It’s a Valentines Day Contest and we are so excited!
Win a free *two night stay at the Fantasy Inn and a romantic dinner for two at The Riva Grill! The best part is, you can either use it over the Valentine’s Day holiday, or if you can’t make it to Tahoe on the 14th, it is good for the next six months (holidays excluded).
All you have to do is tell us how you and your significant other met, what makes your love story unique, and why we should pick you as the winner. You can enter by commenting on our blog with your story, or you can email me at fantasyinnweddings@gmail.com.
But hurry…contest ends on Thursday, February 7 at midnight. Good luck!
*Prize includes a two night stay in a “Theme with a Fireplace” and a Riva Grill $100 gift certificate.
Riva Grill on the Lake
We are so happy to be partnering with The Riva Grill for this contest! The Riva is located across the street from the Fantasy Inn & Wedding Chapel in the Ski Run Marina and is the home of the world famous “Wet Woody”. You can enjoy a fine dining experience in their beautiful dining room, or a more casual one in the bar area or the deck. Please check out their website at www.rivagrill.com
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The love of my life and I have been together going on 13 years. We didn’t always see it that way. We kind of rebounded into a relationship. We didn’t meet in a “special” way, we met at a grocery store. He had a pick up line I’ve heard a thousand times, but thankfully I listened this once.
Neither of us thought we’d make it this far. We have “grown up” together you could say. The one thing that we do that seems to work is we STAY TOGETHER NO MATTER WHAT!!!! He has stuck by my side through my personal addiction, and has seen me through my recovery and on to sobriety. I could not, and would not be here without his continued support. My family gave up on me (we have since reconciled), but he stood by my side. We also are proof that opposites attract. In thirteen years we have been through all kinds of scenarios, good and bad. We have wonderful memories, yet we still keep the passion alive. That is key too. 
(Fantasy Inn helps with that) Every night I fall asleep I have a smile on my face, and every morning I wake up next to him… I am just so happy. Our “rebounding” relationship has blossomed into a truely beautiful thing.
I would love nothing more than to surprise him for Valentines Day with this romantic trip. He doesn’t know this, but I plan to let him know that I’m finally (at 36) ready to try and have a child with him. I plan to tell him Valentines Day. I would love to be able to do that in such a romantic setting. I’ve always wanted to wait, but now that I have as much sobriety as I do, I am confident and ready to take that next step. And my personal clock is ticking. I am pretty sure that the “setting” would help with that too
. Thank you for your consideration in this. And a very Happy Valentines Day to all!!!!
28 years ago, I received a phone call at work from my mother. She sounded so excited when she said “I’ve got a live one!” We had moved to a new town and I was working in a new job and hadn’t met many people. I was caught up in her excitement and wondered what she was up to. She told me how our furnace at home was broken and she had called a local company to have it repaired. When the technician arrived, my mom was leading him to the furnace when he saw a picture on her dresser. He asked who was in the picture and my mom told him that it was her daughter. He then asked if the daughter spoke with a southern accent like she did. My mother said “of course she does and she is new to the area and hasn’t met many people yet”. When the technician had diagnosed the problem with the furnace and needed to return later with parts, my mother suggested he return after 5pm when I got home from work. He left and that was when my mother called me at work saying “I’ve got a live one”. I answered the door when he came back with the part and we will be married 25 years this August. We now have 3 daughters and between them and our jobs, we have learned to value the time he and I can spend alone. It would be a wonderful thing if we could spend our Silver Anniversary at The Fantasy Inn so I can call my mother and once again thank her for finding me “a live one”!
I met my boyfriend two months ago. He is amazing. i have three kids. I have a special needs child that has many issues. My boyfriend has taken my kids as his own. Always thinks of them and me. I have never had this. I just recently left an abusive relationship which took a toll on my kids and I. So I was hesitant to let him in. But I am learning that there are good men out there. I have been a single parent to my oldest for almost 15 years. Ten of those years have been a huge struggle dealing with his disabilities. My boyfriend really takes my kids under his arm and is wonderful to my son. After struffling through all this I could really use a get away. I have never had a vacation or a break. Would be nice to get away and spend some time with this amazing man. Thank you and God Bless
My girlfriend and I met 16 years ago in high school. As went through high school together a few years we hung out and had a crush on each other and I would walk her home from school. Junior year she went to another high school and then moved from the town we lived in and we lost contact. We hadn’t seen each other in 14 years, during that time I got married then divorced and came out with 2 beautiful children. My girlfriend at the time was in a troubled relationship and had three children as well. When we got together the thought of five kids sounded overwhelming and it certainly has been sometimes but it has really been great. At times it can be more challenging as my son is getting his attitude teenage years and my girlfriend has three autistic children who are sometimes difficult to work with but I have learned one of my biggest deficiencies which is patience. I believe my girlfriend and I could really benefit from this because our alone time is rare and this would be awesome to destress from everything for a few days.
My wife and I met seven years ago on-line. Our intentions were to find friends, someone to just hang out with and maybe have a drink with on occasion. We both had become recently single and were not looking to get into a relationship. We instantly became real good friends. I had purchased two tickets before I met her to go see Rascal Flatts with Gary Allan at the Harvey’s Outdoor Amphitheater. Since meeting her I felt that I found someone perfect to go with me to the concert, and I wanted to make our time memorable as this was the first time that we were going out of town together, both overnight and to a concert. So I booked a two night stay at Fantasy Inn and we stayed in the Romeo and Juliet theme room. We had an amazing time at the hotel and the concert. The room was perfect for both of us as that particular room had an extra large walk in tub, which happened to be a great icebreaker!
Now here it is 2013, we have been married for going on three years, together for a total of seven years. This time was an excellent memory for both of us, we still remember the laughter, the music, and probably best of all-those long bubble baths! I feel that our time up in Lake Tahoe is what allowed the two of us to grow close to the point where we were able to let our guards down and break some of our boundaries, which led to us developing a relationship from a close friendship, and then becoming husband and wife.
During the first year of marriage we had some events that tested the love and bond that we share. After talking through things and realizing that we both wanted the same goal, we are still together and stronger than ever. We have even discussed making the trip back to Fantasy Inn and renewing our wedding vows sometime this Fall. If you were to select us as the winner of the Valentines Day Contest it would bring back so many memories and make that spark more like a fire.
Dear Carol,
I recently heard about your Valentines contest, and my niece immediately came to mind.
So, actually this letter is enter my niece Jacqueline and her boyfriend Loren into the contest.
A couple years ago, my niece lost her father, which was a big blow to her, as they were close….She was not doing well emotionally, nor financially because of the bum she was married to, was in prison and sucking her dry. And besides if things were not looking up
enough, my sister,(her mom), has issues all her own, which remains a mystery to me, decides to disown myself and her eldest daughter. We haven’t figured that one out.
So I consider my niece to be my only family and I hers.
Anyway, back to the purpose of this letter….. Approximately a year ago, Jaqueline met Loren, and she came to her senses, divorced the bum in prison and I could see the strong happy Jacqueline emerging. She has never been happier and I believe they belong together although some external voices, (“family on his end”) have put a few rifts which have played out into their relationship.
I believe this valentines vacation weekend would be perfect for them, away from family
and friends. Just the two of them would do them good.
