HOW I MET MY HUSBAND ON PLENTY OF FISH// Chapter 2 Dating App love story after loss| One Happy Widow

This video tells the story of how I met my husband on the dating app Plenty of Fish. The dating apps are not all good or all bad. You can find many types of people on there, but I was lucky enough to find my husband on there and we got married 5 months after meeting on this dating app. This is a story about finding love after loss, and meeting my perfect Chapter 2 after my late husband died. I hope you enjoy!
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[@terrynicholson-knudson7770]

Thank you for this. I lost my husband unexpectedly in January. I have no interest in dating... it's been over 40 years since I did. It's good to know that maybe, maybe not... God has his plan and I'll work with it when, if, it happens. I'm glad you are happy.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching! #widfam

[@jankarel6454]

Chapter One for me - started dating at the end of March, got engaged in July, married in December. Marriage lasted 50 years. Sometimes you do just know.

[@OneHappyWidow]

This is so true! #widfam

[@ruthh.8592]

I loved hearing your new love story and seeing the pictures! Thank you for sharing! I've been widowed since March and am one of the ones you mentioned that don't want to date but wanted to let you know that I enjoyed watching this series. Thank you for making your videos - I found them when I had nowhere else to go. You were a Godsend. I am 60 and married 31 years (minus 1 month but I count it.) ~hugs

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching! I hope that I can make videos that can help people in all phases of the grief journey. I appreciate your support. #widfam

[@naomiferreira8255]

Faith based therapy is the best grief therapy. Love your home/property. So happy for you and happy anniversary 🥂

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching! Our therapy is housed under the church umbrella and it is faith-based. We tried secular therapy and it did not work for us. We love our home! #widfam

[@ruthrose2555]

Nobody wants to wait for anything. I truly believe we need to go back to the Word of God. There's a big difference between love and lust. I do pray your story will be blessed.

[@OneHappyWidow]

I agree about the difference. Our story was not about lust, and our marriage has been blessed beyond measure! We are madly in love, even 4 years later and going strong. Thanks for your feedback!

[@leslieewing9088]

You were very fortunate to have found each other for the Second Chapter of your lives. He was so cute when he proposed! Best wishes for many happy years together.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thank you, he is a cutie for sure!!! #widfam

[@fembot521]

I am so happy for you and every widow who has the courage and strength to find another life and another chapter to that life. I am nearly a year out and do not feel ready. It might take me a while but in my heart I would like to have another partner at some point. I’m 45 with two kids and I just feel so busy! Maybe God will send me someone!

[@OneHappyWidow]

I was 2 year out when I met JP. I will pray that God sends you a prize like he sent me one! #widfam

[@paulastrachan4053]

@@OneHappyWidow Leo, this is the third week that my main comment has been lost. I'm going to put it here, since my replies to people stay up. "Leo, thanks so much for sharing more of your story and the pictures. You are one of the lucky widows who gets another chance at love. Your story was much like when I met my late husband (in person). After a chance meeting and him contacting me, we were inseparable from then on. Even though I don't expect to get serious about online dating, I wasn't one bit put off by this series. It was good information. My comment on the last video disappeared, but one safety tip I would add is to always let someone know where you're going until you are sure of a new person. When I last dated, 50 years ago, the landscape didn't have so many dangers. I'm still just lurking on a dating site, no profile or picture up. I look at the people they email to me every day. Most are too far away to be practical. WAY too many divorced, separated, or never married. Like you, I'm thinking nothing would ever work but to find a nice widower. Even the widowers are usually of the opposite political persuasion, or some other disqualifying thing. This is sort of an entertainment I guess. They can't see me, and I'm just checking out the landscape. I still hope to be able to start getting out and maybe have another chance meeting in the real world."

