First date

Today marks 9 years since Mr A and I had our first date.

Though not taken on this date, this photo is the first selfie we ever had together, so remains a firm favourite. We look so young!

The date itself was a memorable one, if only for the fact Mr A was going to cancel on me because a ferret bit his nose. Yes, really!!
It was only when he typed the message saying exactly that, that he realised how ridiculous it sounded and that I would probably never agree to see him again.

So the date went ahead and I still thought he was handsome, even with a scabby nose.

On the second date, he pretended I’d trapped his finger in a door. He’s been a joker ever since.

We clicked straight away and after the third date, became pretty much inseparable (when work allowed anyway) and have stayed that way ever since.

I guess it was never a question of if we would get married, but when so I’m proud to be Mrs A :-)

DQ x


For those of you that asked for more details about the ferret, this edit is for you :-)

Mr A was in his back garden a few hours before our date, when his neighbour popped his head over the fence to ask him if he had a ferret. He went on to say he’d found a ferret (and a half eaten bunny) in the rabbit hutch, but if it didn’t belong to Mr A, then he’d keep it.

(For background info, Mr A’s neighbour is/was a serious hoarder; 2 adults and 5 kids in a 2 bed semi, plus a garden full of chickens, rabbits and 2 huskies kept in a far too small outdoor cage. Despite calls to the RSPCA, nobody ever investigated.)

Mr A didn’t want the ferret to be added to the already long list of poorly treated animals so he said he’d always wanted one; at which point the neighbour said ‘here you go’ and passed the poor thing over the fence in a little cage.

Thinking the ferret (named Fez by Mr A) must be hungry, Mr A dashed to Asda to buy a box of cat biscuits (Google recommended!)
Not knowing much about ferrets, he decided to play it safe before opening the cage, so he put on his motorbike jacket and gloves as protection from potential bitey teeth.

The smell of cat biscuits proved to be too much for little Fez. Upon opening the cage, Fez got so excited, he ran up Mr A’s arm, along his shoulder and promptly bit him on the nose!

It was at this point, with blood streaming down his face, that Mr A thought he should message me to cancel our date. It sounded such a far fetched story though that he couldn’t send it. To be honest, I’d had some pretty lame excuses from guys cancelling dates prior to me meeting Mr A, (the joys of online dating) and being bitten on the nose by a ferret certainly wasn’t the worst!

There is another part to this story about the fate of Fez, but I’ll save that for tomorrow ;-)