I remember spending time away at the Fantasy Inn, during my young in love days, and
would like that experience for my niece and her boyfriend.
20 years from now, I believe I will be writing the next chapter of this story, looking back on this valentines weekend!!
If there is anything to be taken from this letter is the fact, my niece was able to turn her
life around because of this young man. And what once was a pretty depressing situation, turned around and became what I always hoped for her!
Thank you for your time, and hope to hear from you,
Sincerely,
Elaine
So it began on a warm September day in 1999. School had just started back up and everyone was dressed in their best. New classes, new year, new friends and new love? Anxiously I sat as a new sophomore in high school waiting to see what other friends would be in my new class.. and in he walks. He sat next to me and that was only the beginning. It started with a smile and boy was his smile breath taking! Everyone said we would never make it as high school lovers. We however, had high hopes. Both of our parents were highs cool sweethearts and we thought we could be all odds. Well we made it through high school and all the rough patches of losing friends, getting grounded for sneaking out to be together, different lunches, and all the other troubles of growing up in love. High school graduation came and went and we were stronger than ever! We ended up moving in together two weeks after high school and have been living together every since! April 14, 2013 will be TEN years of marriage! Its crazy, when we got married we didn’t have money and as we stood in the living room of my grandmas 2 bedroom apartment saying our vows we promised at our ten year wedding anniversary we would do something BIG, travel to an exotic place, renew our vows. Well here we are… two kids later and no such plans for our ten year. Its funny how life twists and turns take you completely different places than you had envisioned, bottom line we still have each other and that matters most.
Our love story is unique because we are beating all odds, we are still DEEPLY in love, and we still cant keep our hands off each other just like in high school! He and I both sacrifice a lot to keep our love alive. Next year I will be 30 and I will be so proud to say I have been with my husband HALF my life, how many 30 year old can say that?
Please pick us! You should pick us because we are SO deserving. Its not often we get to get away and just focus on “us”. I told him a few nights ago.. we are DUE for a night away from the house, the kids, the rigmarole a LIFE! Since we don’t get our big 10 year reunion in some exotic spot halfway around the world why not spend it in BEAUTIFUL Tahoe? We haven’t been to the Fantasy Inn in 6+ years. What a great opportunity.
I have lived across the street from my boyfriends family for the last
twelve years, and I had no idea that there were two handsome twin sons
living there off and on. One day I came home from work to find a very
sweet hand written note in my mailbox. This note introduced me to my current boyfriend, Steve. Some might think he was chicken by writing a note, but I thought it was very brave of him and unique for today’s world.
He didn’t even know my name. He was so sweet and asked me if I would like to have a drink sometime. This type of situation would usually make me very nervous, but his note was so cute and polite, I was actually very intrigued. After a few weeks of emailing we finally had that drink. Three and a half years later, we are still together. We get along so well and are so similar it’s odd to think we lived so close to each other for so long and never met. We have had some difficult challenges over the last year and were recently apart for 5 months (not by choice of course).
Steve just came home last week, and we look forward to spending some quality time together. Due to schedules, money etc. you might find it hard to believe, but in the three years we’ve been together, we have never had even one night away from home together. Happy Valentine’s Day!
I met my husband 31 years ago at a mutual friends’ wedding. We stared at eachother all evening, but were not introduced until the last dance. We proceeded to talk and exchange phone numbers. He went home and told his family “I met the woman I’m going to marry”. We had our first date the following Wednesday and have been happily married now for 26 years. What makes our marriage so special is our unique anniversary tradition where we take turns surprising eachother with a special getaway…he plans the odd years and I plan the even years. We are avid skiers and Lake Tahoe is our favorite place. The Fantasy Inn is our favorite property in the entire Tahoe region. We first saw your beautiful property in a ski movie, “Hot Dog” and we were drawn to the 7 foot red heartshape jacuzzi tub. Several years ago on our way in to South Shore, we noticed Fantasy Inn and recognized it from the movie. Long story short, we bailed on our reservation at Embassy Suites up the road from you and enjoyed our first stay at Fantasy Inn immensely. We truly have a special appreciation for Fantasy Inn and with 3 daughters, 1 son, and 1 granddaughter, nothing would be more exciting, refreshing, and romantic than a 2 night getaway to our favorite romantic accommodations!
Posting a blog about how my husband and I met would normally not be something I would do. However, when I read the posting instructions, it really hit home with me and I just thought that maybe our story would be one that may encourage and inspire others…..and maybe win the prize to suprise my husband!
Initially, my husband and I met back in 1982 when we were both attending the same church. We were 12 years old. Nothing drew us together at that time; we were just aquaintances. As time pressed onward, both of us moved forward in our lives. My husband’s family moved away and I did not see him again until 9 years later.
During the time he was gone I had remained at the same church. I was married with a baby. Tragically, my husband was killed in a motorcycle accident and I was left a widow with a baby by the age of 21.
Around this time, my husband had moved back to the area where I was, started attending the same church again, and we were re-united. We did things “as friends” for awhile until both of us realized that there was more to our relationship than friendship. We decided to get to know each other better and were married 6 months later. It was a very joyous time in our lives! My husband adopted my daughter as his own and we have since been blessed with 2 more daughters.
We will be celebrating 21 years of marriage this year. We celebrated our 1′st anniversary at the Fantasy Inn in Lake Tahoe back in 1993. So, for us it would be so very special and memorable to have the opportunity to come back 20 years later!
Every love story is unique and special, but ours is one of second chances, finding love where and when we never would have expected, and continuing to love as we both grow and change. Marriage takes work, but as we tend “our garden” we both benefit and enjoy the fruits of our labors. We are both so very thankful for the love that we share and the opportunity we have been given to share life together.
My wife and I were destine to meet. We were working at the same restaurant. On my first day back from taking the summer off I really wanted to go out on a date. I asked all the women working with me to go out with me and was rejected until I asked her.
I asked her “I am looking for someone to cater to my decadence.” She asked me what I meant. I told her like having grapes peeled for me. Next thing I knew she had a small bowl full of peeled grapes for me. I asked her out and she accepted!! We have been together ever since, 34 years together and 32 married.
The reason it is destiny. I found out later that she was modern dance undergraduate at UCLA. The reason I moved to LA was to help my sister move to LA for her Masters in modern dance at UCLA. She used my future wife in her master’s dance. There were three different ways we were going to cross paths so we could meet. We have always felt that our souls were meant for one another.
The reason you should pick us is that I want to give my wife a special treat for Valentines Day. She has been so great to me the last two years. She has been keeping our family afloat while I am getting my new business going. To help make ends meet we are currently living with our daughter, son-in-law and grandkids. She is the reason I am following my passion to be a pro photographer. So it is very difficult for me, currently, monetarily to give her something great to show her how much she appreciated and loved by me.
Thank you for the opportunity to tell our story.
My husband Ron and I met in 2002 when he moved to Tracy to manage a pool store. I was a customer and remember meeting him on his first day on the job. I was instantly attracted to him and was eager to find out more about him. I began making extra trips to the store in hopes of having a more personal conversation with him. I even scheduled a “service repair” late in the afternoon, thinking I would conveniently invite him to stay for dinner. Unfortunately, a few days before the repair, I found out, through casual conversation, that he was very much involved with someone. I canceled my service repair and went home to lick my wounds. I continued to shop at his store, however kept it strictly on a professional level, while secretly wishing he was available.
