My Valentine's Day Story on the Yahoo! Contributor Network: Meeting Janet

A reader would have to ask Janet about the exact day we found one another, through both of us writing for the Yahoo! Contributor Network. She tells me that, when we first met, I was "critical" of her work. She said I used the words, "I was expecting more from this," in a comment to one of her articles. At the moment, I must have only been considering this to be just another encounter with a fellow writer, only slightly more noobish than me. As is often the case in my life, I was unaware what I was getting myself into, with this amazing woman.

My Valentine's Day Story on the Yahoo! Contributor Network. How did I know it was her? Over the next few months, our mutual comments on one another's works evolved into mutual comments to one another. Those comments naturally grew into discussions in which we didn't "kiss up" to each other, and yet we never fought. (Okay. I did some kissing up. After realizing this woman was just a bit different than so many others, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.)

She was "quick on the draw" with come-backs to my jokes. She added to a few, with her own material, which I suspected was stolen from other, actually funny people. Either that, or this girl ate two midget eggs and a side of clown-meat bacon for breakfast every, single morning. She also understood business concepts, and could talk marketing, and advertising trade. Intelligence being one of the biggest aphrodisiacs for some of us, she quickly had me won over.

My Valentine's Day Story on the Yahoo! Contributor Network. How did I get her attention? I drew her, at every possibility, into random conversations about questions I already knew the answer to. She came to me with questions. At first, I surmised she only returned for my capacity to communicate in terms such as, "yantoo?" and "c'mere." Then, the gradual realization dawned upon me, I was meeting a new, best friend. It was a time for meeting good friends on the Yahoo! Contributor Network, by the way. I've met the entire spectrum of people through writing here. While I'm grateful for all of them, from the bottom of my heart, Janet will obviously always stand out to me. Through the darkest time of my own life the friends I've found here, and especially Janet, were a light that helped me find my way.

My Valentine's Day Story on the Yahoo! Contributor Network. Will it also happen for others? The Yahoo! Contributor Network proved more than just a publishing platform for me. Working here has helped me learn more, do more, and even love again. It's funny to me how something as mundane as online publishing, can lead to two people out of billions, to finding their own Valentine's Day miracle. I can't guarantee everyone will have such a great experience as I did, but it can happen. I know it can, and just when you least expect it.

Of course, the Yahoo! Contributor Network isn't some sort of meat market for single people. But if two people are going to hit it off, I'm honestly not surprised I met that someone, here. Even if love and romance isn't in the cards, so to speak, new writers here will at least find awesome friends, respectable opponents, and wise counsel among other contributors. Thank you to AssociatedContent.com and the Yahoo! Contributor Network. But mostly, thank you Janet, for giving me the time of day.

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Personal experience and good fortune

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