The Magic of Love

It's still technically the Valentine month, so why not talk about the magic of love? Just a little...
As a junior in college I was having a run of bad luck with dates, and my roommate kept pushing to set me up with her friend "Tuss". His picture in the yearbook left me umimpressed, so I declined. Then, the following September he came to Florence as her date for an off-to-college dance. He walked into my house tall, tan, slender (ok, SKINNY!), in a white dinner jacket. I was a little impressed, but I didn't see stars or hear bells or anything. That night my date was yet another dud, and I asked my roommate to ask Tuss to ask me to dance. I was so brazen back then! The dance was a short one, as the music ended. Later, back on the USC (that's South Carolina folks!) campus, I had a dud date (yep, I was on a roll) at a fraternity party. Everyone at my table got up to dance, leaving me alone. Not liking THAT situation, I spied Tuss at another table, with his date. I brazenly walked up to him and said, "You owe me a dance". He graciously agreed. As we danced he said "I'd like to ask you out, but I have very little money". And brazen me responded, "I'm easy to please!". Our first date was to a $.25 drive-in movie. Yes, that's 25 cents! A car! From then on it was magic.....It will be 45 years of marriage in June! Happy belated Valentine's Day!