Fast forward 2 years…I am a Paramedic and my partner and I frequently shop daily for our evening dinner. I began running in to Ron at the grocery store. At first it was sporadically but then it seemed to be more and more frequently. Every time we would see each other he would engage me in conversation and would often jump in line behind me so we could continue our conversations. I could have sworn he was flirting with me! One day, while standing in line, I mentioned his girlfriend. He looked at me with a puzzled look on his face and asked “what girlfriend?”. I told him about our conversation 2 years earlier and he chuckled and told me that they had broken up about two years ago and he has been single ever since. My heart JUMPED out of my chest.
Two weeks later I got the courage up to go and visit him at his work. He gave me his usual friendly greeting and asked how he could help me. I told him that I didn’t need anything and that I had come to see him. We sat at the register counter talking and literally, staring into each others eyes. When it was time for me to leave I asked for a pen and paper. I wrote my name and number on it and said “I really like you, if you feel the same, please call me” I waited the longest 2 days of my life for his phone call.
January 9th 2004 was our first date. It was so magical and I knew before the night was over that he was the one for me. Over the next two weeks, we couldn’t seem to pack enough in, or get enough of each other. I was a single mother and was leery of bringing a man over, however Ron was different. He immediately bonded with both of my kids and jumped right in to help me around the house. He would come over in the evenings after work and cook dinner for us. He even began cleaning my house (he is a neat nick). One week after meeting him we were sitting at the dinner table and both of my children said “Mom and Ron, you guys need to get married!” We laughed. It had only been a week since our first date and he kids are already trying to marry us off. That night Ron took my daughter to the mall to purchase some much needed sports equipment. He bought an engagement ring while there, and when he got back to my house he placed it under my pillow. When I woke up the next morning I found it. It wasn’t a very romantic proposal….(who leaves an engagement ring under a pillow in hopes that it is discovered?) But it was still the best!!!
One week later, on 1-23-04 I became Mrs. Ron Rindt. We had a very small ceremony with just my children present. There were a lot of naysayers and negativity surrounding our impulsive decision to marry so quickly, but we both knew our decision was the right one.
During our long courtship (haha) Ron told me that if we were to ever get married, he would treat me like a queen. At that point he was cooking and cleaning every day for me and making little trips to the store, helping with my kids, entertaining my friends etc… I loved it and thought this would be a great life. Of course, EVERYONE warned me that if it looks to good to be true, it IS to good to be true. I am very very happy to say that they were ALL wrong!!! Nine years later, he is still holding on to that promise. Every night when I get home, dinner is on the table. In addition to now owning his own business, he handles everything around the home. He cooks, cleans, does the laundry, plays the guitar, sings and writes me love songs….everything a King would do for his Queen.
I would like to win this dream get away so that I can do something special for Ron. He makes my life special every single day in every single way. There is no way on earth that I can ever make his life as special as he has made mine. This would be an awesome way for me to escape the stress of my job and truly devote quality time to the man who has been my everything.
Thank you for considering our story.
My husband and I met for the first time 31 years ago in our 8th grade social studies class. I thought he was pretty cute and I knew he loved the the beach, so to get his attention and make him notice me I wore a button to school that said (I love Balboa Beach). It worked, he noticed the button and started talking to me. We have been together ever since. We dated all through high school and got married when we were 18, just a few months after we graduated from high school. We just celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary on November 10, 2012. I love him now more than ever. We have had our share of trials in our lives. My husband worked really hard to become a paramedic fireman, which was the career of his dreams. He worked for the City of Grass Valley, Ca for 12 years before he broke his neck in a surfing accident. This injury hascompletely disabled him and he has had 3 surgeries and deals with chronic pain on a daily basis. Since his accident, I have had to take on two jobs to make ends meet. I have lost both of my parents to cancer, in 1992 and 1996. Adam lost his father in a car accident in 1997 and his mother to suicide just 5 months later. In 1998 I lost my oldest brother to a siezure disorder and my husband Adam lost his oldest brother in 2010 to suicide. I know we were meant to be together because our family tragedies are so similar and they have brought us closer together. We have 4 beautiful children who are 25, 22, 17 and 13. We are just as in love now as we were over 30 years ago. We don’t have alot of money but we have eachother and our children to keep us strong. I would love to surprise him with this Valentine weekend. We had reservations to spend our last anniversary at the Fantasy Inn but had to cancel due to my husband disability. We would love to come back to South Lake Tahoe for a weekend.
In April 2006, I took a spontaneous emergency vacation to Hawaii to escape a stalking ex boyfriend. In the airport I noticed a handsome business man. I saw him later getting coffee, and then again we boarded the plane. He was in a different section than I and I wasn’t in any emotional state to be “looking” at men. I sat quietly in my seat and started reading a book to get my mind off of my problems. The teenage boy who sat next to me was complaining that he was being seperated from his family who was all seated together in another section. He left to go talk to his family, and “the guy” I had seen 3 times comes and sits next to me, saying that he switched seats so the teen could sit with the rest of his family. I continued to read my book and ignored the conversations he kept trying to initiate. He offered to buy me a drink and asked me to put my book away. We talked non stop for 6 hrs on the flight. When I got off the plane, I received my first text ever (didnt even know what a text was) We texted non stop for over a month before he was back in town. We started dating, he had to move to England for a year for work. We both blew up our phone bills!, He has been such an amazing and healing part of my life. He works in disaster recovery and clean up so he is out of town and travels a lot. It is difficutl to get any consistent time together, but we make it work and are always happy to be together. This year will be our 7 yr anniversary. What a great way that would be to celebrate the passion we still have for each other.
The way my husband and I met was truly fate. When I grew up I had a best friend named Alexander. She and I were two peas in a pod and argued like sisters. Well, when we were about 9 (our birthdays are a day apart) she moved away to LA. I was so devastated to have my best friend leave. Fast forward 12 years we run into each other and we make plans to meet up and catch up. It never happened we just added each other on facebook and that was about it. My 21st birthday was coming up and my boyfriend at the time and I were going through a rough spot so I broke it off. I got in contact with Alexander and we went out for our 21st birthdays. After the club she introduced me to her boyfriend Glen. We got close again and were seeing each other daily. Then she brought me one day to her boyfriend’s house and I met his family. Well to make a long story short I fell in love with his brother. One year later we were married in Lake Tahoe. Glen and Alexander just got engaged too. Its funny to think a friend I made back when I was 5 is the reason why I am happily married now, and as corny as it sounds when she gets married to my husband’s brother she will be my sister-in-law.
Our love is unique because it seems like it was all layed out years and years before we met. So many things would have to fall into place for us to have met. If I never would have gone to the movies that day and ran into Alexander after 12 years I would never have contacted her on facebook to go out to get my mind off my breakup. From day one it seemed right and to this day my husband and I have never and mean never gone a day without seeing each other. It was really a whirlwind romance. We dated every single day since the first time we met.
Our story should be chosen because we got married in Tahoe and have always wanted to stay at the Fantasy Inn. We have never had a chance to, but we plan to on our anniversary. Winning this contest would just be more proof that all was ment to be when we married. Good luck to everyone else and god bless.
My husband and I originally met when we were kids. My father and his mother began working together at a real estate company. Incidentally, my dad ended up with his own company and his mom ended up working there, as did I.
