“We’re like two peas in a pod. I always said that when we dated.” - Beverly
What were your dating lives like before joining The Right One?
Beverly: I didn’t date at all. I was comfortable and I guessed after 40 that I was not going to meet anybody. You can’t meet anybody unless you to go bars and when The Right One called, she said, “Wouldn’t you like to meet somebody? Wouldn’t you like to get out there?” I said, “Yeah,” so I did. Otherwise I never dated.
Dennis: I wasn’t really interested. I was married before and she passed away. The kids kept telling me go out and meet somebody, so then I contacted them and started from there. Other than that, it was just nobody was interesting to me; I didn’t like anybody that was available.
Beverly, what was your opinion of matchmaking services and online dating sites?
Beverly: I never tried them. There were some in The Buyers’ Guide, but I thought, "Oh, you better be careful of that for screening and stuff", so I never really tried anything else. My brother and his wife met on some dating service in Appleton, but it wasn’t The Right One. They got married, and I thought that maybe I could try this.
Did you enjoy working with the people at The Right One?
Beverly: I did; she gave me big hopes when I talked with her.
Dennis: When I was in there talking to them, they were great, yes.
Dennis, how would you describe the interview process?
Dennis: They give you a paper with some questions on it and you answer the questions to the best of your ability. I don’t know how they analyze it, but then they look at it and then they can determine who is best suited for you; I don’t know how they do that either.
Who initiated contact, Beverly?
Beverly: The same day, we got it on a Monday, and I just was looking at it and Dennis called me right away. That was in my thoughts because he was the fifth one and I was giving up already, since I hadn’t had luck with the other ones. Two didn’t call and I only had a first date with the other one. With Dennis, he talked to me for three hours on the phone. It was supposed to be short, but I thought I knew him right away then.
What was your first date like?
Dennis: We went to The Fin and Feather here. It’s a big restaurant shaped like a boat.
Beverly: I didn’t want to be late and then I thought, "Hmm, I’ll see what he looks like when he comes in." I told him what I was going to wear and he said he was going to wear this one cap that says something about being retired.
Dennis: I’m retired and this is as dressed up as I get.
Beverly, what was your first impression of Dennis?
Beverly: I thought he was a nice man, attractive to me. He was such a gentleman.
Dennis, what was your first impression of Beverly?
Dennis: I thought she looked very lovely and I was hoping we could make things work out.
What do your friends and family think about how the two of you met?
Dennis: They don’t have any problems about it.
Beverly: Mine neither, they were happy for me. He has three grown children and they all accepted me and my brother thought it was nice too. I really have one brother that I’m close to, and he met his wife through a matchmaking service and they’re married some 20 years or so. It worked out.
So you dated a while and then it came time to decide to get married. What was the proposal like, Beverly?
Beverly: We met at The Fin and Feather, we got engaged at The Fin and Feather and we got married at The Fin and Feather. I wanted to tell you that first. He didn’t want me to get too sentimental. He knows I get a little sentimental, so he proposed to me on the bridge.
Were you surprised when he proposed?
Beverly: I kind of knew he was going to propose but I didn’t know that night because he took me outside. It was a little disappointing, I was like, Gee, I thought he’d said, “You’ll never know where or when I do this.” I figured it would be The Fin and Feather maybe but we went to Robin’s and I took my camera and everything and was dressed up nice and I was like, "He’s going to propose to me tonight." Nope! It was a little disappointing then.
He waited until we were going together a whole year. He had that planned, which is nice to wait. He proposed to me at The Fin and Feather and it was really neat. He said, “Would you be with me for the rest of my life?” And I said yes.
Dennis, when did you know that Beverly was special and that she was a keeper for you?
Dennis: First week.
Beverly?
Beverly: Likewise.
Beverly, you’ve been married just 4 ½ months now, so you’re newlyweds and you obviously spend more time together now that you are married. What kinds of things do you do together?
Beverly: We take dancing lessons, ballroom and Cha-chas and line dancing.
Beverly, do you have any advice for people who might be considering signing up for a service like The Right One?
Beverly: I think it’s a good idea. There could be somebody down the street or around the corner which Dennis was, way down on the other end of the street, on the other end of the highway here. And he likes to fish and I love to fish and we do summer fishing, not ice fishing. I let him go hunting; he loves to hunt and then I can get things done too. I did all the bridal clothes. When he was gone last winter hunting I had plenty of time to do it. I put my sewing machine in the basement and he saw the bridesmaid stuff as I was cutting it out but he didn’t want to see mine and I said that he shouldn’t.
Dennis: If you want to get some happiness instead of being by yourself, its time you have a look. And I’m a whole lot happier.
Beverly: We’re like two peas in a pod. I always said that when we dated.
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