Have you ever had a love that is all consuming, where two hearts actually merged into one? Where your life and hers merge and you reach heights of love and understanding that you never dreamed were possible?
This isn't a cheating wife story or a hotwife story -- it's a simple love story. There's no BTB or RAAC, so if you're looking for that, move on. And as with all love stories, it's much too short, so if you need a lengthy story, then sorry, this can't be it.
Even after we met and married, I didn't realize the depth of the love we shared, Shari and me. I knew we were in love, and I knew I needed her like I've never needed anything before, not even air to breathe or food to sustain me. Without her nothing mattered. But I never realized how much our lives had merged into one.
We met at work. I was an engineering manager and Shari was a new hire in the accounting department. I was five years her senior, but she was so much more mature and older than me emotionally. When I first asked her out, I was so nervous at the thought that this angel might deign to go out with me that I stuttered, and spittle flew out of my mouth. I was humiliated and sure I'd blown it.
Shari looked into my eyes as she took her handkerchief and dabbed at my lips. Her smile lit up her eyes and she nodded at me. At first in my embarrassment, I thought she was laughing at me, but then her nod registered with me. "Yes? You're saying yes?"
She nodded her head and raised a fist, which she bounced a couple of times. I later learned my angel was mute. A deformity in this perfect creature made her vocal cords non-functional. But her eyes and smile spoke volumes and always would.
I eventually learned American Sign Language just so she could talk to me. Shari was my teacher. That gave us hours of time together beyond dinner and dates where we hiked, biked, danced, or just sat and watched the sun set. We took classes together: cooking, painting, pottery, taekwondo, and more dancing. Anything that brought us time together. We were joined at the hip, and within the year we were joined in holy matrimony.