As teens, our families ended up going camping together and that sort of thing. My earliest recollection of us “interacting” was in the early 1980’s (I was in my mid teens and he was in his late teens. He’s four years older than me.) and consisted of me , all in black, moping about the camp ground with my walk man, because I didn’t want to be there, and him, my older sister and their friends avoiding me like the plague. He now says that back then, my dog collar and black nail polish scared him a little. Anyway, I digress. We both worked at my families restaurant for a while, he a cook and me a bus girl, but we really didn’t have much to say to one another back then, after closing the restaurant, we went about our lives, and didn’t see each other again for many years. Eventually he married and joined the military, then divorced. I went through a series of relationships, some really bad, but none that stuck. In late 1995 he came to the real estate office to see his mom. I was working that day and when I saw him I was not impressed. He’s a roofer, and on that day he was covered head to toe in dirt and grime, had a full mustache, beard and long hair. The long hair I liked, but the facial hair, not so much. He looked like a dirty Grisly Adams. It was my turn to be scared. A few weeks passed and he came by again, this time he had cleaned up, shaved his beard and was really cute! Neither one of us was bold enough to say anything to the other so he left without a word passing between us. He called a couple of times after that asking for his mom. Before transferring one time, I got up the nerve and asked him what he’d been up to and if he liked to play pool (billiards) because my friend and I did that sometimes. He said he hadn’t been up to much and that he preferred playing darts. It got awkward so I said goodbye and transferred the call. A couple of weeks after that, he came in again to see his mom and was still cleaned up and looking good so I found some excuse which eludes me now to go talk to him, I don’t remember what was said, or any of that, but before he left he “slipped” me his phone number, you know, like when you’re trying to be sly and slip someone a tip, It was hilarious. Anyway, after my dad warned me that I shouldn’t call him because he was trouble, I of course made a hot bee line to the phone and called him immediately. Turns out, he wasn’t trouble but actually the perfect guy for me and I the perfect girl for him. Now we’ve been married for going on 16 years March 1st. We couldn’t be happier. We are the best of friends and are totally in love. We are still trying to decide how to celebrate our 16th anniversary, and would love to do it at the Fantasy Inn, if we are so lucky to win the contest. Thanks for reading.
My husband and I first met in junior high when we were 15. The class we had together was science and he was the only person I cared to talk to. In class he would make me laugh out loud which got us into tons of trouble. So always being sent outside we became friends.We had stayed friends the whole way to our senior year when our flirting finally got more serious. He asked me to prom which was our very first date. At the prom we danced to all most every song it was so much fun! After we went to a outdoor party and there under all the lights we had our FIRST KISS. It was amazing!!!
For our 1 year anniversary we stayed at the FANTASY INN, where we got snowed in for 3 days it was so romantic.
We are so lucky to have met each other at a young age and marry our high school sweethearts.
Now 11 years later we are married with a beautiful daughter!!!
My gf and I have been together for one year. We started out as friends and our feelings grew from there. I can honestly say that I have never felt this way about anyone else before. We have had our struggles within this past year but are trying to work things out. We cannot afford to have a weekend away, as much as I would love to give it to her to show how much I really do love her. Nothing really special about us except we are each other’s first real “True Loves”. We have both been in other relationships but never have experienced a love like this.
We are currently trying to overcome some “rocky times” in our relationship, I just wish I could sweep her away for a quick romantic get away, but I can not afford to do that. Winning this contest would be a great surprise to her and I.
I met my boyfriend at a group event, and while I noticed him, I was not there to “hook up” with anyone. But, he was persistent, and over the next couple of weeks, he would send me messages to see how I was doing, did I have a good day, etc. He asked me out, and I said yes. We went out to dinner and spent hours talking, and found out that we were both running parallels in our lives. Both from the bay area, both just got out of marriages of 8 years, and divorced right about the same time. We had the same interests, and we couldn’t stop looking at each other. I felt a switch had been hit, and all of a sudden, I knew I was looking at my soulmate. Both of us had marriages with no passion, and together, we are finding our confidence and our passion. Unfortunately, I have to move to Phoenix for work shortly after Valentine’s Day, and I would love to be able to make this one very special for the both of us. Yes, he will be following me, but I am not looking forward to the agonizing months until he does. Please help us continue our journey!
Dear Carol,
My boyfriend and I met October 2012. We were friends of mutual friends.He is 6 years younger than I am. However our friendship took off as son as we met, We have many common interests. When we met I was in a dark place. My father had passed suddenly in 2010, I was married to a not so good man that was in prison, and I was very depressed. There were so many qualities I loved about Loren (my bf) as a friend. He reminded me so much of my dad and everything I ever wanted in a man. Our friendship grew as the days went on. He brought the life back to me. I was smiling again and was happy.
I soon realized that my feelings were more than just friendship feelings. That is when I decided to file for divorce and follow my heart. i have dated and been in “love” before but nothing like this. He treated me as if I was an equal, a princess even. We soon moved in together and have been together ever since. We never spent one night away from each other in the 9 months we were together. In August we separated, times were tough, he had lost his job and was having trouble finding another. But after being apart for 2 months we soon realized we were still in love and wanted to work things out. It has been rocky but we still are holding on. We LOVE Tahoe and have always wanted to stay at Fantasy Inn. At one point we were looking at Fantasy Inn to be married at.
Loren has been a blessing in so many ways. He encouraged me to visit my father’s plot at the cemetery, has gone with me every time. He has brought me back to life,I smile every day. I have never felt love like this before. I have never been treated with such respect and loyalty. We would love to have a weekend away, which would probably give us the time and space to talk about the things we need to and really mend our relationship. We can not afford to pay for a complete weekend away, so winning this contest would be a blessing. We are still at a rocky point in our relationship and could just use some time alone away from friends and family.
My husband and I met at work. Prior to our relationship I was in a very bad and abusive relationship, when my hubby and I met we became good friends I felt very comfortable in confining in him and discussing my home problems, he would listen and give me advice and before I knew it I fell in love with him. I left the horrible relationship I was in and we started dating very slowly never did he take advantage of my situation nor did he ignore my vulnerability. Which made me love him even more. We dated for 2 years before we got married in Valentines day in 2011
I have never been so happy. This upcoming valentines day will be our 2 year wedding anniversary and a little getaway would be amazing to celebrate. I am currently unemployed so my hubby’s been working 10-12 hour shifts 6 days a week. We have a 9 month old baby girl that takes every minute of my day and night so its been very difficult for my husband and I to be romantic or intimate half the time. We could definitely use the alone time to celebrate our marriage and our love. My husband deserves to get away for a while he works so hard for his family and gives us everything we need. We would appreciate this win very much. Thank you for the opportunity to enter to won this amazing gift.
Happy valentines day everyone and good luck to you all
My name is Jeanna and I met my husband what will be 10 years on April 22nd. \
I had a 9 month old baby and was trying to figure things out being a single mom and all..