[@timgillenwater5989]

@@paulastrachan4053 you are right trust in God nothing is impossible with him, I'm a widower and believe God will make a way where there seem to be none 🙏

[@OneHappyWidow]

Paula, I'm not sure what's going on with your other messages, I looked in the "held" section just to see if you accidentally put a term or a period next to something that would cause it to be held by KZbin, but I don't see any of your posts there...so maybe KZbin is blocking it for some reason? It's certainly not on my end...sorry that your posts aren't working! Maybe just post something under a video and just type "test" and see if it will let it go through. I like your idea of just lurking on the dating aps, just so you can see what's out there before diving in! If you post your profile pic and become active, you might start receiving messages from who-knows...could be real people, and could be others lol No sense in rushing, you are on your own time only! It can surely be entertaining, as long as you look at it that way lol. Best of luck, and I hope your area lifts pandemic bans soon...here in GA, things are pretty much as close to "back to normal" as I think they will ever get. I'm thankful for that! #widfam

[@dragonfly3517]

God will🙏

[@nana73carol46]

Married 51 years and 4 days. 74 years old. He passes a little over 5 years ago. Dated one guy 2 or 3 times 3 years ago. Not for me at all and too soon. Met a nice gentleman this past summer once a week for lunch for a month, but I really was not attracted to him and also he has too many health problems. Now comes someone who I am head over heals for because we never run out of things to talk about and agree on our politics and other pertinent aspects. He is the kind of man I dream about. One problem is that we live in different states with our families near each of us. We may never be able to be together. Time will tell. What I want to get across here is that we should never think that falling in love is not a possibility. God bless you both your second time around!

[@OneHappyWidow]

I'm proud that you found someone who makes you feel special. Who knows, maybe one of you will decide to move to be closer together. It's never too late to make a change! #widfam

[@paulohlsson27]

How's your day going with you Nana?

[@enchantedapril5233]

Widowed in 2020 after 47+ years of marriage. We were young, 20 and 22, when we married. I didn't much like dating when I was young, but Tom and I were friends first for 4 months, dated 4 months and were engaged 4 months. Scared to death of dating again. I miss intimacy, but would not want sex without marriage. I would like to develop another friendship first relationship.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Believe it or not, there are still people out there who are willing to wait! Pray! #widfam

[@paulastrachan4053]

I, too, lost my husband last year after 47 years married, plus over two dating. Nice to see another widow who will at least admit she misses intimacy and hopes to have it again. Some widows are so prudish, or maybe in denial.

[@OneHappyWidow]

It's tough to talk about publicly...we are humans, and having intimacy with our spouse readily available, and then to not have it at all...that's a big transition, and it can be frustrating for sure! #widfam

[@paulastrachan4053]

@@OneHappyWidow I stumbled into a youtube site for young widows the other day where they were discussing what they call the "wid-ho" phase. a new term to me! I surely wouldn't solve it in the promiscuous way they were talking about (and that kind of carelessness can be dangerous, even deadly), but at least they were honest.

[@ingcmm]

Thanks for sharing! I lost my husband of 20 years in February and I am not ready to date, who knows if I will ever be. However, I loved your story. We are humans and even when we are not in the same place, I like listening to your and other women’s experiences. If this loss has taught me something is that the most important thing in life is relationships: with your spouse, with your kids, with friends, family and even strangers that share their pain and happiness on you tube 😊. I think your contribution is so important and I thank you for that. Hugs from Canada!

[@OneHappyWidow]

Very wise words, thanks for sharing! #widfam

[@staceyburge1408]

Thank you! Maybe still hope.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching! #widfam

[@angelique2653]

Hi. Leo. Thank you for sharing your new love story. Im 2 years widowed. I adored my beautiful husband. We were happily married 33 years. I miss being someone's special person. I hope to find love again. Im not dating yet. I dont even know how to begin. But life without love is a barren desert. Best wishes to you. 💚💙💜🙏🙏🙏

[@OneHappyWidow]

JP was also married 33 years to his late wife. We both feel that God sent us to each other! #widfam

[@paulohlsson27]

Hi Mary, how's your day going with you?

[@BAWNBAWNBAWN]

This was most enjoyable! Thank you for sharing!

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching! #widfam

[@NorthernBell4612]

Oh man, that video brought tears to my eyes!!! Sweet love story, sweet couple and I am so happy for you both!!! I started 6 months post loss to get up enough nerve/ guts to go on line. Anticipatory grief was in my timeline also. I didn't make things easier in some ways but I knew after my husband passed that I wanted to be coupled again. It was a great marriage and if possible I wanted that again. Although I am in a relationship as of 2 years ago he has stage 4 cancer. 6 months after we met he received his diagnosis and it's hard, really hard to plan or do anything outside of medical treatments, survival and making the most of things as we can. Anticipatory grief again is likely in process but I try not to let it overshadow the simple joys we do experience. Am I strong enough to support, face and endure this again? I am not sure, it's not what I wanted or expected that's for certain.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Oh, that's so sad that you are facing this type of grief yet again! I try not to think about that with us now, but I also realize that when you marry a widowed person, one of you will end up being widowed twice...but if I start to dwell on that it gives me too much anxiety, so I try to live in the moment, like you are trying to do as well. We are all too aware that each of us in on borrowed time. Thanks for the kind words, and I wish you the most happy days you can have with whatever time you will have left with your guy, and we will send prayers your way! #widfam

[@NorthernBell4612]

Thank you Leo!

