It all started with a simple BBW personal ad. Who knew anyone would be interested in a relationship with a big girl? Meeting online is the norm in today's world. So, when Heather decided to place a personals ad, because she wasn't meeting men, the internet was her first posting.
"How hard can it be?" she thought.
She started to fill out her stats; 5'4", brown hair, brown eyes, big and beautiful. She always hesitated putting that down. If only she were thin. She plugged away at her interests, her work, her social life. 'It's like selling myself,' she thought, as she wrote about what her turns ons/off were. "All this for a man."
She put her cursor over the submit button and hesitated. She was really going to do this. She hit the confirm button and let out a big breath. "Now let's see what happens."
Within a few days her personal had about 50 hits and generated a few smiles. Just no one she really found interesting. Hopeful. She noticed there was a chat room on that site and decided to go in and check it out. Being a newbie in a chat is no fun. It's hard to get anyone to talk to you, nevermind notice you even entered the room. As luck would have it, there was a guy in there who had said about as much as she did. She read his profile and thought, why not, and sent him a private message.
They chatted a few times in the room, got friendly and decided to trade screennames. Happier than she's been in days, she thought, this might actually work.
His name was David, he was 29 and living in Michigan. Quite a hike from Massachusetts, but doable. They spent days online talking to each other. Hours looking into each others web cameras, trying to find out who the person on the other end really was.
Their relationship progressed into nightly phone calls and lengthy discussions about love, life and what makes them happiest. "Happy?" she wondered. "I haven't been happy in a while."
David brought up meeting about two months into them getting to know each other. Heather decided it would be a nice idea. A neutral meeting place. Niagra Falls was their destination.
Heather packed her clothes accordingly. Long pants, in case it got cold, capris for a casual stroll. All short sleeve jerseys, one sweater and a pair of reliable sneakers.
Getting into her car, Heather was wondering if she had been making a mistake. Was it really going to be ok, meeting a stranger by herself? Maybe she should have asked someone to go with her just in case. It was too late now though.
At least according to weather.com, the first real weekend of warm weather for the spring season was going to arrive at Niagara Falls this weekend, which only increased David's anticipation of the upcoming weekend. This was the weekend that David was finally going to meet Heather. He had been anticipating this moment from when they first started chatting online.
It was a bright sunny, Saturday morning as he stored his suitcase in the backseat of his car and prepared for his 4-hour drive from Michigan to Niagara Falls. As he pulled out of his driveway he reflected on the last few months.
He had finally decided to give the on-line dating a try. It seemed like a reasonable idea, after all he was 29 and was not meeting anyone through more conventional means. He was not one to frequent bars, especially not to pick someone up at. He was dead set against the fix-up, even though numerous co-workers and friends had the 'perfect' person for him to meet.
So finally he created his add, professional white, single male, 5'8 average to slim build with brown hair and brown eyes. He had sent a few letters through the web site but did not receive any promising responses. It was tough because he was fairly average and did not know how to separate himself from the hundreds of other single guys on the site.
Finally he decided to try the chat room where he found someone as shy as himself hanging on the outskirts of the chat room. Her name was Heather and she was from Boston. She listed herself as a BBW which he had always had in interest in, though he could not really explain why. The conversations between them had flowed very naturally, and after seeing her on her web cam, he knew he wanted to meet her. Finally, with sweaty palms he typed the message he had been waiting to type 'How would you like to meet some weekend?'.
It seemed like an eternity (even though it was only a few seconds) before she wrote back and agreed that it was a good idea.
So today, his destination was Niagara Falls. The trip had been smooth and uneventful. He had found his hotel, the City Plaza Hotel, and was surprised to find that his room offered a spectacular view of the Falls.
Noting the time before he was to meet Heather, he had time for a quick shower. During the shower he was thinking more and more about meeting Heather. He was not nervous at all and not surprisingly found himself more than slightly aroused during the shower. He smiled as he gently touched himself and wondered where things might lead.
Heather pulled up to the hotel. "City Plaza Hotel," she said. Letting out a sigh she grabbed her duffle bag from the passenger side seat and closed the car door. She pulled out her cell phone to call David to find out what room he was in.
Stepping into the elevator Heather could feel her chest get heavy. She was having trouble breathing. "Too late to back out now. He already knows I'm here." She stepped out onto the 7th floor and strolled down the hallway.
"711, 713, 715...... 717," she stopped. Standing outside his door she started to wonder if he was waiting for her on the other side. Was he looking at her thru the peekhole? Would he not answer the door if he was? Crazy thoughts running thru her head. As she went to put her hand up to knock on the door, she heard the handle turn.
Heather stepped into the room with a look of worry, which was easied the second he planted a kiss on her forehead and gave her a hug like she had never been hugged before.
"It's nice to finally meet you. Face to face I mean," David said calmly.