When a friend of mine hooked me onto Yahoo chat(wasn’t so full of bots then). Well I was chatting to lots of different people when a guy with the ID of tahoeguy messaged me( my Id name was and still is Tahoelover) he was so happy that he had randomly found someone that was in Tahoe. I was worried about meeting anyone from the internet, So we chatted for a few weeks then finally I gave him my phone number. Then I agreed to meet him in a public place with my son.. So we went and had lunch at Passaretti’s and saw a movie, The phone booth. ( my nine month old son was very well behaved) I knew right away when he was interested in my son that he would be along term guy. two weeks later we moved in together. Against every ones wishes, my family scared that I met him over the internet and his family worried about me having a child already. 2 and a half years later we decided to have a baby together. Then a year later we got married in Vegas.. We only had 200$ to do everything rings, dress, and the marriage and had barely enough to get dinner at Denny’s after.. But I loved him anyways.. we did do the cheapest of things and did the drive through marriage were they give the look of you will never last.. After that my ex was giving me crap about wanting custody of my first son well my husband decided long ago that he loved him so much that he would be willing to adopt and when that was thrown at my ex he jumped on it and so my husband adopted my first born… My husband has become my best friend and me his we talk about everything.. It would mean so much to us(me) to win this because I would like to renew our vows with some friends and family (for none were there the first time) and to have a romantic time together after would mean the world to me.. I haven’t missed out on anything being with my husband but would love the romantic fairy tale to kick it off for another ten plus years.. None thought that we would make it this long and that I could meet the love of my life off the internet.. He has been everything to me and just want him to know.. I know this could be a long shot but this is my dream to be remarried on the day that we met and to keep loving each other to the fullest.
I met my husband at a Renaissance Faire. We were both “working” the faire and his tent was next to mine. I knew nothing about him other than that he liked Jeff Dunham. Four months later we met again at another Renaissance Faire. It was after hours and we were telling stories. He chose to sit at my feet. I gave him a neck massage and he massaged my legs. A friend told me he was married and I told her it was ok because I didn’t know him and I didn’t go after married men.
Nine months later we met yet again at a friend’s costume birthday party. He was dressed as a pirate and I was a wicked step-sister. He was now seperated and dating someone long-distance, but he stayed by my side all night. At the end of the night he asked me to walk him out to his truck. The pirate then took the “lady” into his arms for a hollywood/movie kiss (the wind was blowing my dress around his legs and my hair into his beard) and it was then that we knew we were meant for each other.
Valentine’s Day is what I call our 3 year Engage-aversary as that was when he asked me to marry him. This prize would be wonderful for us as my husband has been unemployed since we met 4 years ago and there hasn’t been a way for us to have a weekend getaway since he proposed.
My hubby and I met 15 years ago. His sister and I were study buddies in college. I was dating a loser and she was tired of hearing me complain about him. She said to me one day “You and my brother would make a great couple.” I of course preferred the “loser man” type because it was exciting/adventous but very dumb of me. Once I grew tired of all the downs of that unhealthy relationship, I tired her good guy brother and wouldn’t you know- I prefered the good guy all along. Married for almost 11 years now, I wish it was more. I wish I would have given up the “loser guy” from the very beginning. But what makes us even more special, is the love we have for one another. At the beginning of our marriage, we both worked alot. (saving for house/kids etc). We were working so much, I forgot to kiss him good bye one day. He gently took my hand as I was almost out the door, looked at me with those meltly eyes, kissed me and said “There is always time for love.” Now, whenever life gets crazy, we say that to one another as a reminder that yes, there is always time for love!
We met at one of my friends party in 1987. Shawntel and myself talked a lot that night but we never got together. Six months later we went out on a date after she called me because I was to chicken to call her. We went together for two years, then we were married in September of 1989. She has always been the love of my life. We have been married for 23 and a half years. We have been through some tough times but Shawntel has always been there for me. We had a girl in 1994, but Shawntel could not get pregnant again and she always wanted a big family. We went a few years but Shawntel was sad because she couldn’t have anymore children. Shawntel loves kids so much that she became a Pre School teacher. Through this she met a lady that had adopted some children. She came to me wanting to do adoption. At first I was against this, but she talked me into it and we eventually adopted a family of four children. We now have a big family with three girls and two boys and are very happy and I love Shawntel so much today because she has a big heart and a lot of love. It would be great to get away a lone with her for a couple of days to rekindle our love. Thank you.
Well… Me and my Fiance Richard met on a online dating web site… It was one of those funny things… love at first sight… Our first date consisted of Eating lunch at a Hawain BBQ resturant in American Canyon, Ca. After we ate and talked for awhile, there was a wal mart in the area. We proceeded to Wal Mart, we had the BESt time ever… Who would of thought that a first date would consist of such minor encounters. We spent so much time in Wal MArt just walking around, talking, and just being silly.. After Wal Mart we went to a Starbucks near by. Sat, drank our coffees, and continued to just talk like we have known eachother forever… 2 days later we were engaged. Dec. 20,2012 is our Anniversary, we are getting married Aug. 3, 2013. Who would of thought a simple inexpensive first date would of lead up to all this happiness. He is a incredible man, and im so happy we found eachother. This is truely a love story like no other. We are soon moving in together and joining our family as one. Wish us luck. I have a 18 year olf son, 14 year old daughter, and 8 year old son… He has a 14 year old daughter. The rest of our lives together should be VERY interesting. But im so excited… I truely love everything about him… I have met my soul mate
My Husband and I met, for the first time 18 years before . He was separated from his wife raising his three year old child by himself. I was married. My best friend was a guy who he happened to be good friends so , we hung out from time to time. Then his wife and him got back together we had not talked anytime. I got a divorce and had a baby. Then my best friend had gotten Sick and died. I saw my husband to be at his funeral with his two kids now. Him and his wife were still together. On the year anniversary of my friend being dead. I went to his house not knowing his wife and him were separated. I just wanted to go to the river and have a couple of shots in memory of him. When I knocked on his door he let me in we talked for several hours. We were so happy to see each . We started hanging out. He was the best dad taking care of his two girls. I thought he was amazing. We started dating shortly after that, We ended up getting married two years later. After we got married I said I believe that my Bestfriend who always looked over me and taking care of me. His job is done now. I believe he wad my angel looking over me. Which lead me to knock on his door for his year anniversary. Otherwise, I would not have to gone knocking on that door.
TRULY SERENDIPITY…………I was just handed three airline tickets from my current husband of 10 years, one for me, one for our 6 yr old daughter and one for our 4 month old daughter, from Canada to Sacramento for a month to stay with my mom, while he pursued his affair with a coworker. After a month of confidence building and long self esteem talks with my mom and aunt, I was getting stronger every day. I told my then husband I was not getting back on the plane to come home, it was over……. I was a single mom of two kids and just the luggage I brought from Canada. A new life begins…….. I received a call from my old co worker and manager for a job at a apartment property for a leasing agent… YES!!!!!!! My mom referred me to a great baby sitter, and off to work I went. I showed up for work that morning, happy as can be…. Little did I know my whole world was about to change that day and from then on…… After about 5 prospects walking into my office, one very handsome man dressed in black walked in, I will never forget the sight of him or the feeling inside of me. Learning later on, he was feeling it to, there is such thing as LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. I greeted him, he smiled and had the prettiest white teeth. ,Hi, Im Charlene, Hi, Im Robbie… We toured the property making small talk,. He was a tennis player, moving from the bay area and unfortunetly the property didnt have tennis courts. I gave him my card, and he said he might be back, He was thinking, will I see her again, and I was thinking OH MY!!!!!! i have just been hit with cupids arrow for sure. I called my mom right after he left the office and told her a man came in today that looked just like a friend of hers,, I told her a little about him, and she said did you get his card, UGH!!!! I didnt , just a name…..He goes back to the bay area, i go back home.
