I had met my girlfriend 31 years before we started dating, when I was dating my wife. I never forgot her, I guess I had a crush on her for 31 years. When we started dating, her daughter was naturally part of the package, we were like the 3 musketeers. It could have been difficult, dating a woman with a teenage daughter, but her daughter made it easy, we got along great, she's the one who named me rufiki, after a character in the Lion King. They made me feel great about myself, after being alone for a few years I was pretty down. I wanted to make them feel great too. It seemed like a worthy goal.