[@JonasWilliams-sx6te]

Perfectly said..... Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you. Please excuse my manner. If you find my message abusive, I'd love to be your friend and hope there's nothing wrong with that.

[@kimnichols129]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for that story! It helped me so much. I loved hearing it! Bless you and JP and famlies!

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching!

[@lizwaceke9282]

I lost my husband 2yrs ago but very hard to get into another relationship coyz getting a person who care for you as you could expect not a joke

[@OneHappyWidow]

It is a tough transition.

[@n1uno1965]

Thank you sharing your beautiful chapter 2 story. I know it will divinely touch some! 🖖🏻😘👍🏻🙏🏻

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching #widfam

[@clairecooke6268]

Wow thank you Leo for sharing your beautiful 2nd chapter 👌 I’m in Australia and had never heard that phrase before 🤷‍♀️ The proposal was super cute! You both look so happy & comfortable together. I think some people just got together. It was spooky to me how many bits and pieces of my journey mirror yours but kind of in reverse. I met my husband in the 1990s via the internet (but before dating apps!!), and we moved to the countryside with 5 acres of land 5 years before he died, not knowing that our dream life together was going to be cut short. But he did say the last 5 years were the happiest of his life, so that’s something 💜

[@OneHappyWidow]

You made his happy for those years, so you were HIS happy ending! Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback #widfam

[@loriramminger222]

I’m so happy for you both!!

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching

[@maryretireddasher-grubhubf1259]

Widow now 8 months after 50 years of marriage. I find I like my own company lol I am 69 now so not even thinking of anyone else 😀

[@OneHappyWidow]

I can understand that! Thanks for watching #widfam

[@joyceelmer131]

Loved your story ! So happy for you.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks #widfam

[@sallybush6454]

U are truly amazing...ur a realists...so truthful...im so glad ur happy because u deserve it

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks so much for your feedback!

[@margaretfinney6546]

What a beautiful story. Happy for your happiness.💕 He seems like a loving and kind person, wishing you many more happy years.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thank you…he is a very kind man! We have been married nearly 4 years now, and it still seems like it just happened.

[@RitaS0831]

I've been watching your station and subscribed over the last week. You were a young widow so I understand by finding someone was important. I've been a widow for 6 years and I'm going to be 75 next week. After being married for 47 years, I spent most of my life married so it isn't something I want any longer. You deserve to find happiness.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching and for understanding how we all can grieve differently and still be ok. #widfam

[@jesseniavargas6969]

❤Congratulations to you both on finding love again!❤ You're a smart lady.😉

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching.

[@bijoujewel8979]

Dating apps so TIRESOME! Glad to know “it” worked for you and JP. Congratulations and keep love ALIVE.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Yes, it was more like a job to search those sites! I almost gave up- so glad I didn’t! #widfam

[@YaYa-jy1yv]

Great love story❤️

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching! #widfam

[@BUBBLESPOGO]

Oh Leo im so happy for you, JP, and your children. GOD BLESS.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thank you #widfam

[@deemb5284]

That is a very encouraging story

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching!

[@traceyb9540]

I'm coming up to one year mark Dec 19! Not ready to date, but l do think about it. I miss going out for dinner the most

[@OneHappyWidow]

There's no reason you can't go out to dinner with someone without calling it "dating", just go out as friends! #widfam

[@paulastrachan4053]

It would be nice to have a dinner companion, but I can't say that is what I miss most about marriage.

[@traceyb9540]

@@paulastrachan4053 me either ! I miss everything about my husband going out having a wonderful dinner was special to us both.

[@traceyb9540]

@@OneHappyWidow oh yes I have go out with ladies

[@OneHappyWidow]

I get what you mean ;)

[@nancyschaefer9748]

Good for you. I need time to heal until I am ready to share my life with someone, if that is what is in my future.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Everyone in their own time!

