Duckwater 0 #1 January 20, 2004 I just moved back to Texas a month ago from CA. I jumped at Perris and Elsinore regularly. I moved back to the same hometown that I grew up in. (Krum). My sister is 3 years younger and her best friend when we grew up lived the next town down (Justin) I knew her best friend and went to her house often with my sister. This was all when I was a senior in HS in 1988 and I haven't seen or talked to her since. She is still friends with my sister and single, and my sister wants to set us up. I remember her being very nice and pretty and she has way cool parents that already like me a lot. Sound's perfect right? Here's where it gets wierd. She got married after college to a Navy Seal, his name was also Mike but I never met him. He was a skydiver too. I heard about a year before I ever skydived that he was killed and she was alone with their newborn baby, extremely sad. I realized after I started that her husband was the Navy Seal that was killed at Elsinore with the RSL failure in 2000. I told my sister she had to be kidding....I would pick this girl up in my car with CA plates and a 'skydive' sticker on it? And, how can I NOT bring up my love for skydiving at some point and that I jump where her husband was killed? What is we did date, could she ever not freak out every time I went to the DZ? Am I right in saying "heck no"? This is all for her sake, I would say yes but I can't imagine how the whole deal would make her feel. What would you do? Sleepless in Krum, Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #2 January 20, 2004 I would atleast give it a try.I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #3 January 20, 2004 Maybe you should get your sister to ask the friend how she feels about it before setting you up together. If she doesn't have a problem with it then it might work, if she does have a problem then you shouldn't go out with her. But who am I to be giving relationship advice??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duckwater 0 #4 January 20, 2004 QuoteBut who am I to be giving relationship advice??? I think the roles were reversed a while ago!!! Keely, it is sooooo friggin cold here, Im about to move back. Im dying! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsaxton 0 #5 January 20, 2004 Well, do you like her? Figure out that first before you worry about anything else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #6 January 20, 2004 ask your sister to talk to her friend and okay it. she may associate skydiving with death, which would be bad. but, she may think of it as her husband died doing something he loved, and be okay with dating a skydiver. its all in the perspective. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #7 January 20, 2004 QuoteKeely, it is sooooo friggin cold here, Im about to move back. Im dying! NO!!! You can't move back! I've actually been able to hang out at the dz and stay (reasonably) out of trouble since you've been gone! But I guess I do miss you just a little bit. Sometimes staying out of trouble sucks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaoskitty 0 #8 January 20, 2004 Dude.. youre in KRUM, TEXAS... how many other single women are there??? You'd have to drive in to town to date anyone else. This sounds much more convenient. Just kidding with you.. kinda! I agree with Keely. Tell your sister you wont even consider it until shes asked her friend how she would feel about being involved with another skydiver. If shes ok with it, and thats the only reason you think this is a "very odd dating scenario", problem solved. If there are other issues holding you back.. well.. start a new thread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveNFlorida 0 #9 January 20, 2004 Wow... that is pretty crazy. Well, your sister knows you skydive, i'm sure she has mentioned it to her friend, no? Ask her. Angela. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #10 January 20, 2004 buy her a tandem on your first date and see how it goes after that! "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RippedCord 0 #11 January 20, 2004 QuoteAm I right in saying "heck no"? This is all for her sake, I would say yes but I can't imagine how the whole deal would make her feel. What would you do? I'd check my ego to see where all the swelling was coming from. AMDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KawiZX900 0 #12 January 20, 2004 no dude. live your passion.... you're a skydiving "individual" not the sum total of all parts lost. Accelerate hard to get them looking, then slam on the fronts and rollright beside the car, hanging the back wheel at eye level for a few seconds. Guaranteed reaction- Dave Sonsky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
