I first met WILMA (Woman I Love More then Anything) and her husband online in Asheron's Call. At the time they were sharing an account, so I don't know which one I really met first, although I suspect it was her husband. I believe we first ran into each other in early December of 1999. In early January they got a second computer pc and another Asheron's Call account as well. So then we could all play together, was great fun.
Towars the end of January we realized that we lived in the same town, about a mile away from each other. Was rather funny, they were going to dinner at the local restaurant and I recognized the name. So we decided to get together and visit (not that night, at a future time).
I can still remember the first time I saw her. I had walked over to their apartment, and it was winter so I had my big black coat on. He opened the door and said hi, she was coming out of the kitchen. Looking back on it I think I fell in love with her the moment I saw her, although I didn't realize it at the time. One of their cats took the opportunity to jump into my face, which was rather distracting. So with the distraction it took me quiet some time to realize how I felt, in fact I didn't realize it until May or so.
Over the next few months the three of us spent lots of time together, both online and off. They were both my vassals in game and we would spend 4 hours or so playing a day. And once a week or so we would get together. I'd make pizza, they would make lasagna, we'd go out for ice cream, things like that. Usually involving food, wonder if that meant anything.
Things were going well until I found out she wasn't happy in their marriage. Up until that point I was happy calling them friends and saw no problems. When I found out there were problems I tried to help, it's what I do. I had no intention of making things worse, I was trying to be a good friend. But as the saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions...