I agree with those who like the true stories best. I love special memories and enjoy storytelling. There are so many to choose between. One of my favorites:

I was almost 25 years old, and working in a temp job between stays in Taiwan R.O.C. I had been dumped, in a sense, by my first love about 9 months before. One day at the job, my boss told me to ask a certain employee to print out a report. I knew few people there, so had to ask where the employee sat. I saw two names on signs outside the office she directed me to. One was the man I was to ask, the other seemed like a German name. I asked for "Tom" and he looked at me. After I shared the request, Tom grunted in a most shocking way. I turned with a humored surprise look on my face and saw the man with the German-sounding name. He was smiling brightly at me, and I smiled back, and we both gave a flirty "Hello!"

I could tell the smiling and almost golden-looking man had a foreign accent, so I asked if he was from Germany. He responded "No, I'm from Prague," likely thinking I'd have no idea where that was.

"Oh! I've been to Prague," I said. "I went there about five years ago on my way to Poznan, Poland. What a beautiful city Prague is!" This golden-man smiled extra brilliantly at me then, but I left his office to return to my desk.

Soon after the above encounter, I noticed the golden man occasionally peeping around the corner at me, smiling, and giving a wave. Days later, I received an email from him, which was clearly an excuse to start a correspondence. This went on daily, which I enjoyed.

One day at this job, I felt a little hunger come on, so I walked downstairs to the vending machine. Since I have a sweet tooth, I recall wanting to buy a Snickers bar. But as I was putting the coins in, I noticed the golden man coming towards me, with his smile, of course. He asked me what I was getting, and I responded "I feel like some hard pretzels", a lie that would sound less indulgent than the candy.

"So what is your favorite dish to eat?"

Truthfully, I shared "I absolutely LOVE roast pork with sauerkraut!"

"Really!?!? That is the national dish of Czech Republic!" he exclaimed, with jubilance.

Long story short, I was asked to go to lunch with him that day, and about two years later, we married each other in Prague. We just celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary. Much love, many smiles, and many dinners of roast pork and sauerkraut.