Two weeks pass, Im placed on another property in Sacramento , this time, my ex had come into town to see the kids, I was a little distraught and out of sorts getting to work that morning, . No more than an hour of opening the office , this handsome man walks in, we lock eyes, this can not be happening, Robbie!!!!! i said, Charlene!!!!! , inside my heart is racing, this is weird , this is ironic, this is a GOD SENT TO ME AND ME TO HIM….I call it SERENDIPITY for sure, just like the movie. Fate brought us together .
Robbie didnt have kids of his own, and fell in love with mine, as they did with him. After a long passionate courtship of 6 months of seeing each other every weekend after that day, our first trip and getaway together was Lake Tahoe. He rented a cabin, and he wasnt impressed, I loved it no matter what…. We drove by the Fantasy Inn, and said next time lets stay there.
13 years married on February 12th this year,(married in Lake Tahoe, Sand Harbor Peir) 14 years later The only place we stay for our romantic get aways, is the Fantasy Inn. Call it what ever you want, when two people are meant to be, the universe has magical ways of making that happen…..
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO ALL OF YOU LUCKY IN LOVE !!!!!!!
I don’t usually get the urge to blog about things, but this is one topic that I found I couldn’t resist. Interestingly enough, My girlfriend and I get asked this question quite often and everytime we do, we always look at each other and smile. We grew up in a really small town where everyone somehow knew everyone. The gay population in this city was ridiculously small and she happened to be a friend of my very first girlfriend. 8 years ago when we first met she was a typical 18 year old kid living on her own and having the time of her life. I was 21 still living with my parents in a very traditional old fashioned home. In the days of Myspace we ended up befriending each other and spoke here and there. I eventually made a comment about the size of her guaged earrings and how flawless her eyebrows were and those comments didn’t sit well with my girlfriend at the time so I was forced to delete her. ( I to this day defend the fact that I was not flirting!) A few years later I ended up finding her again on myspace on a late sleepless night, only to find out that her brother had passed, I don’t know why or what prompted me to write her but I did. I wrote a long message and expressed my condolences, not thinking much of it other than just a simple note to an old friend at one in the morning. Little did I know that my message was the first message that she would have read during that horrible time in her life. She later told me that she read the message right after I sent it. A sleepless night for her as well. She told me that she was in this dark room of her cousins house, the glow of the computer being the only light, and all she could do was sit…and stare. Not knowing what to respond but feeling this deep connection she couldn’t explain. I vaguely recall her response, short, but grateful. We kept in touch briefly after that and then disappeared and went our seperate ways for another number of years. At one point one of my old highschool friends ended up moving next door to me. He said he knew this girl he worked with and thought she would be perfect for me. After he told me who she was I said I knew her and that although she was nice, I was not interested. They became close friends and she would come over often. But she would never see me because I was dating someone else at the time and I was never home. Finally months later on the night of my friends birthday we all got together and went out and there she was. We said hello, but I stuck close to my other friends. Towards the end of the night she offered me her drinks. I knew that trick all to well. Fortunately for me I had to drive so I was being responsible. At the end of the night with a load of drunk kids crammed into an SUV, I jumped into the driver seat and was ready to go… and my co pilot… Of course… ended up being this girl. I remember having a smirk on my face thinking, nice try. So as we made our trek back home we started talking… playing music, and if there is one thing I’m absolutely passionate about, it’s music. Anything and everything you can think of. Very rarely do I find someone who has the same passion. I have to admit… I thought this girl was just a hip hop loving typical bay area youngin, but to my surprise she started playing music that I thought no one else our age listened to. Song after song my jaw dropped. I was intrigued. Skeptical but intrigued. After getting home we broke into two groups. The boys went to keep drinking and partying next door and the girls came to my house to sit back and rest. Everyone was hungry but being 3 in the morning it was up to me to figure out what to make. All I had in my cabinet was a loaf of bread, angel hair pasta, tomato sauce and enough in my fridge to whip up what ended up being this really fancy plate of pasta bolognese and garlic bread. It was she that ended up being intrigued by me after that
As everyone started dozing off I realized she had gone to lay on my bed. And with no floor space left anywhere else, there was no where else for me to lay other than next to her on my bed. So there we were… laying in bed. Together… I was waiting for her to make a move but she didn’t. She was the sweetest thing. We sat and talked until 7 in the morning and as we were dozing off, we ended up snuggled up and it was yours truly who made the move and leaned in to kiss her. Now I have had plenty of first kisses with people in the past… both long and short, good and bad. But this kiss… This kiss sent electric waves in every inch of my being. Something that left me breathless and shocked. I can’t even tell you how long it lasted… all I can tell you was that I was blown away by what we BOTH felt. The next morning we said goodbye, exchanged numbers and left it at that. Spoke here and there but didn’t really say much about what happened. Time went by, we survived make ups and break ups with other people and were there for each other through everything. Through good and bad. Through family members passing on and everything you could think of in between. She became my best friend and my confidant. We spoke every day and laughed and play fought and joked like kids. But never went further than that. We just loved the hell out of each other as friends. It was until I dragged her with me on a trip to florida. I didn’t want to go alone so she ended up coming with me. We had a hotel on the beach and 2 days to kill before my appointment. 2nd night in we went to dinner… a rotating restaurant that overlooked the beach. Long amazing talks as usual, laughing and having an amazing time. After dinner we took a walk on the beach and there we were… I remember kissing her and closing my eyes SO tight feeling the same electricity I felt during our first kiss, and then as we pulled away, I opened my eyes, and behind her face was the biggest full moon I’d ever seen. I knew then that I had fallen completely head over heels in love. After YEARS of crossing paths, and an amazing friendship… I had fallen with in love with my best friend. BUT I still didn’t say anything. It wasn’t until MONTHS later that we went out dancing with friends. After a few hours of dancing we sat on a couch on the patio and she leaned over and told me how lucky she was to have me in her life, she grabbed my hand looked up at me and told me she loved me… I cannot even explain what I felt. My heart was pounding, my smile was ear to ear… so much that our friends looked at us and said that we were glowing… We ended up dancing the rest of the night… whispering to each other how much we loved each other and feeling like we were the only two people holding each other and dancing on the dance floor. I told her I had fallen for her in Florida and to this day she admits that for the first time in her life she had fallen for me way before I ever did, that she waited and waited for me to say it first but I didn’t and she just couldn’t hold it in anymore… (she still doesn’t like the idea of that) I like to think I was the challenge 
And like they say, the rest… is history… We have a tremendous connection together. In ways that people will never believe or even understand if we ever told them. When I think back to how much time has passed since I first met her to where we are today, Its been many years, but it still seems like it was just yesterday. And yet here we are. Grown up and still feeling this love that neither can explain the intensity of. I feel lucky and grateful to say that my best friend is also the love of my life. A rarity in these times and couples our age. We may be young but our souls our old. We know the value of putting work into a relationship, and despite everything we have been through… we’ve come out stronger and more in love every time. Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone
