*SERIES* “Love & A Photo”: Christine & Scott

Name

Scott

Christine

Age

Scott: 54

Christine: 53

Lifes’ Work

Scott: Middle School Math Teacher

Christine: Middle School Office Manager

What city do you live in?

Summit New Jersey

How long have you been together?

Scott: About 13 years.  3 married,  1 engaged,  a couple confused, and a bunch  just as friends. I was really confused as to my feelings about her.

Christine:  about 13 years  3 married and a whole lot just confused and wondering what the heck was wrong with him because he would be just a friend and then it would seem that he wanted to be more than friends but that something was holding him back.

How & where did you meet?

Scott: We met when Christine came for an interview for the Office Manager position, which is in the office that I work . I thought that she was very pretty and I hoped that she would be back so that I could talk to her. She smiled a lot and had an infectious laugh.

Christine: My good friend Beverly was thinking of retiring from her job as the Office Manager of the Middle School. I came in to check out the position and to find out what the environment was like. I was introduced to Scott and thought Hmmmmmmmmm not bad. Being a single mom I was interested.

What was your first impression?

Scott- I thought that she was very pretty , had a beautiful smile, and laughed quite a bit which I liked and she had an enticing figure.

Christine What cute dimples when he smiles which he does often

Describe your first date.

Scott:  We went to the movies which was My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Little did we know that we would be having our own Big Fat Greek Wedding except not as many people that were named Nick. Then we went to a games center and she kicked my butt on the Go carts and now she does most of the driving when we go anywhere.

Christine: We laughed a lot at the movies and after I kicked his butt on the Go carts I thought that he would be upset but he just laughed. We later in the year took my son Theo to the Go carts and we both whipped his butt.

Tell me about the most funny thing your partner ever did to “impress” you.

Scott: I put my Hawaii outfit on, of  flowered shorts, Hawaiian shirt, long dark socks, sandals, a lei, straw hat, and a camera before we started packing to go to Hawaii for our 50th birthdays. I also would bring in little token gifts for everyone in the office and her first gift, just after she started working in the office was a chocolate valentine heart.

Christine: I started giving him Pez dispenser for the various holidays. The first one was a Frankenstein Monster .

When did you know it was love?

Scott: after we had been dating for a few years and I had to go away to a conference so we were away from each other for a few days and it just did not feel right. I felt like something was missing. I called her up and told her that I missed her very much and she agreed that we should not go on any trips alone anymore. So our next trip was off to Hawaii for our 50th birthdays. That was where I proposed to her. We had just been to a Luau and there was a ring around the Moon. So I figured that it was a sign.

Christine- When I could not stop thinking about him. When all I wanted to do was be around him so when we would go out to happy hour with a bunch of friends I would make my way around so that I could sit by him. I also would get him to dance with me when we went to weddings and parties.

Are you guys more of “perfect twins” or “opposite attracts”?

Scott: Perfect twins but sometimes we are like Jack Spratt in that she likes the crust of the bread and I like the middle

Christine: Perfect twins we both seems to think alike. I will be thinking of something and then he will start talking about the same thing

Retell the coolest travel adventure that you have taken together

Scott: Italy for our honeymoon was spectacular. The beautiful churches and the sculptures were breath-taking. The fact that someone could take a piece of marble and carve the statue of David with all its curves and muscle structure was just amazing. The beautiful beaches of Hawaii are something beautiful also. The soft sand between your toes, the sound of the waves lapping at the shore, the palm trees waving from the soft breeze, and the warm sun warming up your body. That is something very restful and it is even more romantic when it is the moon reflecting off the water. That is why I asked her to marry her on the beach on the island of Kauai.

Christine: We went on our Honeymoon a year after getting married and went to Italy. We arrived in Rome stayed there 4 amazing days. We went to the Coluseum and saw the ruins of the old part of Rome and wondered how it must have looked when it was a vibrant city. We took a car Through the Tuscany area for 4 days and arrived in Florence where we saw the statue of David and wandered around seeing various pieces of art and then took the train to Venice and stayed there for 4 days. The architecture was amazing. Went on a romantic Gondola ride around Venice through the small inner canals.

How do you share your creativity/gifts with the world?

Scott: I share my pictures that I take of the kids from our school with the kids and their parents. I have a great feeling of pride when I can give a parent photograph that captures their child doing something that they love to do.

Christine: i don’t have any but Scott says that i share my warmth and caring with each and every student that i come in contact with.

Scott:  Chris is a very caring and warm person. She treats all the kids in the middle school like they are her children. Last year at the end of the year a couple of the  eighth grade leaders at a morning meeting thanked Chris for all that she had done for them and said that she would be the person that they would miss the most when they moved up to the upper school

What was your first disagreement about?

Scott: probably about being on time for something or my driving

Christine: I don’t remember

What do you do after a ‘fight’?

Scott:  We give each other some space at first and then we sit down and talk about our feelings

Christine: We discuss it

Describe your love journey in 3 words.

Scott:  wanting, touching, caring

Christine:  laugh,touch, love

For the marrieds, how has life changed since you got hitched?

Scott:  I don’t have as much free time as I used to. I sometimes wake up and stare at my beautiful wife and am glad that I am with her. I thank God that he brought her into my life and I think about how much richer my life is with her. I love that she is in my life and that we can experience things together. Seeing the sun set into the tops of the cloud from the top of a volcano is much more spectacular when you have someone there to share it with you.

Christine:  I slack off going to aerobics!!  I am much happier then I have been in years.  I laugh at things as hard as I did when I was a young girl ☺  I am very blessed to have Scott in my life.

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