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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Falling in Love in Tijuana

Eric Strohl met his wife Jackie in Mexico 19 years ago.

I met my wife Jackie 21 years ago while serving in the US Navy stationed in San Diego, CA.  She was going to school to become a nurse about an hour north of where I was living. One afternoon, my boss at the time had asked me and some others if we wanted to go to Tijuana, Mexico to celebrate his birthday. Of course we obliged, where else would a bunch of sailors want to go party on the cheap. After a long night out, we were getting ready to head back and I noticed this beautiful long-haired woman on the dance floor. The only problem was, she was with some other guy. I couldn’t resist…asked her to dance and the rest was history. I knew she was the one after our first official date 2 weeks later at Red Lobster. The best part of the story is …

For Better, For Worse, For Equal X-Box Time

Patch asked our readers for their love stories. Here's a story of nerd love from locals Gabbi and Chris.

Reader Gabbi Novia shares her tale: Here's my story about how I met the love of my life, Chris.  We were set up by my roommate and her boyfriend while I was studying education at Kutztown University. He was a town, I was a gown, and we were perfect for each other. Despite a rocky start, we developed not only a quirky, romantic connection, but as it turns out, he was also my best friend. I knew he was the one when I realized every spare moment of my day was consumed of thoughts about him-what he was doing, what he was thinking; you know, all of the ooey gooey, lovey dovey moments. We are a blend of unconventional and traditional. He doesn't mind doing most of the cooking, and I manage the household funds. We are both avid gamers and readers…

Chris Valle

2:00 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2013

That awkward moment when we both write our stories to the patch and her's gets posted lol. Love you honey bunny!   more ›

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