 AM
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