[@frenchlady8020]

This gives me hope. I'm two weeks into widow hood and I already know that I want to marry again. When I'm able to be healed from my loss, I hope to find love again. My marriage was a good one, so I believe that it is a good thing to be in a good Godly marriage. Thanks for sharing hope.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Best of luck in your grief journey, and then in your search for new love. #widfam

[@timgillenwater5989]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching! #widfam

[@patriciaaustin4317]

God bless you both

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching! #widfam

[@kathyl726]

Beautiful love story.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching

[@sandylynch6676]

Loved your love story ❤ Met my second love on a dating app too. Match I didn't date for a year after my husband was killed . I needed that time to heal and to know what I wanted in a relationship. We got married after 1 year of dating. We are perfect for each other and blessed to have found one another❤ Hes divorced with no children. I have 2 children who were in their 20s when their Father got killed . Now I have 2 Grand children. Life is good most the time but still have alot of mixed feelings about sadness and grief.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching! #widfam

[@Railtech_63.]

Wow, what world wind love story. I'm so glad God brought you two together. Thank you for your ministry on this channel. I just lost my wife of 39 years to cancer, I'm just looking for answers to grief and everything.

[@OneHappyWidow]

I’m so sorry. Have you heard of Grief Share? They are a faith-based grief group. Google it, you can probably find one in your area. -#widfam

[@Railtech_63.]

@@OneHappyWidow Yes I’m set up to start Griefshare this month. Looking forward for this, I have heard great things.

[@calicowest]

Congratulations!!!

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching

[@jeaniefarmer1502]

i am checking out plenty of fish. you said it was free. what i see is you sign up for free. to be able to contact or be contacted by a date you have to pay. since i signed up i get lot of dates interested. kind of scary. i hear from friends that a lot of people get asked for money. i signed up out of curiosity. it really is not a good time for me to date. for the last 15 months i have become 24/7 caregiver to my mom with dementia. she is totally healthy except for the dementia. i don't think there is anyone willing t be involved with someone in my situation. but interesting reading the profiles.

[@OneHappyWidow]

You would be surprised what people are able to handle in order to spend time with someone they like! They may have changed the pricing plans on PoF since I used it, as it has been about 2.5 years since I even had it on my phone! #widfam

[@brendawallgren8354]

My husband and I met on Christian Mingle and we were a great match. Our years together were very happy ones.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Another dating app success story. Thanks for sharing! #widfam

[@user-yn7on7ou8n]

So happy for you both 🙂

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching #widfam

[@KristenHH]

I cant imagine moving that fast! I kindof wish that happened for me. I have 4 young children and nobody will date me. I cant find anyone :'(

[@OneHappyWidow]

It just came together very easily. Hoping it does for you too! #widfam

[@lizwaceke9282]

Congratulations

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks #widfam

[@raven4043]

Seven weeks? I would haunt my husband and that woman, I would be a relentless ghost. I’ve told him this. And to be making money on KZbin by calling herself a widow and cashing in on her dead ex husband. Sad.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching and sharing your unique perspective! #widfam

[@thelisaluc]

Blessing

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching! #widfam

[@patriciawagstaff6302]

Thank God and PTL. That there is no more dating talk ! 5 months ? And ! I could COULD NEVER . have another man touch me or love me. And 7 weeks ? I am 2 years out, and I do not think I will ever be ready. Sorry.

[@OneHappyWidow]

No need to be sorry, we just have different timelines that work for each of us. And some people never choose to have another partner, but rather learn to live without their partner and make a new single life for themselves. There is no right or wrong, and no judgement either way! Thanks for your feedback #widfam

[@purpleviolet207]

May God bless and be with you always!✝️🙏 💜🙏✝️

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks, you also! #widfam

[@purpleviolet207]

@@OneHappyWidow You're welcome!🙂

[@louisegraham5863]

So lucky n im happy 4 u🌞 Theirs still happiness after our lose, thank GOD.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Hugs to you, thanks for watching! #widfam

[@JonasWilliams-sx6te]

Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you. Please excuse my manner. If you find my message abusive, I'd love to be your friend and hope there's nothing wrong with that.

[@louisegraham5863]

@@JonasWilliams-sx6te Sure friend

[@JonasWilliams-sx6te]

@@louisegraham5863 Am Jonas by name from Budapest Hungary and live in Angeles California .

