Facebook does not charge for anything yet

Well, I read something on Yahoo awhile back about them at least "considering" charging a dollar to send (not receive) a message. Didn't think any more about it until the box appeared after I hit send. I entered my credit card number for a measely $1.00 charge.... and BANG! My whole life has changed.

So, unless you think it was some spirit of Christmas past or something.... yes F/B charged me a dollar and it worked.

As for the update so many have been hoping for. Yeah, it's real. She got all my messages at one time on Monday night, and sent me 2 or 3 in return. She said she needed to give her mom a chance to explain this (her mom actually requested the chance to explain.) She said, she would contact me after talking with her mom... she promised.

Tuesday evening (just before I had to leave out EARLY!!!) she kept her promise to contact me back. She said she had never been told about me, and that she was very confused and mentally drained.

Yesterday, I had to call my phone company and up my block of text messages from 300/mo to 1,000/mo cuz WE were about to blow thru the limit! I've been on the road, of course, and hope to get home by tomorrow night. She wakes me up with a text, and keeps me occupied all day with them. Last night I got to set up the laptop and we hashed out some of the tough questions. She seems to accept my answers, and is willing to see where this all goes.

She noticed my friend request when I sent it a few months ago, but didn't know who I was so just backed out of the page. Yesterday, she went ahead and accepted it, but asked me not to post on her wall or photo comment until she was ready and some more people had been filled in. Today, I noticed that she had sent me her phone number and just asked not to call her until she said she was ready.

Here's the real capper! She lived in NC for over a year recently and fell in love with the state. She is making plans to move there (here) as soon as possible. And, because her children's father is living here, she is coming out in March for a week to let them visit. I feel confident that, at the pace this is progressing, she will be "ready" for that meet with me and my family by then.

Well, gotta go for now. Been waiting for her to return from her dinner/movie date tonight, and she just sent me a text letting me know she's home.

This is just so unreal. The first day or two, I kept thinking I was going to wake up and find it was just a dream. She felt the same way. It's not a dream. It's real. My long quest is finally over.

Thanks again for all your support.

Hobo

Maybe you can help me now, get back together with Shania. :)

That's awesome, hobo!
It's looking like everything is in the right direction. Glad to hear this. I can't imagine what you and her are feeling/going through, but I'm glad that it's working out. Hope you two draw closer. Good for you!

Like I said, Hoggie.... some mountains are just TOO high to climb.

My situation was highly improbable. Yours is just damn near impossible! :roll3:

But, I have learned that HOPE (and change) springs eternal... so, ya never know!

After what has happened this week... I just couldn't count you out!

Thanks, Wabbit. I always knew you were "out there" somewhere.... cheering me on.

I couldn't have imagined it, either. We are both somewhat in shock. And yes... things are progressing at warp speed. I thought I KNEW all the feelings that I could feel in this situation. I was wrong.

Thanks again for all your prayers and support.

Hobo

Another update: I convinced her to plan for the "possibility" of meeting my/her family since she was coming out anyways. Just in case. I must be the greatest "soft" salesman in the World, cuz... before she signed off and went to sleep last night, I had closed the sale.

I WILL be seeing my daughter again in 3 weeks time. I'm 99% sure of it.

Better stock up on popcorn, V. I think we're in for a long run! THIS time... I don't think the mother has much to say about it, and apparently her "adoptive" father is supporting her in whatever decision she makes.

...yar... but I would climb Mt. Shania relentlessly, if I could only find the base camp. :p

All I really know is, if Shania were a beach ball, I'd play with her all day with my shirt off. :cool: ( I like how she bounces )