It’s a funny story but at the same time unique & never expected. We once were friends I had a crush on his cousin that was actually a mutual crush. But his cousin & I was such close friends & never wanted to ruin our friendship. In 93 his cousin was killed suddenly but I never before looked at Edwin as anymore then a friend or my belated friends cousin. In fact at the time Edwin was dating a girl I actually knew & sometimes hung out with. In 2007 I ran into Edwin after now sewing him for some years I was currently in my 12th year of marriage that was on the verge of ending. We had the best conversation ever had between ourselves before. We both were so intrigued with one another I always thought he was cute but always kept it to myself but on this particular day you could feel the connection between us. We lost touch again & in 2012 reunited by this time I had been divorced for a year. It’s funny how things work & God will only keep bringing you back to something that is for you. This man has help me through my divorce & opened me up in so many ways heart mind, body, & my spirit. Now that we have came to find each other & kindle this strong connection that keeps bringing is to each other we don’t ever taking any of our moments together for granted. I think we deserve to win this contest cause it’s our one more step closer to that final closer to where we are heading on our next journey together this trip & valentines day is going to set the tone for the rest of our lives. Cause a little close birdie has already shared with me Edwin’s secret to propose this valentines if we were to win this contest would be the icing on our long awaited “Cake” 5 tiers please.lol
My wife and I met in a mall. Some friends and I Liked hanging out there Why I cant remember, small town, bedroom community, anyway we where hanging out in the coffee shop waiting to go to a movie. I did not see her face at that moment, no I heard her voice, her laugh, it sent shivers down my spine, like the sound of an angel, I turned and looked in to the beautiful blue eyes I had ever seen. we stared at each other for what seemed like hours. and told her I just had to introduce myself to her, some how I talked her in to letting me buy her a coffee and she was waiting to go to the same movie. we went together. a few dinners, dates, and months, marriage, that was 1990
I met my husband in college. I was an interior design major and he was accounting; we had a class together (strange and very unlikely – this class was mandatory to graduate from this particular university). I was almost done and he was half way through his degree. I sat by him one day, introduced myself and made light chit chat about the class. I thought he was cute but didn’t think much of it all. The next time we met in class a day later, I sat by him again and said, “Jeff right?” and he says, “Tiffany right?” – NO. Regardless, I invited him to a sobe bomb party my friends and I were having up in the canyon.
He came, we talked, it was kind of awkward, my friend was very flirty with him, but I had no interest in him, so why should I care? As the bombs were going off, Jeff stood behind me as he said, “you’ll protect me from the blast should anything go wrong!” I thought, is chivalry dead? And then I was truly uninterested if there was at all any interest in the first place.
After the party, my friends and him went back to my apartment to watch a movie and have dessert. My friend, (who at the time was only interested in an athletic looking guy whom she could sleep with and then move on to the next “player” so to speak) asks me, “so Melissa, do you think you could hook me up with Jeff, since you guys go to the same church?”
And thank goodness jealousy hit me, I thought, “no, if anyone is going to get him, it will be me!”
I don’t know where this surge of jealousy came from, but luckily it did, because soon after that hang out we became study buddies for our class and soon after that we were adjoined at the hip.
We dated for a year and he proposed to me on Valentine’s day 2009, we were married March 7, 2009 – not even a month later!
We stayed at your inn last year for our 3rd anniversary. It was amazing! Please let us win so we can stay there to celebrate our 5 years together and 4 years married!
Our love story is unique because it spanned almost a decade before it truly became a love story! I met my husband, Larry, when I was 14 yrs. old. He was 21 and just beginning a career after a tour in Vietnam and getting his degree in construction technology. I came from Missouri with his cousin, who was my best friend, to visit her Aunt in California. I met him when he came by to visit his cousin and that was it for me! He liked me, but I was too young for anything serious to happen. He was very sweet and took us to the beach and shopping at interesting shops that we didn’t have in Missouri. Well, I went home and told his cousin that I was going to marry him someday! We wrote every now and then, but went on with our separate lives.
Then, when I was 21 and going through a bad breakup with someone that I thought I loved, I decided to write Larry and see if he thought I could get a job in California. He did not write me back….he called me! He encouraged me to come to California, offered to fly to Missouri and help me drive out to California. So I took him up on that offer. Needless to say I discovered on that 3000 mile drive that the connection we had felt years earlier had become an even stronger connection. Larry made me forget the man I thought I loved and became my true soul mate. We married six years later and have now been together 36 years! We still are very much in love and living out a fantasy would be to stay at The Fantasy Inn for Valentine’s Day!!
Larry & Kathy
My husband and I met through a mutual friend. I had finally decided to leave a boyfriend of 4 years because it wasn’t working out. I at this point decided that I was done with love. I moved into a surrounding city with my friend. I ended up losing 75 lbs from depression but in the end finally became happy and independent. As soon as this happened my friend introduced me to her friend that just moved back into town. At first I thought he was cute but I was done with love plus he didn’t want a relationship as well. We were friends for about a month when we had went back to his house for a drink and I was going to make dinner. We sat there and talked all night. When the sun finally came up i told Anthony that I should leave, and he told he didn’t want to spend another day without me. And we have never been apart for more then 8 hrs since. We have been married now a little over a year and we got married at fantasy inn which is now a very special place to us!
James and I met almost 13 years ago at the movie theater. I had just started working there and he rode up to the theater on his motorcycle, walked inside like he owned the place. I stopped him as he began walking towards the office and asked him where he thought he was going. He looked me up and down and said, “to my desk, I’m the manager.” James was the part-time manager that I had not met yet because he had a day job. Thus began our constant sarcastic comments and teasing relationship. He tried to get me to go on dates and I always had conflicting plans, but I was finally able to go out with him. He’s been by my side ever since. We’ve supported each other through college and purchasing a home. James is my best friend and he keeps me on my toes. Our first year anniversary was a surprise trip to Reno where he rented a room at the Fantasy Inn (the Geisha room). He blindfolded me once we hit the city and had our friends help by setting everything up. He’s a true romantic and I’d love to surprise him with a Valentine’s Day trip back to the Fantasy Inn.
We meet in Vegas over Labor day weekend 2012. I was there with my girlfriends after getting out of a bad bad 6 year relationship and lost all hope of falling in love so was celebrating the single life. The last day of my trip we checked out of our hotel was waiting in valet for our car over an hour my two girlfriends went back in for a beer met some guys in a bachelor party they invited the girls to have lunch with them so my friends returned to valet begged us to stay for lunch before driving home. We thought what the heck no rush home so we did. Why not do something crazy hangout with a bunch of strangers!!!!
Walking into the restaurants all the girls took their seat leaving me with the last seat. Which was next to my new love. Well we had lunch and one of my girlfriends got too drunk we decided to check back in and stay another night. I left the table to check us back in didn’t make plans to see each other again and i didn’t even think he was even interested. Later that night we saw them at the bar hung out all night he never left my side asked me for my number i gave him the wrong number because i thought he was a player. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas so left it at that. I didn’t think anything could become out of this random meeting.
We partied all night had breakfast and parted ways @ 11am. We headed home the girls was on me about meeting someone so fun and connected with they were so mad when they found out i gave him the wrong number. Luckily my friend had gotten his friends number so we were able to get in touch. The following day after returning we talked for the first time for 7hrs he considers that it was our second date. We continued to talk all week for hours and by thursday he invited me to fly down to see him. I decided to do the craziest thing in my life took a chance flew down to San Diego and saw him all weekend and been in a long distance relationship ever since then.
