And the way he took me…
Marilyn + Rick
When I was single I taught line dancing and two-stepping at a country bar. Since Rick didn’t dance and didn’t drink, he didn’t go into bars. When we started dating we would go out in my hometown. One night I danced with a guy that could really do the swing. When I came back Rick was gone.
For a long time, we didn’t go out. He’d say do you want to go out and I’d say “No, I don’t think we’re strong enough to go out yet.” We need to just stay together, get to know each other, and not go to the bar because we’re just not strong enough.
One Saturday night he said to me “Let’s go out, it’s time that we go out.” And I said, “No, I don’t think we’re ready.” He went over and turned down the radio, and the way he took me… he had been taking lessons to surprise me. I had no idea.