Designed or Designoid
by Walter Bradley

Walter Bradley's Story

.....I determined to not get involved in any serious dating relationship, realizing that I could barely afford myself much less a steady girlfriend. I would tease my friends when they would get infatuated with a new girlfriend, call her daily, send her flowers and candy, and invest heavily in time and money in the relationship, thinking I will never "flip out" like these guys are doing. As a poor engineering student, sending flowers seemed particularly irrational in view of the high cost and the short duration of such a gift. However, at the beginning of my senior year in college, I began to date a young lady who was destined to change the way I thought about this whole matter. As I began to date Anne (who is now my wife of 33+ years), I began to fall in love.....