[@JonasWilliams-sx6te]

@@louisegraham5863 where are you from?

[@nicoleruth9981]

Thank you so much for sharing your story, my story is almost the same as yours, I am a young widow at 37 and have 3 children. My husband was chronicley sick for 10+ years and we were married for 20 years. I started dating 3 months after he passed and I met my boyfriend on Facebook dating, he was divorced from 20 years. My son is 18 and has a hard time with me dating, he respects me for it but does not want to meet him and now that my boyfriend and I have been dating a year my son still has never met him, says he don't like him and has no reason to meet him. I pray we everyday that this will change as I do want to get married again. Was it hard for your children to see u be happy and get married again? Thank you for your story.

[@OneHappyWidow]

My kids took to him ok when we were dating, but since we have been married and he is now trying to help raise and mold them, they don’t like having to follow rules from him. It has been a tough transition! I would change anything, but it has not gone as smoothly as it had hoped. Best of luck with yours! #widfam

[@breaux109]

I have been seeing someone who lost his wife and him and I were very good friends for the past 30 years. It’s been four months since his wife’s passing and four months that we have been seeing each other. My heart was totally broken when he told me, he will never ever get married, that he married the love of his lifeand she is gone. This man means the world to me but at the same time I’m trying to hold on and see where things may go. Do you have any advice for me?

[@OneHappyWidow]

Many times, widows and widowers start dating for the wrong reasons at first- we are not ready for new love, but we crave the attention and physical touch, and the feeling of being a part of a couple that we had for so long and is gone. I can say that I rushed into a few relationships early on with men who were totally wrong for me, and I’m so glad it never went any farther because it would have been a mistake. On the other hand, I met JP when he had only been widowed 7 weeks. I was the first woman he dated after his wife, and things progressed very quickly. He had been in a dysfunctional marriage for several years before her death, so he had already been mourning the loss of his marriage, even before his wife died. So, it’s hard to give advice about your situation without knowing where your guy is in this journey. It sounds like he enjoys your company and you are being a great support for him in his grief and loss. But in order to move forward with you, he has to be ready to let go of some of his active feelings for his late wife. That is a hard step to take, because it involves some guilt and a feeling that we are cheating or leaving the memory of our late spouse behind. Some people never get there…but 4 months is VERY early in this journey, and he might likely need many more months before he is ready to move forward with a whole new relationship. If you love and care for him, be his friend and comfort him when he needs it. Perhaps things will grow into something more. But if it press him before he is ready, it might not end well. Best of luck to you, as widowed people can be complicated in new relationships. It’s a tough road to travel for us!

[@faysalkus1083]

2 of my nephew met their wives on POF. I stsrted dating from there but no luck for me.

[@OneHappyWidow]

It was a hard search lol. There are decent people on those sites, but lots of scammers and strange ones too- it’s tough to navigate through them lol

[@Jade_902]

Honestly, I’ve never heard the term “Chapter Two”

[@OneHappyWidow]

It’s used in the FB groups quite a bit, but many people don’t like using it. #widfam

[@teresachoice2056]

Met my LH on this app

[@OneHappyWidow]

Yes!!! I'm not the only one lol. #widfam

[@CalvinGomes]

When you've got God in the relationship, it really helps. There's more than just about oneself, it is thinking wider and deeper, and you strive for becoming a better person.

[@OneHappyWidow]

Very true!

[@myramoxley4334]

Is Christian Singles a free app. I keep going back and forth

[@OneHappyWidow]

I’m not sure…give it a try!

[@susanrogers2073]

💞

[@OneHappyWidow]

Thanks for watching

[@JonasWilliams-sx6te]

Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you. Please excuse my manner. If you find my message abusive, I'd love to be your friend and hope there's nothing wrong with that.

[@ingcmm]

Thanks for sharing! I lost my husband of 20 years in February and I am not ready to date, who knows if I will ever be. However, I loved your story. We are humans and even when we are not in the same place, I like listening to your and other women’s experiences. If this loss has taught me something is that the most important thing in life is relationships: with your spouse, with your kids, with friends, family and even strangers that share their pain and happiness on you tube 😊. I think your contribution is so important and I thank you for that. Hugs from Canada!

[@OneHappyWidow]

THanks for watching! #widfam