It has been the best 5 months ever!!!! Love can happened any where to anyone when you are least expecting it and if you are not looking. We see each other once a month and he has never came up north to see me. For his first visit i think i should win this contest to show him Tahoe for the first time show him how to keep Tahoe blue
My husband and I met at a nightclub. Not the ideal place to meet someone, but we talked and danced the night away. It was fun. At the end of the night he asked for my number and I told him no. 2weeks later I went back to the same place and there he was. After another night of good conversation and dancing I finally caved and gave him my number which led to our first date. I fell in love with him, right away and I believe it was fate, and we were destined to be together. Here we are 11 years later, married with 2 kids and we are still going strong. We have been through it all and I wouldn’t change a thing. We have stayed at the Fantasy Inn several times and would love to go back. Please pick us for this amazing Valentines Day prize. We need a vacation!!!!
Hi folks . I’m not sure where to start . My name is Brian Carroll . My wife and I have stayed at your place a couple of times years ago . Enjoyed it each time . I met my wife in 1998 . I had just gone through a divorce and gained custody of my young son and daughter . I was living with my sister in Dublin, California due to the fact my income was not enough to rent my own place . My daughter became friends with a little boy three doors down . Played with him daily . Well , I finally met this little boys mother . She was six months pregnant and single . The baby’s father left when he found out about the baby . We hit it off right away . We shared the same values and love of family . We married a year later and I am that babies father . Not long after we bought a new home in Modesto and became a family with four kids. Times were great . Eleven years later after dealing with teenagers my youngest daughter was diagnosed with Crohns disease . She has since had two surgeries . Four years later to the present time we have since brought my mother in-law into our home . She is eighty years old and has Alzheimer’s . My wife spends her life taking care of everyone without a break . Due to economic factors we have not been able to get away as a couple in years . I love my wife deeply . She is my best friend . The chance to get away without worry would due wonders for her . She has been the rock in our family . She deserves more . Like some fun time .
We met in a non traditional way. I was his daughters pre-school teacher. i had moved home to cali while preg with my son.. I was really big..i think i scared him.. over time we got to know each other as we found we had mutual friends and interests . When we did start dating we took it really slow. i didnt want to be a couple while i was still her teacher. we waited 6 months to start spending time with each others kids..and doing things as a family..my sons first birthday was the first event he came to with his daughter. it is nice looking back that he has been at all my sons birthdays. Our kids are 6 and 9 now. time flies.
We made each other promise in the beginning we would never ask the other to get married. last January we started talking about the possibility..and attending bridal shows.
We are huge antique and yard sale fans. Our first big score years ago was in a lot of 10 boxes of old bottles we bought for $10.. we found a buffalo bourbon bottle from the 1800;s and sold it that week for $1100! it was very exciting… a few years later he bought one off ebay that was not as rare to add to our antiquity collection. As a reminder of that first find.
In may this year he took me to an Estate sale while a company we shop at from time to time.. We were browsing, he was ooking in the cases and at the expensive items on the back shelf’s.. i keep going to look for the deals in the house… he called me back out to the garage, telling me they had a Buffalo bottle. I didnt go Look, i know that at this sale they would know what it was and it,s worth..so it was not going to be in our price range… he lured me out there teling me they were wondering if it was real, and he wanted me to take a look. it had blue curling ribbon tied around the neck of the bottle, i pushed the ribbon aside to inspect the buffalo for signs of it being a repro.. i then realized, all the talking from the shoppers in the sale had stopped. I looked up at him and he was down on his knee. he started telling me how he loved me and wanted to spend his life with me…. i looked back at the buffalo bottle and realized it was ours from home..the blue ribbon had my sapphire engagement ring tied to it…. everyone in the room was in on it and started cheering and clapping as he asked me to marry him and i said yes …
We are very excited to be planning a unique and personal wedding and could def use a quick get away to unwind as parents of two with busy work schedules we dont get alot of time just for us.
We have been wanted to come check out your venue, so this would be perfect!!
Me and my husband met online. We both happened to be in the same general location chat room. We started chatting and found that we lived two miles from each other, that we had alot in common and that we both were looking for something to do on that day, which was the 4th of July. We agreed to meet after talking on the phone for 4 hours. It was love at first sight. We have been a couple since our first meeting. He was a perfect gentleman. We went out for 3 months before we decided to spend a weekend together. Our first weekend together (overnight stay) was at the Fantasy Inn. To this day we both agree that was the most romantic trip either of us had been on. We stayed in the Rainforest Room, which was the best room. We married a year after meeting. We will be celebrating our 6 year wedding anniversary in July and we usually go back to the Fantasy Inn for our anniversary, because thats the place where we confessed to each other that we were in love. We are planning to come stay for Valentines Day, it would be nice to be able to spend two nights instead of just one.
I married my 17 years ago, after we had been dating for 8! When I write this, it seems like we should be in our 80′s!
We met in Germany, we were both working for TWA groundstaff at the airport. We often worked the gates together, and honestly, I could not stand him. We did not work well together, often argued, and generally, I tried to swap my positions with others as often as possible to avoid having to work with him. i was sure the this was mutual.
3 days after my 21st birthday, I was in a car accident that smashed my bottom 5 vertebrae. I was transported to a nearby hospital, and that began a 9 month, bed laying, stay for me. I was not able to get up, and did not know if I would ever walk again. As you can imagine, the days were LONG, and boring. My only highlight was when family & friends came to visit to break up my day. You can imagine my surprise when one day, John walked into my hospital room. My first reaction: “What are YOU doing here?”
This was the first of many visits, and since I could not walk away, we were forced to talk and get to know each other better
. After my release from the hospital, he began asking my friends about me, and going to places where he knew I would be. I was in a body cast that went from my collar bone to my hips, so every thing I did, including to relearn to walk, was SLOW. He came to my house and went for walks with me, agonizing for him for sure, as I had to rest or sit down every few feet.
We fell in love, and he was by my side for the next two years of rehabilitation and further surgeries. He was there when I was put to sleep for a surgery, and he was there when I woke up. An act of humility for both of us, before the accident we were young, jet setting adults, partying and enjoying life.
Our friends could not believe us, we are (literally) like black & white, from two completely different worlds.
We were married after 8 years. Now we have two beautiful children (both miracle babies, since I was told I could not carry babies. Both giants over 9lbs when they were born, and both born naturally
…To this day I am still a bit limited due to my injuries, but he picks up the slack where needed, even working two jobs so I can stay home to take care of the kids.
We always said we would go on a trip for our 15th Anniversary, but life situations have not allowed it to this day. I would LOVE it if I could surprise him with this fabulous package for our 17th Anniversary, since he is the best husband the Universe could have sent me. It is time to spoil HIM a little…
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Greetings
Heike Sharp
We met as bridal party attendants to our mutual friends. The wedding never happened but we fell in love. Our relationship was long distance for nearly 2 years before I moved to be with him. It has been 17 years since we started dating and we have been married for 12 this May.
My husband has been working 6 days a week in the Santa Cruz area, which also requires him to be away from home for 6 days a week. A solid 2 nights away together in the same place we stayed on our honeymoon would be heavenly!